Election Name: | 1894 North-West Territories general election |
Country: | Northwest Territories |
Flag Year: | 1870 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1891 North-West Territories general election |
Previous Year: | 1891 |
Previous Mps: | 2nd North-West Legislative Assembly |
Elected Mps: | members |
Next Election: | 1898 North-West Territories general election |
Next Year: | 1898 |
Next Mps: | 4th North-West Legislative Assembly |
Seats For Election: | 29 seats in the North-West Legislative Assembly |
Chairman | |
Before Election: | Frederick Haultain |
Posttitle: | Chairman after election |
After Election: | Frederick Haultain |
The 1894 North-West Territories general election was held on 31 October 1894. This was the third general election in the history of the North-West Territories, Canada. It was held to elect 29 members of the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories, the writs were dropped on 3 October 1894. Frederick Haultain continued to lead the government.
This was the first general election a secret ballot was held, with voters marking an X on a blank piece of paper in the colour that corresponds to their candidate.
The turnout cannot be established, as no voters lists were in use.
Members were elected on non-partisan basis but decisions were decided by majority vote in the chamber.
Election summary |
| Popular vote | ||||
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Incumbent | New | % | ||||
Acclaimed candidates | 4 | 2 | align="right" | - | align="right" | - |
Elected candidates | 15 | 8 | 6,856 | 44.73% | ||
Defeated candidates | 5 | 24 | 5,672 | 45.27% | ||
Total | 53 | 12,528 | 100% | |||
Members elected to the 3rd North-West Legislative Assembly. For complete electoral history, see individual districts
Electoral District | colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | First | colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Second | colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Third | colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Fourth | colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Fifth | Incumbent | |||
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Banff | Robert Brett 238 64.15% | T.F. English 133 35.85% | Robert Brett | |||||||||||
Batoche | Charles Eugene Boucher 101 57.06% | David Venne 76 42.94% | Charles Eugene Boucher | |||||||||||
Battleford | James Clinkskill 173 52.74% | Benjamin Prince 155 47.26% | James Clinkskill | |||||||||||
Cannington | Samuel Page 237 60.00% | N. McConnachie 158 40.00% | Samuel Page | |||||||||||
East Calgary | Joseph Bannerman 209 33.55% | Simon John Clarke 190 30.50% | Neville James Lindsay 117 18.78% | Paddy Nolan 57 9.15% | James Reilly 50 8.03% | New District from Calgary | ||||||||
Edmonton | Frank Oliver Acclamation | Frank Oliver | ||||||||||||
High River | John Lineham 328 76.81% | Frederick James Boswell 99 23.19% | New District from Calgary | |||||||||||
Kinistino | William Frederick Meyers 60 51.28% | James Tennant 57 48.72% | William Frederick Meyers | |||||||||||
Lethbridge | Charles Alexander Magrath Acclamation | Charles Alexander Magrath | ||||||||||||
Macleod | Frederick W. A. G. Haultain Acclamation | Frederick W. A. G. Haultain | ||||||||||||
Medicine Hat | Edward Fearon 398 56.29% | Thomas Tweed 309 43.71% | Thomas Tweed | |||||||||||
Mitchell | Hilliard Mitchell Acclamation | Hilliard Mitchell | ||||||||||||
Moose Jaw | James Hamilton Ross 413 55.59% | Jonathan Edward Annable 330 44.41% | James Hamilton Ross | |||||||||||
Moosomin | John Ryerson Neff 561 57.78% | Neil G. McCallum 410 42.22% | John Ryerson Neff | |||||||||||
North Qu’Appelle | William Sutherland 312 55.12% | George Forbes Guernsey 183 32.33% | William Richard Motherwell 71 12.54% | William Sutherland | ||||||||||
North Regina | George W. Brown 454 64.03% | David Jelly 255 35.97% | David Jelly | |||||||||||
Prince Albert East | John Felton Betts 282 57.32% | James Taylor 210 42.68% | New District | |||||||||||
Prince Albert West | John Lestock Reid 238 56.40% | Alexander Campbell 184 43.60% | New District | |||||||||||
Red Deer | John A. Simpson 282 37.55% | Leonard Gaetz 257 34.22% | Francis Wilkins 212 28.23% | Francis Wilkins | ||||||||||
St. Albert | Daniel Maloney 368 53.10% | Antonio Prince 325 46.90% | Antonio Prince | |||||||||||
Saltcoats | William Eakin 280 58.95% | Thomas Carleton 195 41.05% | New District | |||||||||||
Souris | George Knowling Acclamation | George Knowling | ||||||||||||
South Qu’Appelle | George H. V. Bulyea 355 51.90% | George Davidson 329 48.10% | George Davidson | |||||||||||
South Regina | Daniel Mowat 315 56.25% | Jacob W. Smith 245 43.75% | Daniel Mowat | |||||||||||
Victoria | Frank Fraser Tims Acclamation | |||||||||||||
West Calgary | Oswald Critchley 236 35.33% | Alexander Lucas 228 34.13% | Arthur Sifton 204 30.54% | New District from Calgary | ||||||||||
Whitewood | Archibald Beaton Gillis 300 51.64% | Walter Claude Thorburn 281 48.36% | Daniel Campbell | |||||||||||
Wolseley | James Dill 511 67.33% | T. Fleming 248 32.67% | James Dill | |||||||||||
Yorkton | Fredrik Robert Insinger 205 66.34% | J.S. Crerar 104 33.66% | New District | |||||||||||