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1902 North-West Territories general election

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Field	Value
election_name	1902 North-West Territories general election
country	Northwest Territories
flag_year	1870
type	legislative
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1898 North-West Territories general election
previous_year	1898
previous_mps	4th North-West Legislative Assembly
election_date
elected_mps	[members](5th-north-west-legislative-assembly)
next_election	1905 Alberta general election
next_year	1905 (AB)
→ 1905 Saskatchewan general election1905 (SK)
seats_for_election	35 seats in the North-West Legislative Assembly
18 seats were needed for a majority
image1	[[File:FrederickWAGHaultain.png	150x150px]]
colour1
leader1	Frederick W. A. G. Haultain
party1	Liberal-Conservative
leader_since1	1897
leaders_seat1	Macleod
last_election1	7
seats1	21
popular_vote1	8,319
percentage1	47.8%
image2	LIB
colour2
leader2	Donald H. McDonald
party2	Liberal
leader_since2	1902
leaders_seat2	North Qu'Appelle
last_election2	2
seats2	7
popular_vote2	5,067
percentage2	29.1%
title	Premier
posttitle	Premier after election
before_election	Frederick W. A. G. Haultain
before_party	Liberal-Conservative
after_election	Frederick W. A. G. Haultain
after_party	Liberal-Conservative

→ 1905 Saskatchewan general election1905 (SK) 18 seats were needed for a majority The 1902 North-West Territories general election, occurred on 21 May 1902 and was the fifth general election in the history of the North-West Territories, Canada. It was held to elect 35 Members of the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories.

The Liberal-Conservatives led by incumbent North-West Territories Premier Frederick W. A. G. Haultain, received 8,319 votes, taking 21 of 35 seats. The North-West Territories Liberal Party under the leadership of Donald H. McDonaldr received 5,067 votes, and received 7 seats in the Legislative Assembly.

The main issue of the 1902 election was provincial autonomy for the North-West Territories. Political leaders across the North-West Territories had been pushing the federal Laurier Liberal government for provincial status for the Territories since 1896. Support for provincial autonomy was largely unanimous amongst all candidates, and most ran largely on a platform focused on the issue.

Candidates in this election were not nominated by the party in a contested nomination as with modern elections, but rather proclaimed their support for the governing party or opposition party, or Independent. During the election race some candidates shifted their alignment. The result was a confusing mess, and the bulk of candidates proclaimed support for the already governing Liberal-Conservative party, leaving the Liberals without candidates in many districts. Lethbridge ended up being contested by two government supporting candidates.

Three years after the 1902 election, the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were carved out of North-West Territories in 1905, and they took most of the voting population with them. The 1902 election was the last election held in the NWT until 1951, and it elected the last assembly in the Northwest Territories (NWT) to use political parties. After 1905, the NWT government reverted to an appointed consensus model of government. Since 1951, the government of NWT has been of the elected consensus model of government.

1902 would also see the largest number of MLAs elected to the North-West Territories Legislature in the territories' history.

Election summary

Party	Party Leader	# of
candidates	Elected	Popular Vote	#	%
Liberal-Conservative	Frederick Haultain	32	21	8,319	47.70%	Liberal
Total	66	35	17,439	100%

Note:

Sources are conflicted about the affiliation of some candidates, vote counts and total number of candidates are accurate, standings and votes by party may change upon further research.

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

District	Member	Party
Banff	Arthur Sifton	Liberal-Conservative

Note:

Sources are conflicted on Richard Bennett as to whether he was a Liberal or Independent

References

Hall, David. (2005). "Alberta Formed Alberta Transformed". [[University of Alberta Press]], [[University of Calgary Press]].
Thomas, Lewis Gwynne. (1959). "The Liberal Party in Alberta: A History of Politics in the Province of Alberta, 1905-1921". [[University of Toronto Press]].
Thome, Charles Michael. (2005). "How the West Was Lost: Frederik Haultain and the Foundation of Saskatchewan". [[University of Saskatchewan]] (MA Thesis).
(20 June 2007). "Territories - Membership of the Legislatures".

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