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Seamus Henry (born July 4, 1949) is a Northern Ireland-born former member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. [1]
He was elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1995 Northwest Territories general election. He defeated incumbent Tony Whitford in an upset race by four votes. Henry retired from politics at the end of his term in 1999.[ citation needed ]
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately 1,127,711.92 km2 (435,412.01 sq mi) and a 2021 census population of 41,070, it is the second-largest and the most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada. Its estimated population as of the second quarter of 2024 is 44,920. Yellowknife is the capital, most populous community, and the only city in the territory; its population was 20,340 as of the 2021 census. It became the territorial capital in 1967, following recommendations by the Carrothers Commission.
William Henry Harrison was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States from March 4 to April 4, 1841, the shortest presidency in U.S. history. He was also the first U.S. president to die in office, causing a brief constitutional crisis since presidential succession was not then fully defined in the U.S. Constitution. Harrison was the last president born as a British subject in the Thirteen Colonies and was the grandfather of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd U.S. president.
John Henry was the eighth Governor of Maryland and member of the United States Senate. He was born at his family's estate (Weston), located near Vienna in Dorchester County.
Joseph "Joe" L. Handley, MLA, is a former teacher, politician and civil servant and was the tenth premier of the Northwest Territories.
Ethel Dorothy Blondin-Andrew is a Canadian politician, educator, and public servant. She became the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the Parliament of Canada in 1988 when she became a member of Parliament for the district of Western Arctic in the Northwest Territories. She is also the first Indigenous woman to be a Canadian Cabinet Minister.
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Anthony Wilfred James Whitford was a Canadian politician, who served as the commissioner of the Northwest Territories from 2005 to 2010.
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James L. Antoine is a former politician from the Northwest Territories, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1991 to 2003. During his time in office he led the Northwest Territories government as the eighth premier of the Northwest Territories from 1998 to 2000. He has also served as Chief of the Liidlii Kue First Nation on four occasions from the 1970s to present.
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David Krutko is a retired territorial level politician in Northern Canada and a former speaker of the Northwest Territories legislature.
Charles Dent is a Canadian politician, is a former radio station manager, a volunteer fire fighter, a former municipal level politician and a long serving cabinet minister in the Northwest Territories territorial government.
Robert Hawkins is an engineering technologist and a former municipal and territorial level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.
Floyd K. Roland is a politician from Northwest Territories, Canada. He was the 11th premier of the Northwest Territories, having held office from October 17, 2007 to October 26, 2011.
Michael McLeod is a Canadian politician, currently serving as a member of Parliament representing the Northwest Territories. He was first elected in the 2015 Canadian federal election, unseating Dennis Bevington, who was the incumbent New Democratic Party MP for the riding. McLeod was a former member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada, as well as the former mayor of Fort Providence.
Steven Nitah is a former territorial level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.
Robert "Bobby" J. Villeneuve is a former member of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly and former retail manager.
Kevin A. Menicoche is a former member of the legislature and former cabinet minister in the Northwest Territories, Canada, who represented Nahendeh from 2003 to 2015.
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