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 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 wa ...

. He ran for a second term in the

1995 Northwest Territories general election File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ...

but was defeated by

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 ...

. 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.

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Nunavut 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 Nunavut Year of birth missing (living people) {{NorthwestTerritories-politician-stub