Alberta was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in the Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

, Canada

Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

 from 1887 to 1908.

History

The Alberta Provisional District was created in 1886 when the Northwest Territories gained representation in the House of Commons. It had the same boundaries of the District of Alberta

District of Alberta

The District of Alberta was one of four districts of the Northwest Territories created in 1882. It was styled the Alberta Provisional District to distinguish it from the District of Keewatin which had a more autonomous relationship from the NWT administration...

, a subdivision of the Northwest Territories. In 1905, Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

 became a province of Canada, and the electoral district continued as an Alberta federal electoral district covering the southern part of the province until 1907, when the district was redistributed into Macleod

Macleod (electoral district)

Macleod is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1968 and since 1988...

 and Medicine Hat

Medicine Hat (electoral district)

Medicine Hat is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1908. The riding covers the City of Medicine Hat and surrounding areas on the southeast side of Alberta – including Cypress County, Forty Mile County, the Municipal...

.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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:

1. Donald Watson Davis
   Donald Watson Davis
   Donald Watson Davis was a politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Born in Londonderry, Vermont, Donald was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1887 Canadian federal election to be one of the first Members of Parliament to represent the Northwest Territories. He represented...
   
   , Conservative (1887-1896)
2. Frank Oliver, Liberal
   Liberal Party of Canada
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    (1896-1904)
3. John Herron
   John Herron (Alberta politician)
   John Herron was a politician from Western Canada.-Political career:Born in Ashton, Carleton County, Canada West, Herron was first elected to the Alberta in the 1904 Canadian federal election in a hotly contested election defeating Malcolm McKenzie by less than 100 votes.Herron would run in the...
   
   , Liberal-Conservative (1904-1908)

Election results

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|Donald Watson Davis

Donald Watson Davis

Donald Watson Davis was a politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Born in Londonderry, Vermont, Donald was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1887 Canadian federal election to be one of the first Members of Parliament to represent the Northwest Territories. He represented...

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|Richard Hardisty

Richard Hardisty

Richard Charles Hardisty was a politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Richard ran as an Independent Conservative in the 1887 Canadian federal election and finished a close second in the Alberta . He lost to Donald Watson Davis.Richard was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the advice of...

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|James Delamere Lafferty

James Delamere Lafferty

James Delamere Lafferty was a doctor and politician. He was born in Ontario around 1853 and died in 1920. He served one term as the fifth mayor of the town of Calgary, Alberta from January 20, 1890 to January 19, 1891....

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|Donald Watson Davis

Donald Watson Davis

Donald Watson Davis was a politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Born in Londonderry, Vermont, Donald was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1887 Canadian federal election to be one of the first Members of Parliament to represent the Northwest Territories. He represented...

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|James A. Reilly||align=right| 935
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|Frank Oliver ||align=right| 3,647
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|Thomas Cochrane ||align=right| 2,863
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|Simon Clark ||align=right| 71
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|Frank Oliver ||align=right| 5,203
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||Richard Bennett

R. B. Bennett

Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, PC, KC was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He served as the 11th Prime Minister of Canada from August 7, 1930, to October 23, 1935, during the worst of the Great Depression years...

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|John Herron

John Herron (Alberta politician)

John Herron was a politician from Western Canada.-Political career:Born in Ashton, Carleton County, Canada West, Herron was first elected to the Alberta in the 1904 Canadian federal election in a hotly contested election defeating Malcolm McKenzie by less than 100 votes.Herron would run in the...

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|Malcolm McKenzie

Malcolm McKenzie

Malcolm McKenzie was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and, briefly, as Alberta Provincial Treasurer.-Early life:...

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See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history for Alberta (Provisional District), Northwest Territories (1886–1905) from the Library of Parliament
  Library of Parliament
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