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For the modern province, see Alberta.
Alberta (Provisional District) was a federal electoral district in the Northwest Territories, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1908.
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History
The Alberta Provisional District was created in 1886 when the Northwest Territories gained representation in the House of Commons. It had the same boundaries of the District of Alberta, a subdivision of the Northwest Territories. In 1905, Alberta became a province of Canada, and the electoral district continued as an Alberta federal electoral district covering the southern part of the province until 1907, when the district was redistributed into Macleod and Medicine Hat.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- Donald Watson Davis, Conservative (1887-1896)
- Frank Oliver, Liberal (1896-1904)
- John Herron, Liberal-Conservative (1904-1908)
Election results
Canadian federal election, 1887 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Donald Watson Davis 1,037 Independent Conservative Richard Hardisty 783 Liberal James Delamere Lafferty 235 Canadian federal election, 1891 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Donald Watson Davis 2,742 Conservative James A. Reilly 935 Canadian federal election, 1896 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Frank Oliver 3,647 Conservative Thomas Cochrane 2,863 Independent Simon Clark 71 Canadian federal election, 1900 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Frank Oliver 5,203 Conservative Richard Bennett 4,029 Canadian federal election, 1904 Party Candidate Votes Liberal-Conservative John Herron 1,755 Liberal Malcolm McKenzie 1,677 See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
Categories:- Defunct Northwest Territories federal electoral districts
- Defunct Alberta federal electoral districts
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