Assiniboia East
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 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1886 |
| District abolished | 1907 |
| First contested | 1887 |
| Last contested | 1904 |
Assiniboia East was a federal electoral district in North-West Territories and Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1887 to 1908.
This riding was created in 1886 in the North-West Territories. Following the creation of the province of Saskatchewan in 1905, Assiniboia East became a riding in Saskatchewan until it was abolished in 1907 when it was redistributed into Assiniboia, Qu'Appelle and Saltcoats ridings.
| Assiniboia East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| 7th | 1887–1888 | William Dell Perley | Conservative | |
| 1888–1891 | Edgar Dewdney | |||
| 7th | 1891–1892 | |||
| 1892–1896 | William Walter McDonald | |||
| 8th | 1896–1900 | James Moffat Douglas | Liberal | |
| 9th | 1900–1904 | |||
| 10th | 1904–1908 | John Gillanders Turriff | ||
| District redistributed into Assiniboia, Qu'Appelle and Saltcoats | ||||
Election results
1904
| 1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Gillanders Turriff | 3,770 | 55.39 | +3.75 | ||||
| Conservative | J.R. Brigham | 3,036 | 44.61 | –3.75 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,806 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 6,806 | 73.95 | –2.64 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 9,204 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.75 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[1][2] | ||||||||
1900
| 1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | James Moffat Douglas | 4,081 | 51.64 | –7.06 | ||||
| Conservative | Richard Stuart Lake | 3,822 | 48.36 | +7.06 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,903 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 7,903 | 76.59 | –0.28 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,319 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –7.06 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[3][4] | ||||||||
1896
| 1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | James Moffat Douglas | 3,556 | 58.70 | +20.01 | ||||
| Conservative | William Walter McDonald | 2,502 | 41.30 | –20.01 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,058 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 6,058 | 76.87 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 7,881 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +20.01 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[5][6] | ||||||||
1892 by-election
| Canadian federal by-election, November 12, 1892 Resignation of Edgar Dewdney | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | William Walter McDonald | acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[7] | ||||||||
1891
| 1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Edgar Dewdney | 2,049 | 61.31 | +1.91 | ||||
| Liberal | John Gillanders Turriff | 1,293 | 38.69 | –1.91 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,342 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 3,342 | 67.68 | –5.12 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,938 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.91 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[8][9] | ||||||||
1888 by-election
| Canadian federal by-election, September 12, 1888 Appointment of William Dell Perley to the Senate | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Edgar Dewdney | acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[10] | ||||||||
1887
| 1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | William Dell Perley | 1,736 | 63.22 | |||||
| Liberal | James Hay Dickie | 1,010 | 36.78 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,746 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 2,746 | 72.80 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,772 | |||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[11][12] | ||||||||
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