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1991 Northwest Territories General Election
The 1991 Northwest Territories general election was held on October 15, 1991. Election Results The election was held in 24 constituencies with 16,068 ballots cast, a turnout of 76.25%. Outgoing Premier Dennis Patterson ran for re-election but was replaced by Nellie Cournoyea Nellie Cournoyea (born March 4, 1940 in Aklavik, Northwest Territories) is a Canadian politician, who served as the sixth premier of the Northwest Territories from 1991 to 1995. She was the first female premier of a Canadian territory and the sec ..., who served out the entire term as the territory's first female Premier. Election summary Candidates ''* - denotes an incumbent running in a new district'' References {{Northwest Territories elections 1991 elections in Canada Elections in the Northwest Territories October 1991 events in Canada 1991 in the Northwest Territories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premier Of The Northwest Territories
The premier of the Northwest Territories is the Premier (Canada), first minister and head of government for the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian territory of the Northwest Territories. The premier is the territory's head of government, although the powers of the office are considerably less than those of a provincial premier. Unlike provincial premiers, who are appointed by a Lieutenant-Governor (Canada), lieutenant-governor or commissioner#Canadian territories, commissioner on the basis of their leadership of a majority bloc in the legislature, the premier of the Northwest Territories is elected, along with the Cabinet (government), Cabinet, by the non-partisan Member of the Legislative Assembly, members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, territory's Legislative Assembly, in accordance with the system of consensus government, and then appointed by the Commissioners of Northwest Territories, commissioner of the Northwest Territories. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Gargan
Samuel Gargan (born ) is a former long serving politician and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. Gargan was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1983 Northwest Territories general election. He was re-elected to a second term in the 1987 Northwest Territories general election. He would be returned by acclamation to a third term in the 1991 Northwest Territories general election. He would be elected Speaker by members of the Legislature on February 15, 1995. He ran for re-election to what would be his final term in the 1995 Northwest Territories general election. He served his entire fourth term as Speaker, running for a fifth term in the 1999 Northwest Territories general election The 1999 Northwest Territories general election was held on December 6, 1999. This was the first election under the new boundaries that were created when Nunavut was carved out of the Northwest Territories. 19 members were elected, five fewer th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelvin Ng
Kelvin Ng (born November 10, 1958) is a former territorial and municipal level politician in Canada who was elected in both the Nunavut Legislature and Northwest Territories Legislature. Ng began his political career on the municipal level. He has served on municipal council and as Mayor of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Ng ran for a seat in the 1995 Northwest Territories general election. He defeated incumbent MLA Ernest Bernhardt to win the Kitikmeot electoral district. Ng served one term in the Northwest Territories Legislature, becoming a cabinet Minister in the government. His district was abolished in 1999 when Nunavut was created from the Northwest Territories. Ng ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is the legislative assembly for the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The seat of the Assembly is the Legislative Building of Nunavut in Iqaluit. Prior to the creation of Nunavut as a Canadian territory on Apr ... in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Bernhardt
Ernest Bernhardt (born: ) is a former territorial level politician. Bernhardt was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1991 Northwest Territories general election. He ran for a second term in the 1995 Northwest Territories general election but was defeated by Kelvin Ng. In November 2009, Bernhardt was acclaimed as mayor of Kugluktuk Kugluktuk (, ; Inuktitut syllabics: ; ), formerly known as Coppermine until 1 January 1996, is a hamlet located at the mouth of the Coppermine River in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada, on Coronation Gulf, southwest of Victoria Island. I ..., saying that he wished to maintain a "unified municipal council." Bernhardt will be sworn in 7 December. References External linksNunavut Votes 2004 Cambridge Bay Profile Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Living people People from Kugluktuk Inuit politicians Inuit from the Northwest Territories Mayors of Kugluktuk Inuit from Nunavu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitikmeot (electoral District) , a region of the Northwest Territories until 1999, with similar but non-coterminal boundaries to Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut
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Kitikmeot (Inuktitut: Qitirmiut ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ) can refer to: * Kitikmeot Region, a region of Nunavut, Canada ** Kitikmeot, Unorganized, a census subdivision, consisting of those parts of the Kitikmeot Region outside communities * Kitikmeot Region, Northwest Territories The Kitikmeot Region was part of the Northwest Territories until division in April 1999 when most of the region became part of Nunavut. It consisted of Victoria Island with the adjacent part of the mainland as far as the Boothia Peninsula, togeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Todd (politician)
John Todd is a former territorial level politician and Minister of Finance in the Northwest Territories government. Business Todd is a popular business leader in northern Canada and is popular among the Inuit for using his private development corporation to help Rankin Inlet become a leading centre of commerce in Nunavut. Politics Todd was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1991 Northwest Territories general election. He was re-elected to his second and final term in the Legislature. Todd served as Minister of Finance. He retired from Legislative politics in 1999 declining to run for the new Legislative Assembly of Nunavut when the territory was created in 1999. As Finance Minister, Todd worked hard to help establish the Nunavut territorial government. He negotiated an initial transfer of $626 million with the Government of Canada that worked out to $22,000 for every person for the 1999 fiscal year in the Nunavut territory. Todd was also responsible f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keewatin Central (electoral District)
Keewatin is a Cree word meaning "Blizzard of the North" and can refer to the following: __NOTOC__ Places Canada * Keewatin, Ontario, a town amalgamated with the towns of Kenora and Jaffray Melick to form Kenora * District of Keewatin, Northwest Territories * Keewatin Region, Northwest Territories, partially overlapped the District of Keewatin, but was a distinct entity * Keewatin Region, Nunavut, an alternative name for Kivalliq Region United States * Keewatin, Minnesota, a city * Keewaydin, Minneapolis, Minnesota, a neighborhood in Minneapolis Other uses * Diocese of Keewatin, a former Anglican Church of Canada diocese * Keewatin Air, an airline that operates from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada * Keewatin Community College, former name of University College of the North * Keewatin ice sheet, one of the four major ice centers of the Laurentide Ice Sheet * Keewatin Railway The Keewatin Railway Company is a First Nations-owned shortline railroad that operates in northern Manitoba, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iqaluit (electoral District)
Iqaluit ( ; Inuktitut syllabics: , , ; ) is the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, its largest community, and its only city. It was known as Frobisher Bay from 1942 to 1987, after the large bay on the coast on which the city is situated. The northernmost city in Canada, its traditional Inuktitut name was restored in 1987. In 1999, Iqaluit was designated the capital of Nunavut after the division of the Northwest Territories into two separate territories. Before this event, Iqaluit was a small city and not well known outside the Canadian Arctic or Canada, with population and economic growth highly limited. This is due to the city's isolation and heavy dependence on expensive imported supplies, as the city, like the rest of Nunavut, has no road or rail, and only has ship connections for part of the year to the rest of Canada. The city has a polar climate, influenced by the cold deep waters of the Labrador Current just off Baffin Islandthis makes the city of Iqaluit col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Butters (politician)
Thomas H. Butters, (June 1925 – March 2, 2015) was a politician from Northwest Territories, Canada. He had a long career as a Member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1970 until 1991. Butters was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1970 Northwest Territories general election. He won the new electoral district of Western Arctic defeating incumbent Duncan Pryde. Due to a significant redistribution of electoral district in 1975, Butters ran for re-election in the 1975 Northwest Territories general election in the new Inuvik electoral district because Western Arctic no longer covered his home in Inuvik. He won re-election in the new riding. Butters was re-elected for a third term in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election. In his third term he was appointed as the Minister of Finance by Premier George Braden in 1981. The posting was significant as Butters became the first elected member to hold the role since Frederick Haultain, who was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Koe
Fred Koe (born March 8, 1947) is a former territorial level politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest territories from 1991 to 1995. He was born in Aklavik. Koe is the son of Jim Koe, who was the chief of the Aklavik Indian Band. He grew up in Aklavik and would later move to Inuvik. At the age of 11, he was a victim of the Canadian Indian residential school system, and was forced to go school in Inuvik, away from his family. Koe ran for a seat in the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1991 Northwest Territories general election. He won the Inuvik electoral district defeating future Commissioner Glenna Hansen. Koe was defeated one term later defending his incumbency. He was defeated by candidate Floyd Roland in the 1995 Northwest Territories general election. After his defeat, Koe became President, Northwest Territories Development Corporation. He now lives in Whitehorse, Yukon where he is a member of the board of directors for the First Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inuvik (electoral District)
Inuvik was a territorial electoral district representing the city of Inuvik, Northwest Territories. It was dissolved for the 1999 territorial election, with two new districts, Inuvik Boot Lake and Inuvik Twin Lakes. Its last sitting Member was Floyd Roland, who now represents Inuvik Boot Lake Inuvik Boot Lake is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Together with Inuvik Twin Lakes, it is one of two electoral districts that represent Inuvik; both were created in 1999 from th .... Former electoral districts of Northwest Territories Inuvik {{Canada-constituency-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludy Pudluk
Ludy Pudluk (January 31, 1943 – July 1, 2019) was a Canadian territorial level politician and cabinet minister. A climate change activist, he resided in Resolute, Nunavut. Life Pudluk was born on January 31, 1943, Qaumarjuiton in Navy Board Inlet, near Pond Inlet. In 1958, the family moved to Resolute, Nunavut, at the time part of the Northwest Territories, where he remained. In 2008, he appeared before the Qikiqtani Truth Commission to give testimony about the sled dog killing by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Pudluk was made a member of the Order of Nunavut in 2017. He died July 1, 2019 in Iqaluit. Political career Pudluk was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 1975 Northwest Territories general election winning the High Arctic electoral district. He was re-elected to his second term in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election. He ran for a third term and was re-elected in the 1983 Northwest Territories general election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
