1960 Northwest Territories general election

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The 1960 Northwest Territories general election took place on September 19, 1960. [1]

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In this election three members of the general public were randomly chosen and appointed to the council.

Appointed members

4th Northwest Territories Council
MemberNew/Re-appointed
D.M. Collican New
Wilfred Brown Re-appointed
L.A. Desrochers New
H.M. Jones New
I. Norman Smith New

Elected members

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

4th Northwest Territories Council
DistrictMember
Mackenzie Delta Knut Lang [2]
Mackenzie North E.J. Gall
Mackenzie River John Goodall
Mackenzie South A.P Carey

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References

  1.  Sabin, Jerald Jeffrey Devlin (2016). CONTESTED COLONIALISM: THE RISE OF SETTLER POLITICS IN YUKON AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (PhD thesis), pp 152. University of Toronto.
  2. Dacks, Gurston (December 15, 1990). Devolution and Constitutional Development in the Canadian North. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 30. ISBN   978-0-7735-8151-7.