East Calgary (territorial electoral district)

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East Calgary
Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg Northwest Territories electoral district
Defunct territorial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
District created1894
District abolished1905
First contested 1894
Last contested 1902

East Calgary was an electoral district in the Northwest Territories from 1894 - 1905, which was created when Calgary was split into East and West Calgary. [1]

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The two ridings would later be merged to form the new Calgary Alberta provincial electoral district, when Alberta became a province separate from the Northwest Territories.

Election results 1894 - 1902

1902 North-West Territories general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent John Jackson Young 40852.04
Liberal–Conservative Hugh McLeod35244.90
Independent James A. Reilly 243.06
Total valid votes784 100.00
1898 North-West Territories general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Alfred Cross 18233.21
Independent S. J. Clarke 12723.18
Independent James A. Reilly 12021.89
Independent Joseph Bannerman 11921.72
Total valid votes548 100.00
1894 North-West Territories general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Joseph Bannerman 20933.55
Independent S. J. Clarke 19030.50
Independent N. J. Lindsay 11718.77
Independent Patrick Nolan 579.15
Independent James A. Reilly 508.03
Total valid votes623 100.00

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References

  1. "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30.