Assiniboia East
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Assiniboia East was a federal electoral district in Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1908.
This riding was created in 1886 in the Northwest Territories. Following the creation of the province of Saskatchewan in 1905, Assiniboia East became a riding in Saskatchewan until it was abolished in 1907 when it was redistributed into Assiniboia, Qu'Appelle and Saltcoats ridings.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1887 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | William Dell Perley | 1,736 | |||
| Liberal | James Dickie | 1,010 | |||
By-election: Mr. Perley appointed to the Senate, 3 August 1888
| By-election on 12 September 1888 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edgar Dewdney | acclaimed | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1891 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | Edgar Dewdney | 2,049 | |||
| Liberal | John Gillanders Turriff | 1,293 | |||
By-election: On Mr. Dewdney's resignation, 26 October 1892
| By-election on 21 November 1892 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Walter McDonald | acclaimed | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1896 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | James Moffat Douglas | 3,556 | |||
| Conservative | William Walter McDonald. | 2,502 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1900 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | James Moffat Douglas | 4,081 | |||
| Conservative | Richard Stuart Lake | 3,822 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1904 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | John Gillanders Turriff | 3,770 | |||
| Conservative | BRIGHAM, J.R. | 3,036 | |||
