Alberta (Provisional District)

This article is about the federal electoral district of the Alberta District. For the district itself, see District of Alberta.

Alberta (Provisional District)

Northwest Territories electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1886
District abolished	1907
First contested	1887
Last contested	1904

Alberta (Provisional District) was a federal electoral district in the Northwest Territories, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1887 to 1908.

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 1904, Edmonton and Calgary got their own MPs and the Alberta riding continued under the same name but only covering the southern part of Alberta district outside Calgary.

In 1907, the Alberta riding was redistributed into Macleod and Medicine Hat.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Alberta (Provisional District)
Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
6th	1887–1891		Donald Watson Davis	Conservative
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900		Frank Oliver	Liberal
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908		John Herron	Liberal–Conservative
Riding dissolved into Macleod and Medicine Hat

Election results

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Watson Davis	1,037	50.46
	Independent Conservative	Richard Hardisty	783	38.10
	Liberal	James Delamere Lafferty	235	11.44
Total valid votes			2,055	100.00
Source(s) Riding history for Alberta (Provisional District), Northwest Territories (1886-06-02 - 1908-09-16) from the Library of Parliament

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Frank Oliver	3,647	55.42
	Conservative	Thomas Cochrane	2,863	43.50
	Independent	Simon Clark	71	1.08
Total valid votes			6,581	100.00
Source(s) Riding history for Alberta (Provisional District), Northwest Territories (1886-06-02 - 1908-09-16) from the Library of Parliament

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Frank Oliver	5,203	56.36
	Conservative	Richard Bennett	4,029	43.64
Total valid votes			9,232	100.00
Source(s) Riding history for Alberta (Provisional District), Northwest Territories (1886-06-02 - 1908-09-16) from the Library of Parliament

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Herron	1,755	51.14
	Liberal	Malcolm McKenzie	1,677	48.86
Total valid votes			3,432	100.00
Source(s) Riding history for Alberta (Provisional District), Northwest Territories (1886-06-02 - 1908-09-16) from the Library of Parliament

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history for Alberta (Provisional District), Northwest Territories (1886-06-02 - 1908-09-16) from the Library of Parliament