Calgary (N.W.T. electoral district)
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Calgary was a territorial
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

 electoral district
Electoral district
An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

 for the Legislative Assembly of 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
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

.

The riding was created by royal proclamation in 1884.

The riding was split into East Calgary
East Calgary (N.W.T. electoral district)
East Calgary was an electoral district in the Northwest Territories from 1894 - 1905, the district was created when Calgary was split into East and West Calgary.The two ridings would later be merged to form the new Calgary Alberta provincial electoral district...

, West Calgary
West Calgary (N.W.T. electoral district)
West Calgary was a single member electoral district that was mandated to return members to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada, from 1894 until it was abolished in 1905.-History:...

 and High River
High River (N.W.T. electoral district)
High River was a single member territorial electoral district in Northwest Territories Canada that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1894 until 1905.-Electoral history:...

 in 1894.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Name Elected Left Office
James Davidson Geddes
James Davidson Geddes
James Davidson Geddes was a Canadian accountant, rancher and politician who served a term in the Northwest Territories Legislature.-Early life:Geddes lived in Galt, Ontario and worked as an accountant for the Merchants Bank...

1884 1886
John D. Lauder
John D. Lauder
Dr. John Drought Lauder was a Canadian territorial level politician, rancher, police officer civil servant and medical doctor. As a police officer for the North-West Mounted Police he saw active service during the North-West Rebellion...

1886 1888
Hugh Cayley
Hugh Cayley
Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was a Canadian lawyer, news reporter and politician.-Early life:Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was born on November 19, 1857 in Toronto. He was raised in Upper Canada and one of eleven children fathered by William Cayley...

1886 1894
John Lineham
John Lineham
John Lineham was a former territorial-level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Lineham was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 1888 Northwest Territories general election. He won the top place in the two-man district of Calgary. There were three...

1888 1894

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 %
John Lineham
John Lineham
John Lineham was a former territorial-level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Lineham was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 1888 Northwest Territories general election. He won the top place in the two-man district of Calgary. There were three...

Acclaimed
Hugh Cayley
Hugh Cayley
Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was a Canadian lawyer, news reporter and politician.-Early life:Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was born on November 19, 1857 in Toronto. He was raised in Upper Canada and one of eleven children fathered by William Cayley...

Acclaimed

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 % Elected
John Lineham
John Lineham
John Lineham was a former territorial-level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Lineham was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 1888 Northwest Territories general election. He won the top place in the two-man district of Calgary. There were three...

809 43.80% X
Hugh Cayley
Hugh Cayley
Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was a Canadian lawyer, news reporter and politician.-Early life:Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was born on November 19, 1857 in Toronto. He was raised in Upper Canada and one of eleven children fathered by William Cayley...

634 34.44% X
James A. Reilly 404 21.76%
Total Votes 1,847 100%

1886 election

July 14, 1886 by-election
Name Vote % Elected
John D. Lauder
John D. Lauder
Dr. John Drought Lauder was a Canadian territorial level politician, rancher, police officer civil servant and medical doctor. As a police officer for the North-West Mounted Police he saw active service during the North-West Rebellion...

232 33.62% X
Hugh Cayley
Hugh Cayley
Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was a Canadian lawyer, news reporter and politician.-Early life:Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was born on November 19, 1857 in Toronto. He was raised in Upper Canada and one of eleven children fathered by William Cayley...

195 28.25% X
Augustus Carney 164 23.77%
Simon Jackson Hogg 99 14.36%
Total Votes 690 100%

1884 election

June 28, 1884 by-election
Name Vote %
James Davidson Geddes
James Davidson Geddes
James Davidson Geddes was a Canadian accountant, rancher and politician who served a term in the Northwest Territories Legislature.-Early life:Geddes lived in Galt, Ontario and worked as an accountant for the Merchants Bank...

100 53.19%
James Kidd Oswald 88 46.81%
Total Votes 188 100%

See also

  • Calgary
    Calgary (provincial electoral district)
    Calgary was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada that existed from 1905 to 1913 and was recreated from 1921 to 1959. The district returned from one to six members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta...

     Alberta provincial electoral district.
  • Calgary
    Calgary (electoral district)
    Calgary was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1917. It was located initially in the Northwest Territories. Following the creation of the province of Alberta in 1905, the riding was located in that province...

    federal electoral district.

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