West Calgary

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West Calgary was a single member electoral district that was mandated to return members to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada, from 1894 until it was abolished in 1905.

History

West Calgary was created from the old Calgary electoral district. This took place after the passage of the North-West Representation Act 1894 passed through parliament. Calgary's electoral districts were split into this district East Calgary and High River.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

^[1]	Name	Elected	Left office
	Oswald Critchley	1894	1898
	Richard Bennett	1898	1900
	Richard Bennett	1901	1905

Election results

1894

1894 Northwest Territories general election
^[1]	Name	Vote	%
	Oswald Critchley	236	35.33%
	Alexander Lucas	228	34.13%
	Arthur Lewis Sifton	204	30.54%
Total votes		668	100%

1898

1898 Northwest Territories general election
^[1]	Name	Vote	%
	Richard Bennett	291	40.87%
	William W. Stuart	205	28.79%
	James Muir	169	23.74%
	Thomas Riley	47	6.60%
Total votes		712	100%

1901

March 22, 1901 by-election
^[1]	Name	Vote	%
	Richard Bennett	562	66.20%
	Charles Stuart	287	33.80%
Total votes		849	100%

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Richard Bennett, who resigned his seat to run for the House of Commons of Canada in the 1900 Canadian federal election.^[2]

1902

1902 Northwest Territories general election
^[1]	Name	Vote	%
	Richard Bennett	457	73.59%
	Thomas Riley	164	26.31%
Total votes		621	100%

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
^ "History of Federal Ridings since 1867, Alberta (Provisional District)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2007-11-17.

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories

[oldresults-1] "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30.

[2] "History of Federal Ridings since 1867, Alberta (Provisional District)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2007-11-17.

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v t e Territorial electoral districts of the North-West Assembly, 1881–1905
Alberta	Banff Calgary Cardston East Calgary Edmonton High River Innisfail Lacombe Lethbridge Macleod Red Deer St. Albert Strathcona Victoria West Calgary Wetaskiwin
Assiniboia	Broadview Cannington Grenfell Maple Creek Medicine Hat Mitchell Moose Jaw Moose Mountain Moosomin North Qu'Appelle North Regina Qu'Appelle Regina Saltcoats Souris South Qu'Appelle South Regina Wallace Whitewood Wolseley Yorkton
Saskatchewan	Batoche Battleford Cumberland Kinistino Lorne Prince Albert Prince Albert East Prince Albert West
See also: History of the Northwest Territories Temporary North-West Council List of Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies List of Northwest Territories general elections