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 Saskatchewan were created.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Name | Elected | Left Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Clinkskill | 1888 | 1898 | |
| Benjamin Prince | 1898 | 1905 |
Election results
1888 election
| 1888 North-West Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Independent | James Clinkskill | 180 | 53.57% | |||||
| Independent | Daniel Livingstone Clink | 156 | 46.43% | |||||
| Total votes | 336 | |||||||
| Source(s) "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2020-09-30. | ||||||||
1891 election
| 1891 North-West Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Independent | James Clinkskill | 168 | 55.63% | |||||
| Independent | James M. Skelton | 134 | 44.37% | |||||
| Total votes | 302 | |||||||
| Source(s) "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2020-09-30. | ||||||||
1894 election
| 1894 North-West Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Independent | James Clinkskill | 173 | 52.74% | |||||
| Independent | Benjamin Prince | 155 | 47.26% | |||||
| Total votes | 328 | |||||||
| Source(s) "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2020-09-30. | ||||||||
1898 election
| 1898 North-West Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Independent | Benjamin Prince | 185 | 58.54% | |||||
| Independent | James M. Skelton | 131 | 41.46% | |||||
| Total votes | 316 | |||||||
| Source(s) "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2020-09-30. | ||||||||
1902 election
| 1902 North-West Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Independent | Benjamin Prince | 210 | 51.72% | |||||
| Independent | Albert E. Dunn | 196 | 48.28% | |||||
| Total votes | 406} | |||||||
| Source(s) "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2020-09-30. | ||||||||
References
- "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
| Territorial electoral districts of the North-West Assembly, 1881–1905 | |
|---|---|
| Alberta | |
| Assiniboia | |
| Saskatchewan | |
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