Great Slave

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Great Slave
Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg Northwest Territories electoral district
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Boundaries of Great Slave in Yellowknife
Territorial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
MLA
 
 
 
Kate Reid
First contested 1975
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Census subdivision(s) Yellowknife

Great Slave [1] is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

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It is one of seven districts that represent Yellowknife. [2] The district has existed twice, the first incarnation existed from 1975 and was abolished in 1979 when it was split between Great Slave East and Rae-Lac La Martre. The second incarnation was created in 1999 from the old Yellowknife North riding.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

 Name ElectedLeft Office
  James Wah-Shee 19751979
  Bill Braden 19992007
  Glen Abernethy 20072019
  Katrina Nokleby 20192023
  Kate Reid 2023present

Election results

2023 election

2023 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes%
Kate Reid 26334.79
Stacie Arden Smith23731.35
Katrina Nokleby (I)19726.06
James Lawrence597.80
Total votes756

2019 election

2019 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes
Katrina Nokleby 454
Patrick Scott389

2015 election

2015 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes%
Glen Abernethy 51179.1
Chris Clarke13520.9
Total valid ballots / Turnout64627%

2011 election

2011 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes
Glen Abernethy 476
Patrick Scott266

2007 election

2007 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes%
Glen Abernethy 33643.58% [3]
Doug Ritchie20626.72%
Christopher Hunt10313.36%
Beaton Mackenzie10113.10%
Mark Bogan212.72%
Total valid ballots / Turnout76756.73%
Rejected ballots4
Source(s)
"Official Voting Results 2007 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

2003 election

2003 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes%
Bill Braden 42064.52%
Karen Hamre23135.48%
Total valid ballots / Turnout65148.55%
Rejected ballots1
Source(s)
"Official Voting Results 2003 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

1999 election

1999 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes
Bill Braden 27435.72%
Suzette Montreuil15219.82%
Marie Coe15019.56%
Bill Enge14418.78%
Roy Desjarlais476.12%
Total valid ballots / Turnout76762.11%
Rejected ballots5
Source(s)
"Official Voting Results 1999 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

1975 election

1975 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes
James Wah-Shee
Total valid ballots / Turnout

Notes

^  a: In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.

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References

  1. Great Slave constituency map [ permanent dead link ]
  2. Map of the Yellowknife constituencies [ permanent dead link ]
  3. In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.