Battleford (territorial electoral district)

Battleford was a territorial electoral district mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories. The electoral district came into existence with the passage of the North-West Representation Act in 1888 and was abolished in 1905 when Alberta and Saskatchewan were created.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

[1]	Name	Elected	Left Office
	James Clinkskill	1888	1898
	Benjamin Prince	1898	1905

Election results

1888 election

1888 North-West Territories general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Clinkskill	180	53.57%
	Independent	Daniel Livingstone Clink	156	46.43%
Total votes			336
Source(s) "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

1891 election

1891 North-West Territories general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Clinkskill	168	55.63%
	Independent	James M. Skelton	134	44.37%
Total votes			302
Source(s) "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

1894 election

1894 North-West Territories general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Clinkskill	173	52.74%
	Independent	Benjamin Prince	155	47.26%
Total votes			328
Source(s) "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

1898 election

1898 North-West Territories general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Benjamin Prince	185	58.54%
	Independent	James M. Skelton	131	41.46%
Total votes			316
Source(s) "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

1902 election

1902 North-West Territories general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Benjamin Prince	210	51.72%
	Independent	Albert E. Dunn	196	48.28%
Total votes			406}
Source(s) "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

See also

• List of Northwest Territories territorial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

1. "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2020.