Red Deer (territorial electoral district)

Red Deer

Northwest Territories electoral district
Defunct territorial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
District created	1888
District abolished	1902
First contested	1888
Last contested	1898

Red Deer was a territorial electoral district that was mandated to return a single member to the North-West Legislative Assembly from 1888 until 1902.

Geography

The electoral district was named for Red Deer, a community which was incorporated as a village in 1894 and town in 1901. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Red Deer

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1888–1891		Robert Brett	Independent
2nd	1891–1894		Francis Wilkins
3rd	1894–1898		John A. Simpson
4th	1898–1902

Red Deer's first representative was physician Robert Brett. There were no official parties in these early assemblies, but Brett aligned himself with the North-West Territories Liberal Party when the Dominion party lines were introduced in 1898. ^[2]

In the 1891 election, Brett contested the Banff electoral district and Francis Wilkins was acclaimed as the member for Red Deer. In the 1894 election, Wilkins came in third to the elected John A. Simpson and behind Leonard Gaetz. Simpson held the seat in the 1898 election, defeating George Wellington Greene and J. Speakman.

Election results

v t e 1888 North-West Territories general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert George Brett	325	60.98
	Independent	Alfred Brealey	208	39.02
Total valid votes			538	100.00
Source(s) [3]

1891 North-West Territories general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Francis Edward Wilkins	Acclaimed
Total valid votes			0
Source(s) [2]

1894 North-West Territories general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	John A. Simpson	282	37.55
	Leonard Gaetz	257	34.22
	Francis Edward Wilkins	212	28.23
Total valid votes			751	100.00
Source(s) [2]

1898 North-West Territories general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	John A. Simpson	349	46.10
	George Wellington Greene	253	33.42
	J. Speakman	155	20.48
Total valid votes			757	100.00
Source(s) [2]

See also

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

References

1. "Red Deer. City Commissioners - Alberta On Record". albertaonrecord.ca. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
2. Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan (2009). "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876–1905" (PDF). Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan.
3. Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan (2009). "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876–1905" (PDF). Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan.