Mackenzie North

	Mackenzie North Mackenzie North is a former territorial electoral district, that elected Members to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. Mackenzie North covered the communities of Yellowknife, Bathurst Inlet, Fort Providence, Fort Rae, Snare River, Outpost Island, Hottah Lake, Port Radium, Coppermine, Matthews Lake, Giauque Lake and Gros Cap. 1954 election 1951 election References Former electoral districts of Northwest Territories {{Canada-constituency-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1954 Northwest Territories General Election The 1954 Northwest Territories general election was held on September 7, 1954. It was the only provincial / territorial election held in Canada that year. This election saw the number of elected candidates increase by one. Election summary Appointed members Note: Frank Cunningham was also deputy commissioner. Elected members For complete electoral history, see individual districts References External links {{Northwest Territories elections Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ... Elections in the Northwest Territories September 1954 events in Canada 20th century in the Northwest Territories 1954 in the Northwest Territories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Parker (magistrate) John Parker may refer to: Politicians Canada John Mason Parker (Saskatchewan politician) (1882–1960), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada John Havelock Parker (1929–2020), commissioner of the Canadian Northwest Territories John Parker (Canadian politician) (born 1954), former Ontario MPP and Toronto City Councillor United Kingdom John Parker (died 1617) (1548–1617), MP for Truro, Hastings, Launceston and East Looe * John Parker (died 1619) (1548–1619), MP for Queenborough John Parker (MP for Rochester) (fl. 1631–1680), recorder in Kent, MP for Rochester, a judge and a Baron of the Exchequer John Parker (MP for Clitheroe) (1754–1797), MP for Clitheroe John Parker (Whig politician) (1799–1881), British politician of the Victorian era, Privy Counsellor, 1853 John Parker (Labour politician) (1906–1987), British politician, Labour MP for Dagenham, 1945–1983 John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon (1735–1788), British peer and Member of Parliament John Parker, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Peter Baker (Canadian Politician) Peter Baker (April 1887 – November 13, 1973), born Bedouin Ferran, also known as Ahmad Ali Ferran and Faron Ahmed upon death, was a Lebanese-born Canadian trader, politician, and author. As the first Muslim elected to public office in Canada, he played a fundamental role in the history of Islam in the Arctic and Subarctic regions. Early life Baker was born in 1887 as Bedouin Ferran or as Ahmad Ali Ferran on the territory of Levant, which is now Lebanon. At the turn of the century, he emigrated to Canada from the Turkish (Ottoman) conscription for young Arabs whom Turkey made to fight against the Yemenis. Ferran worked at a Holy Cross College as a labourer, and in 1909, was given his anglicised name by the college's Catholic priest. Thereonafter, he moved to the province of Alberta. Canada In the 1910s, Baker began work as a trapper and trader of northern fur and essentials with First Nations, establishing with his Indigenous trading partners novel and adaptive ways of both tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1951 Northwest Territories General Election The 1951 Northwest Territories general election was held on September 17, 1951 in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It was the territory's first general election since 1902. The election came about after ''The Northwest Territories Act'' was amended to permit three elected members from the Mackenzie District to join the five appointed members on the Executive Council of the Northwest Territories. The Council, which had met in Ottawa, Ontario, outside of the Northwest Territories, shortly after the election, the council began to alternate sittings between Ottawa and Northwest Territories communities. Background The bill to re initiate territorial elections in the Northwest Territories was introduced in the Canadian House of Commons by Federal Resources Minister Robert Henry Winters. Aboriginal vote The 1951 election was the first in the territory to allow aboriginal peoples to vote and stand for election. However the electoral districts created for the election included only the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Merv Hardie Mervyn Arthur Hardie (July 31, 1918 – October 18, 1961) was a Canadian politician, businessman and bush pilot from Northwest Territories, Canada. He served as a Member of the Northwest Territories Council from 1951 to 1953 and as a member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 until his death in 1961. Early life Hardie was born in Regina, Saskatchewan. He attended post secondary education at Notre Dame College. After finishing college he moved to the Northwest Territories and managed A.S. Hodgson's trading post in Yellowknife during 1948/1949. Hardie got his start in politics by serving on Yellowknife municipal council from 1948 to 1950. Political career Hardie was elected to the Council of the Northwest Territories in the 1951 Northwest Territories general election as part of the first three elected members returned since 1905. He served the Mackenzie North constituency for three years until he vacated it to run for federal politics. In the 1953 Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]