1975 Northwest Territories general election

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The 1975 Northwest Territories general election was on March 10, 1975. This was the first general election since 1902 that all the members of the assembly were elected. Fifteen members were elected to the Legislative Council.

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Election summary

Election summary [1] # of candidatesPopular vote
IncumbentNew#%
Elected candidates113??
Acclaimed candidates?1
Defeated candidates    
Total 10,813100%
Turnout 63.9%

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

8th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly
DistrictMember
Central Arctic William Lyall
Central Baffin Ipeelee Kilabuk
Foxe Basin Mark Evaloarjuk
Great Slave James Wah-Shee
Hay River Donald Morton Stewart
High Arctic Ludy Pudluk
Inuvik Tom Butters
Keewatin Region Peter Irniq
Mackenzie Great Bear George Barnaby
Mackenzie-Laird William Lafferty
Slave River Arnold McCallum
South Baffin Bryan Pearson
Western Arctic John Steen
Yellowknife South David Searle
Yellowknife North Dave Nickerson

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References

  1. Dickerson, Mark. Whose North?: Political Change, Political Development, and Self-Government in the Northwest Territories. UBC Press. p.  118. ISBN   0-7748-0418-1.