Yellowknife South

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Yellowknife South
Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg Northwest Territories electoral district
NWT Elections Yellowknife South.svg
Boundaries of Yellowknife South in Yellowknife
Territorial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
MLA
 
 		 
Caroline Wawzonek
First contested 1975
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Census subdivision(s) Yellowknife

Yellowknife South [1] is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Contents

It is one of seven districts that represent Yellowknife. [2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

 Name ElectedLeft Office
  David Searle 19751979
  Lynda Sorenson 19791983
  Ted Richard 19831988
  Tony Whitford 19881995
  Seamus Henry 19951999
  Brendan Bell 19992007
  Bob McLeod 20072019
  Caroline Wawzonek 2019present

Election results

2023 election

2023 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes
Caroline Wawzonek (I.C.)Acclaimed

2019 election

2019 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes
Caroline Wawzonek 687
Gaeleen Macpherson299

2015 election

2015 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes%
Bob McLeod 48570.0
Nigit'stil Jessica Norbert17925.8
Samuel Roland294.2
Total valid ballots / Turnout69333%

2011 election

2011 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes
Bob McLeod Acclaimed

2007 election

2007 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes%
Bob McLeod 53961.46% [3]
Amy Hacala27831.70%
Garett Cochrane576.50%
Total valid ballots / Turnout87457.36%
Rejected ballots3
Source(s)
"Official Voting Results 2007 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

2003 election

2003 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes
Brendan Bell Acclaimed
Source(s)
"Official Voting Results 2003 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

1999 election

1999 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes%
Brendan Bell 35940.47%
Pat McMahon34739.12%
Mary Beth Levan18120.41%
Total valid ballots / Turnout88766.77%
Rejected ballots5
Source(s)
"Official Voting Results 1999 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

By-election reasons

  1. October 31, 1988 Ted Richard appointed to Northwest Territories Supreme Court.

Notes

^  a: In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.

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References

  1. ↑ Yellowknif South constituency map
  2. ↑ Map of the Yellowknife constituencies
  3. ↑ In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.

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