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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.
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.
Gordon Wray was a former territorial level politician from Northern Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1983 until 1991.
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References
- ↑ Ollie Williams, "Only Nahendeh left to elect MLA, 18 others are elected". Cabin Radio, October 1, 2019.
- ↑ Ollie Williams, "Here's who will be in Caroline Cochrane's NWT cabinet". Cabin Radio, October 24, 2019.
- ↑ Ollie Williams, "Full list of NWT ministers as Cochrane hands out portfolios". Cabin Radio, November 5, 2019.
- ↑ "Katrina Nokleby stripped of ministerial portfolios". cabinradio.ca. August 19, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ↑ "MLAs vote overwhelmingly to remove Katrina Nokleby". cabinradio.ca. August 19, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ↑ Official biography, "Katrina Nokleby Member for Great Slave", Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.
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