How did we vote in the former North-Western Territories?
(Compiled results)

by Maurice Y. Michaud (he/him)

There were 5 general elections in the former North-West Territories from 1888 to 1902. Only the last one in 1902 was fully partisan; as a result, this information is of limited to no value, and the detailed results are likely to be more engaging. Then, the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were formed in 1905, each with their respective legislature, both partisan.

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North-West Territories
5 → 1902 :: 21 May 1902 — 31 Aug 1905 — Majority  LICO  Summary Elected Non-partisan Unproductive votes Party Votes Seats Party Votes Seats Party Votes # % % # # % % # # % Parliament: 5    Majority Majority=18  Ab.Maj.: +4  G.Maj.: +7 Population [1901]: 184,430 Eligible: ——  Particip.: —— Votes: 17,439  Unproductive: 1,793 Seats: 35   1 seat = 2.86% ↳ Elec.Sys.:  FPTP: 35   ↳ By acclamation: 7 (20.00%) Plurality: Votes  LICO  Seats  LICO  Plurality: ↳ +2,100 (+12.05%) Plurality: ↳ Seats: +14 (+40.00%) Position2: Votes  LIB  Seats  LIB  Candidacies: 67 (✓ 35)  LICO  29   LIB  21   IND  16   ILIB  1   LICO 7,411 42.50 60.00 21 LIB IND OTH 5,311 2,562 362 30.45 14.69 2.08 20.00 17.14 2.86 7 6 1 IND REJ ABS 1,793 —— —— 10.28 —— —— Difference since the previous general election: +4 seats Only fully partisan general election held in a jurisdiction named Northwest Territories.  LICO  By acclamation: 6   LIB  By acclamation: 1  OTH  →  ILIB  1
4 → 1898 ::  4 Nov 1898 — 20 May 1902 — NP Summary Elected Non-partisan Unproductive votes Party Votes Seats Party Votes Seats Party Votes # % % # # % % # # % Parliament: 4 Non-partisan Population [1891]: 62,540 Eligible: ——  Particip.: —— Votes: 13,675  Unproductive: 5,758 Seats: 31   1 seat = 3.23% ↳ Elec.Sys.:  FPTP: 31   ↳ By acclamation: 7 (22.58%) Candidacies: 67 (✓ 31)  IND  52   LICO  12   LIB  3   IND LICO LIB 5,315 2,094 508 38.87 15.31 3.71 64.52 29.03 6.45 20 9 2 IND REJ ABS 5,758 —— —— 42.10 —— —— Difference since the previous general election: +2 seats First appearance of political parties but non-officially and first general election following the achievement of responsible government.  IND  By acclamation: 2   LICO  By acclamation: 4   LIB  By acclamation: 1
3 → 1894 :: 31 Oct 1894 —  3 Nov 1898 — NP Summary Elected Non-partisan Unproductive votes Party Votes Seats Party Votes Seats Party Votes # % % # # % % # # % Parliament: 3 Non-partisan Population [1891]: 62,540 Eligible: ——  Particip.: —— Votes: 12,517  Unproductive: 5,671 Seats: 29   1 seat = 3.45% ↳ Elec.Sys.:  FPTP: 29   ↳ By acclamation: 6 (20.69%) Candidacies: 58 (✓ 29)  IND  58   IND 6,846 54.69 100.00 29 IND REJ ABS 5,671 —— —— 45.31 —— —— Difference since the previous general election: +3 seats  IND  By acclamation: 6
2 → 1891 ::  7 Nov 1891 — 30 Oct 1894 — NP Summary Elected Non-partisan Unproductive votes Party Votes Seats Party Votes Seats Party Votes # % % # # % % # # % Parliament: 2 Non-partisan Population [1891]: 62,540 Eligible: ——  Particip.: —— Votes: 4,645  Unproductive: 2,112 Seats: 26   1 seat = 3.85% ↳ Elec.Sys.:  FPTP: 24  PAL: 2   ↳ By acclamation: 13 (50.00%) Candidacies: 42 (✓ 26)  IND  42   IND 2,533 54.53 100.00 26 IND REJ ABS 2,112 —— —— 45.47 —— —— Difference since the previous general election: +4 seats  IND  By acclamation: 13
1 → 1888 :: 30 Jun 1888 —  6 Nov 1891 — NP Summary Elected Non-partisan Unproductive votes Party Votes Seats Party Votes Seats Party Votes # % % # # % % # # % Parliament: 1 Non-partisan Population [1881]: 56,446 Eligible: ——  Particip.: —— Votes: 8,478  Unproductive: 3,046 Seats: 22   1 seat = 4.55% ↳ Elec.Sys.:  FPTP: 18  PAL: 4   ↳ By acclamation: 3 (13.64%) Candidacies: 41 (✓ 22)  IND  41   IND 5,432 64.07 100.00 22 IND REJ ABS 3,046 —— —— 35.93 —— ——  IND  By acclamation: 3