The 1894 North-West Territories general election was held on 31 October 1894. This was the third general election in the history of the North-West Territories, Canada. It was held to elect 29 members of the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories, the writs were dropped on 3 October 1894. Frederick Haultain continued to lead the government.
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29 seats in the North-West Legislative Assembly | |||
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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
editThe turnout cannot be established, as no voters lists were in use.
Members were elected on non-partisan basis but decisions were decided by majority vote in the chamber.
| Election summary | # of candidates | Popular vote | ||
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| Incumbent | New | # | % | |
| Acclaimed candidates | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| Elected candidates | 15 | 8 | 6,856 | 44.73% |
| Defeated candidates | 5 | 24 | 5,672 | 45.27% |
| Total | 53 | 12,528 | 100% | |
Results by riding
editMembers elected to the 3rd North-West Legislative Assembly. For complete electoral history, see individual districts
Further reading
edit- Lingard, Charles Cecil (1946). Territorial government in Canada: the autonomy question in the old North-West Territories. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. OCLC 577721800.
- Thomas, Lewis H. (1978). The struggle for responsible government in the North-West Territories, 1870–97 (2nd ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-2287-5.
- "Territories" (PDF). Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2022.