The 16th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly was the 24th sitting

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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. ...

history. The membership of this Assembly was decided by the

2007 Northwest Territories general election The 2007 Northwest Territories general election took place on October 1, 2007. Nineteen members were elected to the Legislative Assembly from single member districts conducted under first-past-the-post voting system. The election was called on Se ...

held on October 1, 2007 to elect 19 members. Despite attempts by political parties to run candidates for the legislature, the legislature is

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and has been since 1905. The members met in October to choose the Premier, Speaker and the Cabinet. Under the territory's consensus government system,

Floyd Roland Floyd K. Roland (born November 23, 1961) is a politician from Northwest Territories, Canada. He was the 11th premier of the Northwest Territories, having held office from October 17, 2007 to October 26, 2011. Previously a town councillor and dep ...

was chosen as the new

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on October 17, 2007. The NWT has set in place legislation that ensures elections are held every four years on the first Monday in October and the next election was held October 3, 2011.Fixed election date in the N.W.T.: What does it mean, and why?
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Membership

Members elected in the general election

Membership changes

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
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