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

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...

. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.

Frederick W. A. G. Haultain

Frederick W. A. G. Haultain

Sir Frederick William Alpin Gordon Haultain was a lawyer and a long serving Canadian politician and judge. His career in provincial and territorial legislatures stretched into four decades...

was still the first premier of the NWT. That title was given by legislation passed in 1897

1897 in Canada

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. He was the last premier of the Northwest Territories until 1980.

There were three big issues in this election, provincial rights and how to divide the provinces.

The second issue was the transfer of education, from the federal to the territorial level, this was Haultain's personal project, unfortunately for the Territories, that power would not be turned over until 1970.

The third issue, was the territories deficit budget, the territory was facing huge pressures from a rapidly increasing population in all parts of the territory. Earlier in 1898 the territorial government tried to exert control over liquor revenue in the Klondike, since it was footing the bill for increased services and policing. The federal government however interfered and delt a huge blow, when it carved the Yukon

Yukon

Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....

out of the Northwest Territories and appointed a council loyal to the federal government to gain control.

This was the first general election in which the election was contested along party lines in Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

. Frederick W. A. G. Haultain

Frederick W. A. G. Haultain

Sir Frederick William Alpin Gordon Haultain was a lawyer and a long serving Canadian politician and judge. His career in provincial and territorial legislatures stretched into four decades...

would sustain the governing Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party

Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party

The Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party also known formally as the Liberal-Conservative Association prior to 1903 and the Territorial Conservative Association after 1903, was a short lived political party in the Northwest Territories, Canada. from 1897-1905...

in coalition with James Hamilton Ross

James Hamilton Ross

James Hamilton Ross was a Canadian politician, the Yukon Territory's third Commissioner, and an ardent defender of territorial rights...

who was a member of the Hautain cabinet but a Liberal member. Robert Brett

Robert Brett

Robert George Brett was a politician and physician in the North-West Territories and later Alberta, Canada....

remained leader of the official opposition.

Political parties were still controversial in this election as noted in the Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

The Calgary Herald is a daily newspaper published in the Canadian city of Calgary, Alberta.- History :The paper was first published on August 31, 1883 by Andrew Armour and Thomas Braden as The Calgary Herald, Mining and Ranche Advocate and General Advertiser. It started as a weekly paper with only...

editorial from 17 November 1898 Weekly edition, that debated the pros and cons of the bringing the "Dominion party lines" to the territorial legislature.

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

4th North-West Legislative Assembly 4th North-West Legislative Assembly 4th North-West Legislative Assembly was the 6th meeting of the Northwest Territories Legislature, it lasted from 1898 to 1902. This was also the first new council after creation of the Yukon from the extreme North West portion of the territories on June 13, 1898.-External links:*...
	District	Member	Party	Banff	Robert Brett Robert Brett Robert George Brett was a politician and physician in the North-West Territories and later Alberta, Canada....	Liberal Northwest Territories Liberal Party The Northwest Territories Liberal Party was a short-lived branch of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Northwest Territories.The party existed between 1898 and 1905. In 1905, the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created from the heavily populated areas of the Northwest Territories...
	Batoche Batoche (N.W.T. electoral district) Batoche was a territorial electoral district in the Northwest Territories that existed from 1888 to 1905.- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-1888 election:-1891 election:...	Charles Fisher		Battleford Battleford (N.W.T. electoral district) 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 and...	Joseph Benjamin Prince Joseph Benjamin Prince Joseph Benjamin Prince was a farmer, rancher and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Battleford in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1898 to 1905 as an Independent...	Independent
	Cannington	Ewan McDiarmid		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...	Alfred Cross Alfred Cross Alfred William Stephens Cross was a British architect.From 1889 to 1899 he was in partnership with Henry Spalding as Spalding and Cross, taking part in many competitions for building design...	Liberal-Conservative Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party The Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party also known formally as the Liberal-Conservative Association prior to 1903 and the Territorial Conservative Association after 1903, was a short lived political party in the Northwest Territories, Canada. from 1897-1905...
	Edmonton Edmonton (N.W.T. electoral district) Edmonton was a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada.The riding was created by royal proclamation in 1883 and abolished in 1905. In 1888 the riding returned the top two candidates after it was merged with the St. Albert electoral district. The...	Matthew McCauley Matthew McCauley (politician) Matthew "Matt" McCauley was the first mayor of the city of Edmonton, and a member of the legislative assemblies of both the Northwest Territories and Alberta....		Grenfell	Richard Stuart Lake Richard Stuart Lake Richard Stuart Lake was a long serving territorial provincial and federal level politician from Saskatchewan, Canada.-Territorial politics:...	Liberal-Conservative Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party The Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party also known formally as the Liberal-Conservative Association prior to 1903 and the Territorial Conservative Association after 1903, was a short lived political party in the Northwest Territories, Canada. from 1897-1905...
	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:...	Richard Alfred Wallace Richard Alfred Wallace Richard Alfred Wallace was a Canadian teacher, cook, farmer and politician on the municipal and territorial level....
	Kinistino Kinistino (N.W.T. electoral district) Kinistino was a former territorial electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada. 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 and Saskatchewan were created...	William Frederick Meyers
	Lethbridge	Leverett DeVeber Leverett DeVeber Leverett George DeVeber was a Canadian politician who served as Member of the Legislative Assemblies of Alberta and the Northwest Territories, minister in the government of Alberta, and member of the Senate of Canada...		Macleod Macleod (N.W.T. electoral district) Macelod was a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada.The riding was created by royal proclamation in 1885 and abolished in 1905 when the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created....	Frederick Haultain Frederick W. A. G. Haultain Sir Frederick William Alpin Gordon Haultain was a lawyer and a long serving Canadian politician and judge. His career in provincial and territorial legislatures stretched into four decades...	Liberal-Conservative Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party The Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party also known formally as the Liberal-Conservative Association prior to 1903 and the Territorial Conservative Association after 1903, was a short lived political party in the Northwest Territories, Canada. from 1897-1905...
	Mitchell	Joseph McIntyre
	Medicine Hat Medicine Hat (N.W.T. electoral district) Medicine Hat was a former territorial electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada. The electoral district was created with the passage of the North-West Representation Act of 1888. The primary population center and the districts name sake was the city of Medicine Hat...	Horace Albertie Greeley		Moose Jaw Moose Jaw (N.W.T. electoral district) Moose Jaw was a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada.The riding was created by royal proclamation in 1883 and abolished in 1905 when Alberta and Saskatchewan were created....	James Hamilton Ross James Hamilton Ross James Hamilton Ross was a Canadian politician, the Yukon Territory's third Commissioner, and an ardent defender of territorial rights...	Liberal Northwest Territories Liberal Party The Northwest Territories Liberal Party was a short-lived branch of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Northwest Territories.The party existed between 1898 and 1905. In 1905, the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created from the heavily populated areas of the Northwest Territories...
	Moosomin Moosomin (N.W.T. electoral district) Moosomin was a territorial electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada that came into existence by Royal Proclamation in 1885 and was abolished when Alberta and Saskatchewan were created in 1905.-History:...	Alexander S. Smith
	North Qu'Appelle	Donald H. McDonald Donald H. McDonald Donald Hogarth McDonald was a Canadian politician.Born in 1867 in Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Donald was first elected to the North-West Territories Legislature in a 1896 by-election, he was re-elected for 2 more terms until 1905....
	North Regina	George W. Brown George W. Brown George William Brown was a Canadian politician and the second Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan from 1910 to 1915....
	Prince Albert East	Samuel McLeod
	Prince Albert West	Thomas McKay Thomas McKay (N.W.T. politician) Thomas McKay was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Prince Albert in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1891 to 1894 and from 1898 to 1905. McKay was the brother-in-law of Lawrence Clarke, and like Clarke was connected to the Conservative...
	Red Deer	John A. Simpson John A. Simpson John Adrian Simpson was a Canadian politician and businessman. Born in Peel County, Ontario, he came west in 1890 and eventually settled in Innisfail, where he opened a lumberyard...
	Saltcoats	William Eakin William Eakin William Eakin was a farmer and political figure in the Northwest Territories, Canada. He represented Saltcoats in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1894 to 1902 as a Liberal....
	Souris	John Connell John Connell John Connell was a contemporary American artist. His works included sculpture, painting, drawing, and writing....		South Qu'Appelle	George Bulyea George H. V. Bulyea George Hedley Vicars Bulyea was a Canadian politician and the first Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. As the youngest ever Lieutenant-Governor, at age 46, he was appointed by Governor General Lord Earl Grey on advice of The Right Honourable Prime Minister of Canada Sir Wilfrid Laurier on September...	Liberal-Conservative Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party The Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party also known formally as the Liberal-Conservative Association prior to 1903 and the Territorial Conservative Association after 1903, was a short lived political party in the Northwest Territories, Canada. from 1897-1905...
	South Regina	James Hawkes
	St. Albert St. Albert (N.W.T. electoral district) St. Albert was a territorial electoral district that existed twice in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The first district existed from 1885 until 1888. The district was recreated in 1891 and was abolished in 1905.-History:...	Fredric Villeneuve
	Victoria Victoria (N.W.T. electoral district) Victoria was a former single member territorial electoral district that was mandated to return a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1894 until the district was abolished in 1905.- Members of the Legislative Assembly :...	John Shera
	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:...	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...		Wetaskiwin Wetaskiwin (N.W.T. electoral district) Wetaskiwin was a territorial electoral district in the Northwest Territories from 1898 - 1905,At the time of its creation it included the city of Wetaskiwin, Alberta and surrounding rural region...	Anthony Rosenroll Anthony Rosenroll Anthony Sigwart de Rosenroll was a politician and businessman in the Canadian province of Alberta. Born in Italy to a family of noble Swiss heritage, he spent his early adulthood in Australia and New Zealand before settling in Canada in 1895...	Liberal-Conservative Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party The Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party also known formally as the Liberal-Conservative Association prior to 1903 and the Territorial Conservative Association after 1903, was a short lived political party in the Northwest Territories, Canada. from 1897-1905...
	Whitewood Whitewood (N.W.T. electoral district) Whitewood, was a territorial electoral district in the Northwest Territories of Canada from 1887 to 1905. The district was created from the former district of Broadview, prior to the 1888 general election....	Archibald Gillis		Wolseley	William Elliott	Liberal-Conservative Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party The Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party also known formally as the Liberal-Conservative Association prior to 1903 and the Territorial Conservative Association after 1903, was a short lived political party in the Northwest Territories, Canada. from 1897-1905...	Yorkton Yorkton (N.W.T. electoral district) Yorkton was a territorial electoral district in the Northwest Territories from 1894 - 1905,After 1905 when Saskatchewan split from the territories, the district of Yorkton continues to exist to present day....	Thomas Patrick	Liberal-Conservative Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party The Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party also known formally as the Liberal-Conservative Association prior to 1903 and the Territorial Conservative Association after 1903, was a short lived political party in the Northwest Territories, Canada. from 1897-1905...

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