The 1979 Northwest Territories general election was held on October 1, 1979.
Twenty-two members were elected to the
Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. In 1980,
George Braden
George Braden (November 4, 1949 – May 25, 2015) was a Canadian politician from the Northwest Territories, Canada. Elected as "Government Leader", Braden would retroactively become the second premier of the Northwest Territories, after a motion ...
was named "Government Leader", the first democratic leader of the Northwest Territories since
Frederick Haultain
Sir Frederick William Alpin Gordon Haultain (November 25, 1857 – January 30, 1942) was a lawyer and a long-serving Canadian politician and judge. His career in provincial and territorial legislatures stretched into four decades. He served ...
in 1905 and the first of its modern boundaries. In 1994, he was retroactively given the title
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 ...
.
Election summary
Members of the Legislative Assembly elected
For complete electoral history, see individual districts
References
{{Northwest Territories elections
Elections in the Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories general election
Northwest Territories general election
General election
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...