Kinistino was a former territorial electoral district in Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

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, Canada

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. The electoral district was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from its creation in 1888 until it was abolished when Alberta

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 and Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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 were created in 1905. The district was created as part of the North-West Representation Act when it passed through the Parliament of Canada

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 in 1888.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

	Name	Elected	Left Office	James Hoey James Hoey (politician) James Hoey was an Irish-born farmer and political figure in the Northwest Territories, Canada. He represented Kinistino in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1888 to 1891.-Biography:...	1888	1891	William Frederick Meyers	1891	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 Hoey James Hoey (politician) James Hoey was an Irish-born farmer and political figure in the Northwest Territories, Canada. He represented Kinistino in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1888 to 1891.-Biography:...	104	53.89%	John C. Slater	89	46.11%
Total Votes		193	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	%	William Frederick Meyers	32	52.46%	George Ellis	29	47.54%
Total Votes		61	100%

The 1891 Kinistino election was lowest total vote held in the history of the Northwest Territories Legislature.

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	%	William Frederick Meyers	60	51.28%	James Tennant	57	48.72%
Total Votes		117	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	%	William Frederick Meyers	98	65.77%	Thomas Sanderson	51	34.23%
Total Votes		149	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	%	William Frederick Meyers	425	62.32%	Alfred Schmitz Shadd	257	37.68%
Total Votes		682	100%