Kelvin Ng (born November 10, 1958) is a former territorial and municipal level politician in
Canada
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who was elected in both the Nunavut Legislature and Northwest Territories Legislature.
Ng began his political career on the municipal level. He has served on municipal council and as Mayor of
Cambridge Bay,
Nunavut.
Ng ran for a seat in the
1995 Northwest Territories general election
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. He defeated incumbent MLA
Ernest Bernhardt to win the
Kitikmeot electoral district. Ng served one term in the Northwest Territories Legislature, becoming a cabinet Minister in the government. His district was abolished in 1999 when
Nunavut was created from the
Northwest Territories.
Ng ran for a seat to the
Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is the legislative assembly for the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The seat of the Assembly is the Legislative Building of Nunavut in Iqaluit.
Prior to the creation of Nunavut as a Canadian territory on Apr ...
in the
first general election held in 1999. Ng won the
Cambridge Bay electoral district, and was appointed to the cabinet as the first Minister of Finance for the territory. He served one term before retiring in 2004 at the dissolution of the legislature to devote more time to his family.
References
External links
Nunavut Votes 2004 Cambridge Bay Profile
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
21st-century Canadian politicians
Living people
Mayors of places in Nunavut
Deputy premiers of Nunavut
1958 births
People from Cambridge Bay
Canadian people of Chinese descent
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