Dave Ramsay (born March 18, 1970 in

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) is a

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businessman and politician.

Political career

Ramsay first ran for a seat in the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 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 than ...

in the electoral district of

Range Lake Range Lake is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is one of seven districts that represent Yellowknife Yellowknife (; Dogrib: ) is the capital, largest community, and only c ...

. He was defeated by candidate

Sandy Lee Sandy Lee (born 1964) is a South Korean-born-Canadian lawyer and politician, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1999 to 2011. Political career Territorial Assembly Lee was elected to the legislatur ...

finishing a close second. He would run again in the

2003 Northwest Territories general election The 2003 Northwest Territories general election was held on November 24, 2003, to elect the 19 members of the Legislative Assembly. The election was called on October 27. Premier Stephen Kakfwi had previously chosen not to run. The territory op ...

this time in the electoral district of

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. He defeated two other candidates with nearly 50% of the vote to win his first term in office. Ramsay was reelected to a second term in the 2007 general election. He won a third term in the 2011 election and was chosen for cabinet on the formation of the 17th Assembly, serving as Minister of Transport.

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Dave Ramsay Legislature biography
1970 births Living people Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Politicians from Saint John, New Brunswick People from Yellowknife Members of the Executive Council of the Northwest Territories 21st-century Canadian politicians {{NorthwestTerritories-politician-stub