West Calgary was a single member electoral district that was mandated to return members to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada, from 1894 until it was abolished in 1905.
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History
West Calgary was created from the old Calgary electoral district. This took place after the passage of the North-West Representation Act 1894 passed through parliament. Calgary's electoral districts were split into this district East Calgary and High River.
1901 election
The by-election was caused by the resignation of Richard Bennett, who resigned his seat to run for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1900 Canadian federal election.
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West Calgary (N.W.T. electoral district) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA