Lesa Semmler is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 2019 election. She represents the electoral district of Inuvik Twin Lakes. Prior to her election to the legislature, she worked for the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation as their Health Navigator working on numerous health files at the local regional and national level. She was the Nurse manager prior to her work with IRC at the Inuvik Regional Hospital. She has also been an activist on the issue of

missing and murdered Indigenous women Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) is an epidemic of violence against Indigenous women in Canada, the United States, and Latin America; notably those in the FNIM (First Nations in Canada, First Nations, Inuit, Métis) and Native Amer ...

, as she was raised primarily by her great-grandparents after her mother was murdered by her common law partner when she was just eight years old.Mackenzie Scott
"'My mother didn't die for nothing,' says Inuvik woman ahead of Yellowknife MMIWG inquiry"

CBC North CBC North ( iu, ᓰᐲᓰ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ, lit=CBC Northwest, translit=, SiiPiiSii Ukiuqtaqtumi; cr, ᓰᐲᓰ ᒌᐌᑎᓅᑖᐦᒡ, label=cr, SiiPiiSii Chiiwetinuutaahch; french: Radio-Canada Nord) is the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora ...

, January 22, 2018.

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Living people Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Women MLAs in the Northwest Territories People from Inuvik 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Inuvialuit people First Nations women in politics Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls movement {{NorthwestTerritories-politician-stub