Aklavik is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories,Canada. Until 1961,with a population over 1,500,the community served as the regional administrative centre for the territorial government.
The Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly,or Legislative Council of the Northwest Territories,is the legislature and the seat of government of Northwest Territories in Canada. It is a unicameral elected body that creates and amends law in the Northwest Territories. Permanently located in Yellowknife since 1993,the assembly was founded in 1870 and became active in 1872 with the first appointments from the Government of Canada.
Piita Taqtu Irniq,formerly Peter Irniq,is an Inuk politician in Canada,who served as the second commissioner of Nunavut from April 2000 to April 2005.
George Hedley Vicars Bulyea was a Canadian politician and the first Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. As the youngest ever Lieutenant Governor,at age 46,he was appointed by Governor General Earl Grey on advice of Prime Minister of Canada Sir Wilfrid Laurier on September 1,1905.
Anthony Wilfred James Whitford is a retired Canadian politician,who served as the commissioner of the Northwest Territories from 2005 to 2010.
Lorne was an electoral district that existed in the District of Saskatchewan,North-West Territories from 1880 until 1888. The district was one of the first three electoral districts in the Territories. It was created by statutory proclamation in 1880. Of the three electoral districts proclaimed,it was the only one to actually have an election held in it.
The 1967 Northwest Territories general election took place on July 4,1967.
The 2nd Council of the Northwest Territories,known formally as the Council of the Northwest Territories,was the governing body of Canada's Northwest Territories from 1905 to 1951. In 1905 when Alberta and Saskatchewan were carved out the Northwest Territories,there were too few enfranchised voters in the remaining area of the Territories to justify responsible government. The Northwest Territories reverted to 1870 constitutional status. Political parties and the position of Lieutenant Governor was abolished. The government came under the direct control of Ottawa.
Elections NWT is an independent,non-partisan public agency responsible for the administration of territorial general elections,by-elections,and plebiscites in accordance with the Elections and Plebiscites Act. Elections NWT is headed by the Chief Electoral Officer,an officer of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.
Nellie Cournoyea is a Canadian politician,who served as the sixth premier of the Northwest Territories from 1991 to 1995. She was the first female premier of a Canadian territory and the second female premier in Canadian history after Rita Johnston of British Columbia.
Lena Pedersen or Lena Pederson is a politician and social worker from Nunavut,Canada. In 1959,she moved from Greenland to the Northwest Territories and lived in Coppermine (Kugluktuk),Pangnirtung and Rae (Behchoko) before moving to Cape Dorset where she participated in the artwork sales of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative.
Mervyn Arthur Hardie was a Canadian politician,businessman and bush pilot from Northwest Territories,Canada. He served as a Member of the Northwest Territories Council from 1951 to 1953 and as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 until his death in 1961.
Jane Mary "Ostler" Groenewegen is a territorial level politician from northern Canada and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.
Kevin J. O'Brien is a Canadian politician. Born in Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia,O'Brien is a union negotiator,former civil servant and a former municipal and territorial level politician who has served as a Member of both the Northwest Territories Legislature and the Nunavut Legislature. He served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut from 2000 to 2004.
Mark Evaloarjuk,CM was a northern Canadian business pioneer and politician from Igloolik,Nunavut. He served as a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1975 until 1983,and served as President of Arctic Cooperatives Ltd. In 1981,he became inducted as member of the Order of Canada.
Fred Koe is a former territorial level politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest territories from 1991 to 1995. He was born in Aklavik.
Rebekah Uqi Williams is a Canadian politician who served as the acting commissioner of Nunavut from June 22,2020,when Nellie Kusugak's term ended,until January 14,2021,when Eva Aariak took office. She has been the Deputy Commissioner of Nunavut since December 20,2019. She also served as a former territorial level politician from Arctic Bay,Northwest Territories,now part of Nunavut. Williams previously served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut from 2000 until 2004.
Frederick Blake Jr. is a First Nations Canadian politician,who was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Mackenzie Delta.
Roger T. Allen in Aklavik,Northwest Territories,from Gwich'in First Nations,is a Canadian former cross-country skier who competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics and a former territorial level politician from Northwest Territories,Canada.
