Assiniboia East 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 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...

 and Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, 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.

This riding was created in 1886 in the Northwest 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

Assiniboia (electoral district)

Assiniboia was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1988. This riding was created in 1907 following the admission of Saskatchewan into the Canadian Confederation in 1905...

, Qu'Appelle and Saltcoats

Saltcoats (electoral district)

Saltcoats was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1925.This riding was created in 1907 from parts of Assiniboia East, and Qu'Appelle ridings...

 ridings.

Election results

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|William Dell Perley

William Dell Perley

William Dell Perley was a farmer and politician from western Canada.William has had an extensive political career, he ran at least twice for the Canadian House of Commons in Sunbury electoral district as a Conservative being defeated both times in 1878 and 1882 in hotly contested and very close...

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|James Dickie||align=right| 1,010
By-election: Mr. Perley appointed to the Senate, 3 August 1888
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|Edgar Dewdney

Edgar Dewdney

Edgar Dewdney, PC was a Canadian politician born in Devonshire, England. He served as Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories and the fifth Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.-Early life and career:...

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|Edgar Dewdney

Edgar Dewdney

Edgar Dewdney, PC was a Canadian politician born in Devonshire, England. He served as Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories and the fifth Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.-Early life and career:...

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|John Gillanders Turriff

John Gillanders Turriff

John Gillanders Turriff was a Canadian parliamentarian.Born in Petit-Métis, Canada East, Turriff as a young man settled in Western Canada, first in Manitoba, where he established himself as a farmer, and subsequently in that part of the North-West Territories which corresponds to the modern...

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By-election: On Mr. Dewdney's resignation, 26 October 1892
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|William Walter McDonald

William Walter McDonald

William Walter McDonald was a politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.William was acclaimed to the Canadian House of Commons in a by-election on November 21, 1892....

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|James Moffat Douglas

James Moffat Douglas

James Moffat Douglas was a farmer, missionary and politician from western Canada. The son of John and Euphemia Douglas, he was born and received his early education in Linton, Bankhead, Roxburghshire in Scotland, and came with his parents to settle on a small farm near Cambray, Ontario, in...

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|William Walter McDonald

William Walter McDonald

William Walter McDonald was a politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.William was acclaimed to the Canadian House of Commons in a by-election on November 21, 1892....

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|James Moffat Douglas

James Moffat Douglas

James Moffat Douglas was a farmer, missionary and politician from western Canada. The son of John and Euphemia Douglas, he was born and received his early education in Linton, Bankhead, Roxburghshire in Scotland, and came with his parents to settle on a small farm near Cambray, Ontario, in...

 ||align=right| 4,081
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|Richard Stuart Lake

Richard Stuart Lake

Richard Stuart Lake was a long serving territorial provincial and federal level politician from Saskatchewan, Canada.-Territorial politics:...

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|John Gillanders Turriff

John Gillanders Turriff

John Gillanders Turriff was a Canadian parliamentarian.Born in Petit-Métis, Canada East, Turriff as a young man settled in Western Canada, first in Manitoba, where he established himself as a farmer, and subsequently in that part of the North-West Territories which corresponds to the modern...

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|BRIGHAM, J.R. ||align=right| 3,036

See also

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

External links

• Riding history for Assiniboia East, Northwest Territories (1886–1905) from the Library of Parliament
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• Riding history for Assiniboia East, Saskatchewan (1905–1907) from the Library of Parliament
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