17th Assembly | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Established | October 3, 2011 |
Leadership | |
Premier | |
Seats | 19 |
Elections | |
Last election | 2011 |
Meeting place | |
Yellowknife |
The 17th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly was established by the results of the 2011 Northwest Territories general election on October 3, 2011. It was the 25th sitting of the Assembly in the territory's history. The Assembly was dissolved in 2015.
Members voted on Motion 16-17(5) introduced by Hay River North MLA Jane Groenewegen to extend the term of the Assembly to five years starting with the 18th Legislature to match every other provincial and territorial jurisdiction in Canada. This change was approved by the federal government. In addition they voted to ask for permission of the federal government to extend the current mandate of the Assembly to postpone the 23rd general election and sit until October 2016. [1] The reason given was to avoid having an election during federal election and municipal elections in the territory scheduled at the same time, claiming voters will be fatigued. The decision by council prompted a petition calling for the Assembly to be dissolved early. [2]
The motion passed the legislature on a recorded vote with 11 members for and 7 against with one member absent
Motion 16-17(5) vote [3] | ||
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For | Against | Absent |
Groenewegen, Yakeleya, Menicoche, Blake, Beaulieu, Abernethy, Miltenberger, McLeod – Yellowknife South, Lafferty, Ramsay, McLeod – Inuvik Twin Lakes | Dolynny, Bouchard, Nadli, Hawkins, Bisaro, Moses, Bromley | Jacobson |
Currently, 7 of 19 of the Assembly's representatives are from the capital city of Yellowknife. The City of Yellowknife is launching a lawsuit to increase the number of Yellowknife-based MLAs to something more closely in line with the city's roughly 50 per cent of the NWT population. [4] However, some say increasing the number of Yellowknife-based MLAs would weaken the territories on the whole. [5]
A total of nineteen members were returned to council in the 2015 general election. Three members were acclaimed to office on September 9, 2011 with the rest in contested districts being returned on October 3, 2011.
Caucus | 2011 | |
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Sep. 9 | Oct. 3 | |
Executive Council | 0 | |
Regular members | 3 | 19 |
Speaker | 0 | |
Vacant | 16 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 19 |
Date | Member | District | Reason |
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September 9, 2011 | Tom Beaulieu | Tu Nedhe | Acclaimed in the general election |
September 9, 2011 | Bob McLeod | Yellowknife South | Acclaimed in the general election |
September 9, 2011 | Robert McLeod | Inuvik Twin Lakes | Acclaimed in the general election |
October 3, 2011 | See List of Members | Election day of the 22nd general election |
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately 1,144,000 km2 (442,000 sq mi) and a 2016 census population of 41,790, it is the second-largest and the most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada. Its estimated population as of 2021 is 45,515. Yellowknife is the capital, most populous community, and only city in the territory; its population was 19,569 as of the 2016 census. It became the territorial capital in 1967, following recommendations by the Carrothers Commission.
The 2003 Northwest Territories general election was held on November 24, 2003, to elect the 19 members of the Legislative Assembly.
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 history of Northwest Territories capital cities begins with the purchase of the Territories by Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1869, and includes a varied and often difficult evolution. Northwest Territories is unique amongst the other provinces and territories of Canada in that it has had seven capital cities in its history. The territory has changed the seat of government for numerous reasons, including civil conflict, development of infrastructure, and a history of significant revisions to its territorial boundaries.
Frame Lake is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada.
Weledeh was a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada.
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The 2015 Northwest Territories general election was held November 23, 2015. Under the territory's fixed election date legislation, the election was supposed to be held on October 5, 2015, however, since the federal election date of October 19, 2015, overlapped with that date, the N.W.T. government moved the date of the territorial election. The election selected 19 members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.
Julie Green is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 2015 election. She represents the electoral district of Yellowknife Centre. Green was re-elected in 2019. She was acclaimed to the Executive Council in August 2020 and was subsequently appointed Minister of Health and Social Services, Minister Responsible for Seniors and Minister Responsible for Persons with Disabilities.
The 2019 Northwest Territories general election was held on October 1, 2019. Nineteen members were elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.