Victoria was a former territorial electoral district that was mandated to return a single member to the North-West Legislative Assembly from 1894 until Alberta became a province in 1905.
 Northwest Territories electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct territorial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories |
| District created | 1894 |
| District abolished | 1905 |
| First contested | 1894 |
| Last contested | 1902 |
Geography
The electoral district was named for Fort Victoria on the North Saskatchewan River. It covered the section of the District of Alberta north and east of Edmonton, including the village of Fort Saskatchewan.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Assembly | Years | Member|[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Edmonton 1883-1894 | ||||
| 3rd | 1894–1898 | Frank Fraser Tims | Independent | |
| 4th | 1898–1902 | Jack Shera | ||
| 5th | 1902–1905 | |||
| See Victoria (Alberta) and Sturgeon 1905–1940 | ||||
Victoria elected Frank Fraser Tims as its representative in the 1894 election, who was then defeated by Jack Shera in 1898. Both were independents, as there were no political parties in these elections, and the territory was governed by consensus. When the Dominion parties were introduced in 1902, Shera remained an independent and was elected to a second term.
He sought re-election in the modified Victoria district after Alberta was created in 1905 as a Conservative, but was soundly defeated.
Election results
| 1894 North-West Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Independent | Frank Fraser Tims | Acclaimed | ||||||
| Total valid votes | 0 | |||||||
Source(s) "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30. | ||||||||
| 1898 North-West Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Independent | John William Shera | 242 | 52.27 | |||||
| Independent | Frank Fraser Tims | 221 | 47.73 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 463 | 100.00 | ||||||
Source(s) "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30. | ||||||||
| 1902 North-West Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Independent | John William Shera | 424 | 66.15 | +13.88 | ||||
| Independent | Gus Doze | 217 | 33.85 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 641 | 100.00 | ||||||
Source(s) "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30. | ||||||||