1903 Yukon general election

The 1903 Yukon general election was held on January 13, 1903.[1] The council was expanded to elect five of the ten members to the Yukon Territorial Council. The election was fought along party lines even though the council was limited in its powers and played an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

1903 Yukon general election

January 13, 1903
All 5 elected seats of the Yukon Territorial Council
Party Government Opposition Labor Seats won 2 1 0 Popular vote 2,460 1,407 367 Percentage 32.19% 18.70% 6.28%

Distribution

The Yukon was divided up into three electoral districts by the Yukon Territorial Council. The two rural districts were named Districts No. 1 and No 2. and each elected two members while Whitehorse became its own electoral district.

After the election the validity of the election was called into question because the Yukon council might have overstepped its authority dividing up the Yukon into electoral districts.

Results

Summary of the 1903 Yukon Territorial Council election results

Affiliation		Candidates	Elected members			Popular vote
			1900	1903	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Government	4	0	2	n/a	1,880	32.19%	n/a
	Opposition	2	n/a	1	n/a	1,092	18.70%	n/a
	Labor	1	n/a	0	n/a	367	6.28%	n/a
	Unknown	9	n/a	2	n/a	2,501	42.83%	n/a
Total		16	2	5	5	5,840	100%

Members elected

District	Member elected	Affiliation
District No. 1	Joseph Clarke	Opposition
	Alfred Thompson	Government
District No. 2	John Pringle	Unknown
	Max Landreville	Unknown
Whitehorse	Robert Lowe	Government

References

1. Steven Smyth, The Yukon's Constitutional Foundations: Volume One, The Yukon Chronology (1897-1999). Clairedge Press, 1999.