Kieron Testart is a former

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politician who was elected to the

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in the 2015 election. He represented the electoral district of

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until the 2019 election, when he was defeated by

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. Testart finished third in the electoral district behind Cleveland and Robert Hawkins. An employee of the territorial Department of Justice, Testart was a candidate for the

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nomination for

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in the 2015 federal election, but withdrew from the race to endorse Michael McLeod. In 2018, Testart introduced an amendment to the territorial Elections Act to permit the introduction of party politics in the legislative assembly, but his motion received no support from other MLAs and was dropped."Zero support from MLAs for motion to introduce party politics in N.W.T."

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, October 30, 2018. In 2019, he planned to organize a group of ideologically aligned MLA candidates in the

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into a "Liberal Democratic" slate, but backed off from the plan after it was leaked to the press.Randi Beers
"N.W.T. MLA steps back from move toward party politics"

, August 9, 2019.

References

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