1903 Yukon general election explained

Election Name:1903 Yukon general election
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:no
Party Name:no
Next Election:1905 Yukon general election
Next Year:1905
Seats For Election:All 5 elected seats of the Yukon Territorial Council. Two members of unknown political affiliation were elected in District No. 2. Results in District 1 and Whitehorse:
Election Date:January 13, 1903
Map Size:360px
Popular Vote1:2,460
Popular Vote2:1,407
Percentage1:32.19%
Percentage2:18.70%
Seats1:2
Seats2:1
Seats3:0
Popular Vote3:367
Percentage3:6.28%
Previous Election:1900 Yukon general election
Previous Year:1900

The 1903 Yukon general election was held on January 13, 1903.[1] The council was expanded to elect five of the ten members to the Yukon Territorial Council. The election was fought along party lines even though the council was limited in its powers and played an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

Distribution

The Yukon was divided up into three electoral districts by the Yukon Territorial Council. The two rural districts were named Districts No. 1 and No 2. and each elected two members while Whitehorse became its own electoral district, electing just one.

After the election the validity of the election was called into question because the Yukon council might have overstepped its authority dividing up the Yukon into electoral districts.

Results

|- style="background:#ccc;"! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Affiliation!rowspan="2"|

Candidates! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Elected members!colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Popular vote|- style="background:#ccc;"| style="text-align:center;"|1900| style="text-align:center;"|1903| style="text-align:center;"|Change| style="text-align:center;"|#| style="text-align:center;"|%| style="text-align:center;"|Change (pp)|align="right"|4|align="right"|0|align="right"|2|align="right"|n/a |align="right"|1,880|align="right"|32.19%|align="right"|n/a|align="right"|2|align="right"|n/a|align="right"|1|align="right"|n/a |align="right"|1,092|align="right"|18.70%|align="right"|n/a|align="right"|1|align="right"|n/a|align="right"|0|align="right"|n/a|align="right"|367|align="right"|6.28%|align="right"|n/a|align="right"|9|align="right"|n/a|align="right"|2|align="right"|n/a|align="right"|2,501|align="right"|42.83%|align="right"|n/a|-|- style="background:#EAECF0;"| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"|Total| style="text-align:right;"|16| style="text-align:right;"|2| style="text-align:right;"|5| style="text-align:right;"|5| style="text-align:right;"|5,840| style="text-align:right;"|100%| style="text-align:right;"||}

Members elected

DistrictMember electedAffiliation
District No. 1Joseph ClarkeOpposition
Alfred ThompsonGovernment
District No. 2John PringleUnknown
Maxime LandrevilleUnknown
WhitehorseRobert LoweGovernment

Notes and References

  1. Steven Smyth, The Yukon's Constitutional Foundations: Volume One, The Yukon Chronology (1897-1999). Clairedge Press, 1999.