Assiniboia West
Former federal electoral district in the North-West Territories, Canada
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Assiniboia West was a federal electoral district in the North-West Territories, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1886 to 1908.
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1886 |
| District abolished | 1907 |
| First contested | 1887 |
| Last contested | 1904 |
This riding was created in 1886. When the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created in 1905, this district, with territory in both new provinces, continued to represent them until it was abolished in 1907. It was redistributed into Battleford, Medicine Hat, Moose Jaw, Regina, and Saskatoon ridings.
Members of Parliament
| Assiniboia West | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| 7th | 1887–1891 | Nicholas Flood Davin | Conservative | |
| 7th | 1891–1896 | |||
| 8th | 1896–1900 | |||
| 9th | 1900–1904 | Thomas Walter Scott | Liberal | |
| 10th | 1904–1906 | |||
| 1906–1908 | William Erskine Knowles | |||
| District redistributed into Battleford, Medicine Hat, Moose Jaw, Regina, and Saskatoon | ||||
Election results
1906 by-election
| Canadian federal by-election, February 6, 1906: Assiniboia East Resignation of Walter Scott to enter provincial politics | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | William Erskine Knowles | acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[1] | ||||||||
1904
| 1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Walter Scott | 3,647 | 56.00 | +3.07 | ||||
| Conservative | George Malcolm Annable | 2,865 | 44.00 | –3.07 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,512 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 6,512 | 75.99 | –2.70 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 8,569 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.07 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[2][3] | ||||||||
1900
| 1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Walter Scott | 2,093 | 52.93 | – | ||||
| Conservative | Nicholas Flood Davin | 1,861 | 47.07 | –2.93 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,954 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 3,954 | 78.69 | –1.82 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 5,025 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[4][5] | ||||||||
1896
| 1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Nicholas Flood Davin | 1,502 | 50.00 | –9.65 | ||||
| Independent | John K. McInnis | 1,502 | 50.00 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,004 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 3,004 | 80.51 | +12.27 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,731 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[6][7] | ||||||||
1891
| 1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Nicholas Flood Davin | 1,011 | 59.65 | –3.54 | ||||
| Conservative | Thomas Tweed | 684 | 40.35 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,695 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 1,695 | 68.24 | +7.29 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 2,484 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –3.54 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[8][9] | ||||||||
1887
| 1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Nicholas Flood Davin | 726 | 63.19 | |||||
| Liberal | James Hamilton Ross | 423 | 36.81 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,149 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 1,149 | 60.95 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 1,885 | |||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[10][11] | ||||||||