Lorne (N.W.T. electoral district)
 Northwest Territories electoral district
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| Defunct territorial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories |
| District created | 1881 |
| District abolished | 1888 |
| First contested | 1881 |
| Last contested | 1885 |
Lorne was an electoral district that existed in the District of Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories from 1880 until 1888. The district was one of the first three created by Royal Proclamation in 1880. Of the first three electoral districts proclaimed, it was the only one to actually have an election held in it.
Under the Northwest Territories Act 1880 the district was mandated at its inception to return a single member to the Northwest Territories Legislature under the First Past the Post electoral system. The district was named in the honour of former Governor General, the Marquess of Lorne. Lorne would tour the through the Northwest Territories just after the electoral district was created in 1881.
The electoral district ceased to exist at the drop of the writ for the 1888 Northwest Territories general election. This was due to a population boom in the area caused by an influx of settlers. The electoral district was redistributed and split between the electoral districts of and the Prince Albert electoral district. During the nine years the district existed, it returned three members through three elections who served roughly three-year terms.
The electoral district was one of three royally proclaimed by Lieutenant-Governor David Laird on November 13, 1880 The other two electoral districts were Salisbury, named after the Marquess of Salisbury and Kimberley name after the Lord of Kimberley. Kimberley's contribution to the Northwest Territories was transferring the Canadian Arctic Archipelago to Canada on September 1, 1880.
The electoral district was created with the provision to cover an area of 1,000 square miles (2,600 km2) and have a population of 1000 electors. The major population centres in the electoral district at the time of creation were Prince Albert, and Fort Carlton. The land around the district boomed due to a high rate of settlement in that period. The cause of this was due to the possibility of the Canadian Pacific transcontinental railway line being built through the area.
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