Innisfail (territorial electoral district)

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Innisfail
Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg Northwest Territories electoral district
Defunct territorial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
District created1902
District abolished1905
First contested 1902
Last contested 1902

Innisfail was a territorial electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1902 to 1905.| [1]

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History

The district was named after the Town of Innisfail.

Innisfail would continue as the Innisfail electoral district, one of the 25 original electoral districts contested in the 1905 Alberta general election upon Alberta joining Confederation in September 1905.

Election results 1902

1902 North-West Territories general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal–Conservative John A. Simpson 22752.42
Liberal John D. Lauder 20647.58
Total valid votes433 100.00

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References

  1. "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives.