Hay River (territorial electoral district)

Hay River was an electoral district of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The district consisted of Hay River and Enterprise.

The district was first created in 1975. It was dissolved and split into Hay River North and Hay River South districts at the 1999 Northwest Territories general election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

	Name	Elected	Left Office
District created
	Don Stewart	1975	1987
	John Pollard	1987	1995
	Jane Groenewegen	1995	1999
District dissolved into Hay River North and Hay River South

Election results

1979 election

1979 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Don Stewart	546	56.06%
	Ben Greenfield	428	43.94%
Total valid ballots / Turnout		974	58.20%
Rejected ballots		9
Source(s) "REPORT OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER ON THE GENERAL ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 1979" (PDF). Elections NWT. January 1980. Retrieved 2025-04-01.

1975 election

1975 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Don Stewart	580	57.14%
	Don S. Fergusson	435	42.86%
Total valid ballots / Turnout		1015	66.88%
Rejected ballots		33
Source(s) "REPORT OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER ON FEDERAL BY-ELECTIONS, BY-ELECTIONS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE YUKON TERRITORY, AND NORTHWEST TERRITORIES COUNCIL GENERAL ELECTIONS HELD IN 1975" (PDF). Information Canada. 1976. Retrieved 2025-04-29.

See also

• List of Northwest Territories territorial electoral districts