Alberta (Provisional District)
For the modern province, see Alberta.
Alberta (Provisional District) was a federal electoral district in the Northwest Territories, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1908.
History
The Alberta Provisional District was created in 1886 when the Northwest Territories gained representation in the House of Commons. It had the same boundaries of the District of Alberta, a subdivision of the Northwest Territories. In 1905, Alberta became a province of Canada, and the electoral district continued as an Alberta federal electoral district covering the southern part of the province until 1907, when the district was redistributed into Macleod and Medicine Hat.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- Donald Watson Davis, Conservative (1887–1896)
- Frank Oliver, Liberal (1896–1904)
- John Herron, Liberal-Conservative (1904–1908)
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1887 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Donald Watson Davis | 1,037 | ||||||
| Independent Conservative | Richard Hardisty | 783 | ||||||
| Liberal | James Delamere Lafferty | 235 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1891 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Donald Watson Davis | 2,742 | ||||||
| Conservative | James A. Reilly | 935 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1896 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Frank Oliver | 3,647 | ||||||
| Conservative | Thomas Cochrane | 2,863 | ||||||
| Independent | Simon Clark | 71 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1900 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Frank Oliver | 5,203 | ||||||
| Conservative | Richard Bennett | 4,029 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1904 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | John Herron | 1,755 | ||||||
| Liberal | Malcolm McKenzie | 1,677 | ||||||
See also
External links
- Riding history for Alberta (Provisional District), Northwest Territories (1886–1905) from the Library of Parliament
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