Leon Lafferty is a municipal and a territorial level politician in

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...

, Canada. Lafferty ran for a seat in the Northwest Territories Legislature 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 ...

. He was defeated by James Rabesca. He would run against Rabesca again 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 ...

defeating Rabesca and former MLA

Henry Zoe Henry Zoe is a politician and convicted criminal from Northwest Territories, Canada. Political career Zoe was first elected to the Northwest Legislature in the 1987 Northwest Territories general election in the North Slave riding. He ran for re ...

to win the

North Slave The North Slave Region or ''Tłicho Region'' is one of five administrative regions in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the most populous of the five regions, with a population of almost 23,000. According to Municipal and Community Affai ...

district. Lafferty ran for re-election 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 ...

but was defeated by Zoe. After his defeat from the Legislature, Lafferty ran for the position of Chief of Behchokõ in the Executive Council for the Tåîchô nation Government, being elected on June 13, 2005.

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Chief Leon Lafferty
Living people Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Year of birth missing (living people) {{NorthwestTerritories-politician-stub