The Northwest Territories general election of 1894 held 31 October 1894. This was the third general election in the history of the Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, the writs were dropped on 3 October 1894. Frederick Haultain

Frederick W. A. G. Haultain

Sir Frederick William Alpin Gordon Haultain was a lawyer and a long serving Canadian politician and judge. His career in provincial and territorial legislatures stretched into four decades...

 continued to lead the government.

This was the first general election a secret ballot was held, with voters marking an X on a blank piece of paper in the colour that corresponds to their candidate.

Election results

The turnout cannot be established, as no voters lists were in use. Candidates were elected as part of a consensus government, i.e. without political parties.

Election summary	# of candidates		Popular vote
	Incumbent	New	#	%
Elected candidates	15	8	6,856	44.73%
Acclaimed candidates	4	1	-	-
Defeated candidates	5	25	5,672	45.27%
Total	53		12,528	100%

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

3rd North-West Legislative Assembly 3rd North-West Legislative Assembly The 3rd North-West Legislative Assembly was the fifth meeting of the Northwest Territories Legislature, it lasted from 1894 to 1898. Several important developments happened during this Assembly...
District	Member
Banff	Robert Brett Robert Brett Robert George Brett was a politician and physician in the North-West Territories and later Alberta, Canada....
Batoche Batoche (N.W.T. electoral district) Batoche was a territorial electoral district in the Northwest Territories that existed from 1888 to 1905.- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-1888 election:-1891 election:...	Charles Boucher
Battleford Battleford (N.W.T. electoral district) Battleford was a territorial electoral district mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. The electoral district came into existence with the passage of the North-West Representation Act in 1888 and was abolished in 1905 when Alberta and...	James Clinkskill James Clinkskill James Clinkskill was a Canadian politician and engineer, merchant, author and justice of the peace.-Early life:...
Cannington	Samuel Page Samuel Page Samuel Page is an American actor. He is credited under the name Sam Page.-Early life:...
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...	Joseph Bannerman
Edmonton Edmonton (N.W.T. electoral district) Edmonton was a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada.The riding was created by royal proclamation in 1883 and abolished in 1905. In 1888 the riding returned the top two candidates after it was merged with the St. Albert electoral district. The...	Frank Oliver
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:...	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...
Kinistino Kinistino (N.W.T. electoral district) Kinistino was a former territorial electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada. The electoral district was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from its creation in 1888 until it was abolished when Alberta and Saskatchewan were created...	William Frederick Meyers
Lethbridge	Charles Alexander Magrath Charles Alexander Magrath Charles Alexander Magrath conducted foundation surveys of the Northwest Territories from 1878 until 1885. He joined Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt and Elliot Torrance Galt in their western industrial enterprises as a surveyor, later becoming Elliott's assistant and Land Commissioner of the North...
Macleod Macleod (N.W.T. electoral district) Macelod was a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada.The riding was created by royal proclamation in 1885 and abolished in 1905 when the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created....	Frederick Haultain Frederick W. A. G. Haultain Sir Frederick William Alpin Gordon Haultain was a lawyer and a long serving Canadian politician and judge. His career in provincial and territorial legislatures stretched into four decades...
Medicine Hat Medicine Hat (N.W.T. electoral district) Medicine Hat was a former territorial electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada. The electoral district was created with the passage of the North-West Representation Act of 1888. The primary population center and the districts name sake was the city of Medicine Hat...	Edward Fearon
Mitchell	Hilliard Mitchell Hilliard Mitchell Hilliard "Hillyard" Mitchell was a politician from the Canadian prairies.Hillyard was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories in the 1888 Northwest Territories general election...
Moose Jaw Moose Jaw (N.W.T. electoral district) Moose Jaw was a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada.The riding was created by royal proclamation in 1883 and abolished in 1905 when Alberta and Saskatchewan were created....	James Hamilton Ross James Hamilton Ross James Hamilton Ross was a Canadian politician, the Yukon Territory's third Commissioner, and an ardent defender of territorial rights...
Moosomin Moosomin (N.W.T. electoral district) Moosomin was a territorial electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada that came into existence by Royal Proclamation in 1885 and was abolished when Alberta and Saskatchewan were created in 1905.-History:...	John Ryerson Neff John Ryerson Neff John Ryerson Neff was a farmer and political figure in the Northwest Territories, Canada. He represented Moosomin in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1888 to 1898....
North Qu'Appelle	William Sutherland William Sutherland (N.W.T. politician) William Sutherland was a general merchant and political figure in the Northwest Territories, Canada. He represented Qu'Appelle in the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories from 1887 to 1888 and North Qu'Appelle in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1888 to 1898 as a...
North Regina	George W. Brown George W. Brown George William Brown was a Canadian politician and the second Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan from 1910 to 1915....
Prince Albert East	John Betts John Felton Betts John Felton Betts was a merchant and political figure in the Northwest Territories, Canada. He represented Prince Albert and then Cumberland in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1888 to 1898....
Prince Albert West	John Reid
Red Deer	John A. Simpson John A. Simpson John Adrian Simpson was a Canadian politician and businessman. Born in Peel County, Ontario, he came west in 1890 and eventually settled in Innisfail, where he opened a lumberyard...
Saltcoats	William Eakin William Eakin William Eakin was a farmer and political figure in the Northwest Territories, Canada. He represented Saltcoats in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1894 to 1902 as a Liberal....
Souris	George Knowling
South Qu'Appelle	George Bulyea George H. V. Bulyea George Hedley Vicars Bulyea was a Canadian politician and the first Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. As the youngest ever Lieutenant-Governor, at age 46, he was appointed by Governor General Lord Earl Grey on advice of The Right Honourable Prime Minister of Canada Sir Wilfrid Laurier on September...
South Regina	Daniel Mowat Daniel Mowat Daniel Mowatt was a merchant and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented South Regina in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1891 to 1898 as a Conservative....
St. Albert St. Albert (N.W.T. electoral district) St. Albert was a territorial electoral district that existed twice in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The first district existed from 1885 until 1888. The district was recreated in 1891 and was abolished in 1905.-History:...	Daniel Maloney Daniel Maloney Daniel Maloney was a politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Maloney first ran for election to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 1888 Northwest Territories general election in the Edmonton electoral district...
Victoria Victoria (N.W.T. electoral district) Victoria was a former single member territorial electoral district that was mandated to return a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1894 until the district was abolished in 1905.- Members of the Legislative Assembly :...	Frank Tims
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:...	Oswald Critchley Oswald Critchley Oswald Asheton Critchley was a former Canadian territorial level politician, rancher and also served as a soldier in the Canadian Forces during World War I....
Whitewood Whitewood (N.W.T. electoral district) Whitewood, was a territorial electoral district in the Northwest Territories of Canada from 1887 to 1905. The district was created from the former district of Broadview, prior to the 1888 general election....	Archibald Gillis
Wolseley	James Dill James Dill James Peers Dill was a politician from old Northwest Territories Canada.Dill first ran in the 1888 Northwest Territories general election but was defeated by Benjamin Parkyn Richardson, with a 6 vote margin. In the 1891 Northwest Territories general election Dill would face Benjamin again this...
Yorkton Yorkton (N.W.T. electoral district) Yorkton was a territorial electoral district in the Northwest Territories from 1894 - 1905,After 1905 when Saskatchewan split from the territories, the district of Yorkton continues to exist to present day....	Frederick Insinger

External links

• Personnel of the Northwest Territories Assembly 1888 - 1905