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in French on 31 October 1888. The outcry caused Royal to read his second throne speech in English only. On 28 October 1889, the issue was made dormant when a Record Division was taken on the "Language Resolution", a motion that stated the assembly did not need official recognition of languages. The
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The key issue in this election was the French language question. Politicians had spent the previous three years divided on the issues of eliminating the status of the French language as an official language of the territory, and of assimilation of the French-speaking population. The appointed
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vote was 17 for 2 against. But this did not last, because the federal government got involved, and warned the Lieutenant Governor Royal to start making speeches in French again, and tried to legislate official bilingualism back in the territory, through the
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resulted in members being elected to the assembly who favoured English as the only official language. On 19 January 1892 Haultain made a motion that only English would be used in the Assembly. The motion passed on division: 20 for, 4 against.
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that gained Royal Assent 28 April 1877. Prior to that, French was an official language while the North-West Territories was administered under the
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Members were elected on non-partisan basis but decisions were decided by majority vote in the chamber.
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No vote returns, are currently available from the Batoche, St. Albert and Souris districts
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Territorial government in Canada: the autonomy question in the old North-West Territories
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The struggle for responsible government in the North-West Territories, 1870–97
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Justifying the End of Official Bilingualism in the Northwest Territories
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The turnout can not be established as no voters lists were in use.
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Most of the members were elected in single-member districts through
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government made French an official language in Section 11 of the
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Personnel of the Northwest Territories Assembly 1888–1905
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For complete electoral history, see individual districts
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was held on 7 November 1891 to elect 25 members of the
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Elections and referendums in the Northwest Territories
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Two representatives were elected from the district.
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Index

1891 Northwest Territories general election
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1894
outgoing members
members
North-West Legislative Assembly
Robert Brett
Frederick Haultain
Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories
History of the North-West Territories
Frederick W. A. G. Haultain
Lieutenant Governor
Speech from the Throne
House of Commons of Canada
Government of Canada
First past the post
Block Voting
2nd North-West Legislative Assembly
Banff
Robert Brett
Batoche
Charles Nolin
Charles Eugene Boucher
Hilliard Mitchell
Battleford
James Clinkskill
James Clinkskill
Calgary
John Lineham
Hugh Cayley

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