It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier and the 8th Canadian Ministry.

Alberta and Saskatchewan were established as Canadian provinces on 1 September 1905 from parts of what had formerly been the Northwest Territories.

The old NWT electoral districts were not formally abolished until the 1907 redistribution, which took the provincial boundary into account.

The regions of the North-West Territories represented in Parliament became the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan on 1 September 1905.

Except in cases where the members resigned, NWT MPs continued to represent constituencies using the 1903 boundaries until the dissolution of the 10th Parliament.