Northwest Territories general election, 1902

Northwest Territories general election, 1902

21 May 1902

35 seats in the North-West Legislative Assembly 18 seats were needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Frederick W. A. G. Haultain Donald H. McDonald Party Liberal-Conservative Liberal Leader since 1897 1902 Leader's seat Macleod North Qu'Appelle Last election 7 2 Seats won 21 7 Popular vote 8,319 5,067 Percentage 47.8% 29.1%

Premier before election Frederick W. A. G. Haultain Liberal-Conservative Premier-designate Frederick W. A. G. Haultain Liberal-Conservative

The Northwest Territories general election of 1902, occurred on 21 May 1902 and was the fifth general election in the history of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. This was the last election held until 1951, and was the last in the Northwest Territories to have political parties.

Frederick W. A. G. Haultain and the Liberal-Conservatives continued with government. Donald H. McDonald was thrust into being the Liberal leader just days before the vote, with the surprise decision by Robert Brett to drop out of the race.

In 1905, the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created out of NWT territory, and they took most of the voting population with them. The government of NWT reverted to an appointed consensus model of government.

Candidates in this election were not nominated by the party in a contested nomination as with modern elections, but rather proclaimed their support for the governing party or opposition party, or Independent. During the election race some candidates shifted their alignment. The result was a confusing mess, and the bulk of candidates proclaimed support for the already governing Liberal-Conservative party, leaving the Liberals without candidates in many districts. Lethbridge ended up being contested by two government supporting candidates.

1902 would also see the largest number of MLAs elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the territories history.

Election Summary

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Elected	Popular Vote
					#	%
	Liberal-Conservative	Frederick Haultain	32	21	8,319	47.70%
	Liberal	Donald H. McDonald	21	7	5,067	29.06%
	Independent		11	6	3,381	19.39%
	Independent Liberal		1	1	362	2.07%
	Independent Liberal-Conservative		1	-	310	1.78%
Total			66	35	17,439	100%

Note:

• Sources are conflicted about the affiliation of some candidates, vote counts and total number of candidates are accurate, standings and votes by party may change upon further research.

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

5th North-West Legislative Assembly
	District	Member	Party
	Banff	Arthur Sifton	Liberal-Conservative
	Batoche	Charles Fisher	Liberal
	Battleford	Joseph Benjamin Prince	Liberal-Conservative
	Cannington	Ewan McDiarmid	Independent Liberal
	Cardston	John William Woolf	Liberal
	East Calgary	John Jackson Young	Independent
	Edmonton	Richard Secord	Independent
	Grenfell	Richard Stuart Lake	Liberal-Conservative
	High River	Richard Alfred Wallace	Liberal-Conservative
	Innisfail	John A. Simpson	Liberal-Conservative
	Kinistino	William Frederick Meyers	Liberal
	Lacombe	Peter Talbot	Liberal-Conservative
	Lethbridge	Leverett DeVeber	Liberal-Conservative
	Macleod	Frederick Haultain	Liberal-Conservative
	Maple Creek	Horace Albertie Greeley	Liberal-Conservative
	Medicine Hat	William Finlay	Liberal-Conservative
	Mitchell	Alexander McIntyre	Liberal-Conservative
	Moose Jaw	George Annable	Liberal
	Moosomin	Alexander S. Smith	Liberal-Conservative
	North Qu'Appelle	Donald H. McDonald	Liberal
	North Regina	George W. Brown	Liberal-Conservative
	Prince Albert	Thomas McKay	Liberal
	Saltcoats	Thomas MacNutt	Liberal-Conservative
	Saskatoon	William Henry Sinclair	Liberal-Conservative
	Souris	John Connell	Liberal-Conservative
	South Qu'Appelle	George Bulyea	Liberal-Conservative
	South Regina	James Hawkes	Independent
	Strathcona	Alexander Rutherford	Liberal-Conservative
	St. Albert	Daniel Maloney	Independent
	Victoria	Jack Shera	Independent
	West Calgary	Richard Bennett^*	Independent
	Wetaskiwin	Anthony Rosenroll	Liberal-Conservative
	Whitewood	Archibald Gillis	Liberal-Conservative
	Wolseley	William Elliott	Liberal-Conservative
	Yorkton	Thomas Patrick	Liberal

Note: ^* Sources are conflicted on Richard Bennett as to whether he was a Liberal or Independent

See also

• Alberta general election, 1905
• Saskatchewan general election, 1905
• List of Northwest Territories general elections
• 2nd Council of the Northwest Territories