Victoria (territorial electoral district)

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.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.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.
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