Qu'Appelle was a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada.
The riding was created as a single member electoral district by royal proclamation in 1883. In 1885 the riding was mandated to return two members to the Assembly. In 1888 the riding was split into North Qu'Appelle and South Qu'Appelle. The redistribution was caused by the North-West Representation Act 1880 passing through the Parliament of Canada.
[1] | Name | Elected | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
Thomas Wesley Jackson | 1883 | 1886 | |
William Dell Perley | 1885 | 1887 | |
Robert Crawford | 1886 | 1888 | |
William Sutherland | 1887 | 1888 |
August 13, 1883 by-election | |||
[1] | Name | Vote | % |
---|---|---|---|
Thomas Wesley Jackson | 344 | 75.44% | |
William Robert Bell | 112 | 24.56% | |
Total votes | 456 | 100% |
in 1885, the district elected two members. Each voter could cast up to two votes.
1885 Northwest Territories election | ||||
[1] | Name | Vote | % | Elected |
---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Wesley Jackson | 440 | 34.22% | X | |
William Dell Perley | 301 | 23.41% | X | |
Angus McKay | 290 | 22.55% | ||
Leslie Gordon | 137 | 10.65% | ||
Charles Edmund Phipps | 118 | 9.17% | ||
Total votes | 1,286 | 100% |
October 14, 1886 by-election | |||
[1] | Name | Vote | % |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Crawford | 332 | 53.38% | |
George Davidson | 290 | 46.62% | |
Total votes | 622 | 100% |
May 24, 1887 by-election | |||
[1] | Name | Vote | % |
---|---|---|---|
William Sutherland | 310 | 63.92% | |
Levi Thompson | 137 | 28.25% | |
George L. Dobbs | 38 | 7.83% | |
Total votes | 485 | 100% |
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