Western Arctic (Northwest Territories electoral district)

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The Western Arctic was an electoral district of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The district consisted of Inuvialuit Settlement Region areas within Northwest Territories, namely the hamlets of Tuktoyaktuk, Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Holman (Ulukhaktok) and nearby DEW line sites (Clinton Point, Cape Parry and Nicholson Peninsula), but excludes Inuvik and Aklavik.

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Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

 Name ElectedLeft Office
  Duncan Pryde 19671970
  Tom Butters 19701975
  John Steen 19751979
  Nellie Cournoyea 19791983
District dissolved into Nunakput

Election results

1979 election

1979 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes%
Nellie Cournoyea 27658.97%
John Steen 10823.08%
David Anderson8417.95%
Total valid ballots / Turnout46870.25%
Rejected ballots2
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.

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