Battleford was a territorial electoral district mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. The electoral district came into existence with the passage of the North-West Representation Act in 1888 and was abolished in 1905 when 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...

 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....

 were created.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

	Name	Elected	Left Office	James Clinkskill James Clinkskill James Clinkskill was a Canadian politician and engineer, merchant, author and justice of the peace.-Early life:...	1888	1898	Benjamin Prince	1898	1905

1888 election

1888 Northwest Territories general election Northwest Territories general election, 1888 The Northwest Territories general election of 1888 was the first general election in the history of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Elections were held in various districts between 20 June and 30 June 1888...
	Name	Vote	%	James Clinkskill James Clinkskill James Clinkskill was a Canadian politician and engineer, merchant, author and justice of the peace.-Early life:...	180	53.57%	Daniel Livingstone Clink	156	46.43%
Total Votes		336	100%

1891 election

1891 Northwest Territories general election Northwest Territories general election, 1891 The Northwest Territories general election of 1891 was held on 7 November 1891 to elect twenty five members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It was the second general election in the Northwest Territories' history. The legislature gained three seats, and six new...
	Name	Vote	%	James Clinkskill James Clinkskill James Clinkskill was a Canadian politician and engineer, merchant, author and justice of the peace.-Early life:...	168	55.63%	James M. Skelton	134	44.37%
Total Votes		302	100%

1894 election

1894 Northwest Territories general election Northwest Territories general election, 1894 The Northwest Territories general election of 1894 held 31 October 1894. This was the third general election in the history of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, the writs were dropped on 3 October 1894...
	Name	Vote	%	James Clinkskill James Clinkskill James Clinkskill was a Canadian politician and engineer, merchant, author and justice of the peace.-Early life:...	173	52.74%	Benjamin Prince	155	47.26%
Total Votes		328	100%

1898 election

1898 Northwest Territories general election Northwest Territories general election, 1898 The Northwest Territories general election of 1898 took place on 4 November 1898. This was the fourth general election in the history of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories....
	Name	Vote	%	Benjamin Prince	185	58.54%	James M. Skelton	131	41.46%
Total Votes		316	100%

1902 election

1902 Northwest Territories general election Northwest Territories general election, 1902 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,...
	Name	Vote	%	Benjamin Prince	210	51.72%	Albert E. Dunn	196	48.28%
Total Votes		406	100%