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Robert Hawkins | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories | |
| In office November 24, 2003 –2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jake Ootes |
| Succeeded by | Julie Green |
| Constituency | Yellowknife Centre |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | non-partisan consensus government |
| Occupation | engineering techniologist |
Robert Hawkins is an engineering technologist and a former municipal and territorial level politician from Northwest Territories,Canada.
Born in Fredericton New Brunswick,Hawkins moved to Fort Simpson Northwest Territories in 1977 as a child. He then moved to Yellowknife,Northwest Territories in 1987 to finish high school at Sir John Franklin High School where he lived at an Indian Residential School,Akaitcho Hall. He attended his post secondary education at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary,Alberta. Hawkins began his political career when he was elected as a city councillor for Yellowknife City Council (2000-2003). In 2003 he sought election to the territorial legislature,and was elected as the Member for Yellowknife Centre from 2003-2015.
Hawkins was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature winning the Yellowknife Centre electoral district in the 2003 Northwest Territories general election. He defeated 6 other candidates to take the sought after seat. In 2007,Hawkins pursued re-election and won again with almost 50% of the popular vote,and approximately 20% more than his closest competitor. 2007 Northwest Territories general election. In 2019,Hawkins finished second of six candidates. [1]
On November 14,2023,Hawkins was once again elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature,the 20th Assembly,making this his 4th term as an MLA.
| 2023 Northwest Territories general election : Yellowknife Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Robert Hawkins | 333 | 41.57 | ||||||
| Matt Spence | 243 | 30.34 | ||||||
| Ambe Chenemu | 225 | 28.09 | ||||||
| Total votes | 801 | |||||||
| 2019 Northwest Territories general election : Kam Lake | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | |||||||
| Caitlin Cleveland | 262 | |||||||
| Robert Hawkins | 224 | |||||||
| Kieron Testart (I) | 220 | |||||||
| Rommel Silverio | 125 | |||||||
| Abdullah Al-Mahamud | 63 | |||||||
| Cherish Winsor | 61 | |||||||
| 2015 Northwest Territories general election : Yellowknife Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Julie Green | 491 | 55.1% | ||||||
| Robert Hawkins | 400 | 44.9% | ||||||
| 2011 Northwest Territories general election : Yellowknife Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | |||||||
| Robert Hawkins | 427 | |||||||
| Arlene Hache | 312 | |||||||
| 2007 Northwest Territories general election : Yellowknife Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Robert Hawkins | 430 | 46.09% [2] | ||||||
| Sue Glowach | 258 | 27.65% | ||||||
| Ben McDonald | 204 | 21.86% | ||||||
| Bryan Sutherland | 29 | 3.11% | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 61.34% | |||||||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | |||||||
Source(s) "Official Voting Results 2007 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2008. | ||||||||
| 2003 Northwest Territories general election : Yellowknife Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Robert Hawkins | 207 | 26.61% | ||||||
| Annemieke Mulders | 167 | 21.47% | ||||||
| Don Kindt | 38 | 17.74% | ||||||
| Liz Wyman | 130 | 16.71% | ||||||
| Daniel A. Wong | 73 | 9.38% | ||||||
| Bob Haywood | 53 | 6.81% | ||||||
| Lena Pedersen | 10 | 1.29% | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 1,263 | 61.69% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | |||||||
Source(s) "Official Voting Results 2003 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2008. | ||||||||
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