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.
Canada holds elections for legislatures or governments in several jurisdictions:for the federal (national) government,provincial and territorial governments,and municipal governments. Elections are also held for self-governing First Nations and for many other public and private organizations including corporations and trade unions. Municipal elections can also be held for both upper-tier and lower-tier governments.
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.
The 1st Council of the North-West Territories,also known as the North-West Council in Canada,lasted from October 7,1876,to 1888. It was created as a permanent replacement to the Temporary North-West Council which existed prior to 1876.
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.
Representation by women has been a significant issue in Canadian politics since 1900.
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.
The 2007 Northwest Territories general election took place on October 1,2007. Nineteen members were elected to the Legislative Assembly from single member districts conducted under first-past-the-post voting system.
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.
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.
Eva Qamaniq Aariaka is a Canadian Inuk politician,who was elected in the 2008 territorial election to represent the electoral district of Iqaluit East in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. She was subsequently chosen as the second premier of Nunavut,under the territory's consensus government system,on November 14,2008. Aariak was the fifth woman to serve as a premier in Canada.
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.
On February 25,2017,voters in the 10th district of the Delaware Senate voted in a special election to fill the seat left vacant by Democrat Bethany Hall-Long,the previous incumbent,who had resigned at the beginning of the year after having been elected lieutenant governor the preceding November. Democrat Stephanie Hansen,an environmental lawyer from Middletown who had in the past served a term as New Castle County Council President,won with 58.1 percent of the vote,defeating Republican opponent John Marino,who finished with 40.8 percent. Libertarian John Lanzendorfer,the only other candidate in the race,claimed the other 1.1 percent.
