Victoria (territorial electoral district) explained

Victoria
Province:	Northwest Territories
Prov-Status:	defunct
Prov-Created:	1894
Prov-Abolished:	1905
Prov-Election-First:	1894
Prov-Election-Last:	1902

Victoria was a former territorial electoral district that was mandated to return a single member to the North-West Legislative Assembly from 1894 until Alberta became a province in 1905.

Geography

The electoral district was named for Fort Victoria on the North Saskatchewan River. It covered the section of the District of Alberta north and east of Edmonton, including the village of Fort Saskatchewan.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Victoria

Assembly	Years	Member		^[1]	Party
See Edmonton 1883-1894
3rd	1894–1898		Frank Fraser Tims	Independent
4th	1898–1902	Jack Shera
5th	1902–1905
align=center colspan=5	See Victoria (Alberta) and Sturgeon 1905–1940

Victoria elected Frank Fraser Tims as its representative in the 1894 election, who was then defeated by Jack Shera in 1898. Both were independents, as there were no political parties in these elections, and the territory was governed by consensus. When the Dominion parties were introduced in 1902, Shera remained an independent and was elected to a second term.

He sought re-election in the modified Victoria district after Alberta was created in 1905 as a Conservative, but was soundly defeated.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories

Notes and References

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