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Strathcona was a territorial electoral district in the
Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...
from 1902 - 1905. In 1905
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split from the North-West Territories. The provincial district of Strathcona district carried on from the old territorial district. It became Edmonton-South in 1913, then was abolished in 1921 when Edmonton started to elect its MLAs in one city-wide district (through Block Voting, then
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). The "Strathcona" name was reborn in 1959 when Edmonton reverted to electing its MLAs in single-member districts (through First Past The Post). Under the name Edmonton-Strathcona it exists to the present day.A Report on Alberta Elections, 1905-1982


Election Results 1902


See also

* Strathcona Alberta provincial electoral district * Strathcona Federal electoral district


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strathcona (N.W.T. Electoral District) Former electoral districts of Northwest Territories