Qu'Appelle (territorial electoral district) explained

Qu'Appelle was a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada.

The riding was created as a single member electoral district by royal proclamation in 1883. In 1885 the riding was mandated to return two members to the Assembly. In 1888 the riding was split into North Qu'Appelle and South Qu'Appelle. The redistribution was caused by the North-West Representation Act 1880 passing through the Parliament of Canada.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

^[1]	Name	Elected	Left office	Thomas Wesley Jackson	1883	1886	William Dell Perley	1885	1887	Robert Crawford	1886	1888	William Sutherland	1887	1888

Election results

1883

August 13, 1883 by-election
	Name	Vote	%	Thomas Wesley Jackson	344	75.44%	William Robert Bell	112	24.56%
Total votes		456	100%

1885

in 1885, the district elected two members. Each voter could cast up to two votes.

1885 Northwest Territories election
	Name	Vote	%	Elected	Thomas Wesley Jackson	440	34.22%	X	William Dell Perley	301	23.41%	X	Angus McKay	290	22.55%	Leslie Gordon	137	10.65%	Charles Edmund Phipps	118	9.17%
Total votes		1,286	100%

1886

October 14, 1886 by-election
	Name	Vote	%	Robert Crawford	332	53.38%	George Davidson	290	46.62%
Total votes		622	100%

1887

May 24, 1887 by-election
	Name	Vote	%	William Sutherland	310	63.92%	Levi Thompson	137	28.25%	George L. Dobbs	38	7.83%
Total votes		485	100%

External links

• The Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories

Notes and References

1. Web site: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905 . Saskatchewan Archives.