Calgary (N.W.T. electoral district) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Calgary was a territorial

Provinces and territories of Canada

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electoral district

Electoral district

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for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

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, Canada

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.

The riding was created by royal proclamation in 1884.

The riding was split into East Calgary

East Calgary (N.W.T. electoral district)

East Calgary was an electoral district in the Northwest Territories from 1894 - 1905, the district was created when Calgary was split into East and West Calgary.The two ridings would later be merged to form the new Calgary Alberta provincial electoral district...

, West Calgary

West Calgary (N.W.T. electoral district)

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:...

and High River

High River (N.W.T. electoral district)

High River was a single member territorial electoral district in Northwest Territories Canada that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1894 until 1905.-Electoral history:...

in 1894.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

	Name	Elected	Left Office	James Davidson Geddes James Davidson Geddes James Davidson Geddes was a Canadian accountant, rancher and politician who served a term in the Northwest Territories Legislature.-Early life:Geddes lived in Galt, Ontario and worked as an accountant for the Merchants Bank...	1884	1886	John D. Lauder John D. Lauder Dr. John Drought Lauder was a Canadian territorial level politician, rancher, police officer civil servant and medical doctor. As a police officer for the North-West Mounted Police he saw active service during the North-West Rebellion...	1886	1888	Hugh Cayley Hugh Cayley Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was a Canadian lawyer, news reporter and politician.-Early life:Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was born on November 19, 1857 in Toronto. He was raised in Upper Canada and one of eleven children fathered by William Cayley...	1886	1894	John Lineham John Lineham John Lineham was a former territorial-level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Lineham was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 1888 Northwest Territories general election. He won the top place in the two-man district of Calgary. There were three...	1888	1894

1891 election

1891 Northwest Territories general election Northwest Territories general election, 1891 The Northwest Territories general election of 1891 was held on 7 November 1891 to elect twenty five members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It was the second general election in the Northwest Territories' history. The legislature gained three seats, and six new...
	Name	Vote	%	John Lineham John Lineham John Lineham was a former territorial-level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Lineham was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 1888 Northwest Territories general election. He won the top place in the two-man district of Calgary. There were three...	Acclaimed		Hugh Cayley Hugh Cayley Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was a Canadian lawyer, news reporter and politician.-Early life:Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was born on November 19, 1857 in Toronto. He was raised in Upper Canada and one of eleven children fathered by William Cayley...	Acclaimed

1888 election

1888 Northwest Territories general election Northwest Territories general election, 1888 The Northwest Territories general election of 1888 was the first general election in the history of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Elections were held in various districts between 20 June and 30 June 1888...
	Name	Vote	%	Elected	John Lineham John Lineham John Lineham was a former territorial-level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Lineham was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 1888 Northwest Territories general election. He won the top place in the two-man district of Calgary. There were three...	809	43.80%	X	Hugh Cayley Hugh Cayley Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was a Canadian lawyer, news reporter and politician.-Early life:Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was born on November 19, 1857 in Toronto. He was raised in Upper Canada and one of eleven children fathered by William Cayley...	634	34.44%	X	James A. Reilly	404	21.76%
Total Votes		1,847	100%

1886 election

July 14, 1886 by-election
	Name	Vote	%	Elected	John D. Lauder John D. Lauder Dr. John Drought Lauder was a Canadian territorial level politician, rancher, police officer civil servant and medical doctor. As a police officer for the North-West Mounted Police he saw active service during the North-West Rebellion...	232	33.62%	X	Hugh Cayley Hugh Cayley Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was a Canadian lawyer, news reporter and politician.-Early life:Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was born on November 19, 1857 in Toronto. He was raised in Upper Canada and one of eleven children fathered by William Cayley...	195	28.25%	X	Augustus Carney	164	23.77%	Simon Jackson Hogg	99	14.36%
Total Votes		690	100%

1884 election

June 28, 1884 by-election
	Name	Vote	%	James Davidson Geddes James Davidson Geddes James Davidson Geddes was a Canadian accountant, rancher and politician who served a term in the Northwest Territories Legislature.-Early life:Geddes lived in Galt, Ontario and worked as an accountant for the Merchants Bank...	100	53.19%	James Kidd Oswald	88	46.81%
Total Votes		188	100%

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