Red Deer (territorial electoral district)

Red Deer was a territorial electoral district that was mandated to return a single member to the North-West Legislative Assembly from 1888 until 1902.

Red Deer
Northwest Territories electoral district
Defunct territorial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
District created1888
District abolished1902
First contested1888
Last contested1898

Geography

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The electoral district was named for Red Deer, a community which was incorporated as a village in 1894 and Town in 1901.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Red Deer
Assembly Years Member Party
1st 1888–1891 Robert Brett Independent
2nd 1891–1894 Francis Wilkins
3rd 1894–1898 John A. Simpson
4th 1898–1902

Red Deer's first representative was physician Robert Brett. There were no official parties in these early assemblies, but Brett aligned himself with the Northwest Territories Liberal Party when the Dominion party lines were introduced in 1898.[2]

In the 1891 election, Brett contested the Banff electoral district and Francis Wilkins was acclaimed as the member for Red Deer. In the 1894 election, Wilkins came in third to the elected John A. Simpson and behind Leonard Gaetz. Simpson held the seat in the 1898 election, defeating George Wellington Greene and J. Speakman.

Election results

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1888 North-West Territories general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Robert George Brett 325 60.98
Independent Alfred Brealey 208 39.02
Total valid votes 538 100.00
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1891 North-West Territories general election
Party Candidate Votes
Francis Edward Wilkins Acclaimed
Total valid votes 0
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1894 North-West Territories general election
Party Candidate Votes %
John A. Simpson 282 37.55
Leonard Gaetz 257 34.22
Francis Edward Wilkins 212 28.23
Total valid votes 751 100.00
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1898 North-West Territories general election
Party Candidate Votes %
John A. Simpson 349 46.10
George Wellington Greene 253 33.42
J. Speakman 155 20.48
Total valid votes 757 100.00
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References

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  1. ^ "Red Deer. City Commissioners - Alberta On Record". albertaonrecord.ca. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
  2. ^ a b c d Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan (2009). "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876–1905" (PDF). Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan.
  3. ^ Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan (2009). "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876–1905" (PDF). Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan.