| Banff | |
| Province: | Northwest Territories |
| Prov-Status: | defunct |
| Prov-Created: | 1891 |
| Prov-Abolished: | 1905 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1891 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 1902 |
Banff was a territorial electoral district that was mandated to return a single member to the North-West Legislative Assembly from 1891 until Alberta became a province in 1905.
The electoral district was named for Banff, covering the Alberta portion of the Rocky Mountains and foothills west of Calgary.
| Assembly | Years | Member | [1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Calgary 1884-1891 | |||||
| 2nd | 1891–1894 | Robert Brett | Independent | ||
| 3rd | 1894–1898 | ||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 4th | 1898–1899 | Liberal | ||
| 1899-1902 | Arthur Sifton | Liberal-Conservative | |||
| align=center rowspan=3 | 5th | 1902–1903 | |||
| 1903 | Vacant | ||||
| 1903-1905 | Charles Fisher | Liberal | |||
| align=center colspan=5 | See Banff (Alberta) 1905–1940 | ||||
In the 1898 election, Brett appeared to have held his seat against challenger Arthur Sifton, but Sifton challenged the results in court and proceeded to win the ensuing by-election. In 1902, he easily defended his seat.[2]
When Sifton was appointed as a judge in early 1903, another by-election was held in Banff, this time won by Liberal candidate Charles Fisher. In 1905 when Alberta became a province, Fisher ran in the new Banff district and defeated previous MLA Robert Brett (now running as a Conservative) to retain the seat.