This is a list of the

Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each se ...

dates and legislative sessions from 1870–present. The current capital is

Yellowknife Yellowknife (; Dogrib: ) is the capital, largest community, and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the ...

since 1967. There have been twenty-seven legislatures since becoming a territory in 1870. *

Temporary North-West Council The Temporary North-West Council, more formally known as the Council of the Northwest Territories and by its short name as the North-West Council, lasted from the creation of Northwest Territories, Canada, in 1870 until it was dissolved in 1876. Th ...

1870 – 1876 * 1st Council of the Northwest Territories 1876 – 1888 * 1st North-West Legislative Assembly 1888 – 1891 * 2nd North-West Legislative Assembly 1891 – 1894 * 3rd North-West Legislative Assembly 1894 – 1898 * 4th North-West Legislative Assembly 1898 – 1902 *

5th North-West Legislative Assembly The 5th North-West Legislative Assembly lasted from 1902 until dissolution in 1905. This was the largest membership of any Assembly in the Northwest Territories of Canada, and the only one that truly had political parties. It was also the last one ...

1902 – 1905 * 2nd Council of the Northwest Territories 1905 – 1951 * 1st Northwest Territories Legislative Council 1951 – 1954 *

2nd Northwest Territories Legislative Council The 2nd Northwest Territories Legislative Council was the 9th assembly of the territorial government, lasting from the 1954 Northwest Territories general election, election of 1954 until dissolution in 1957. A total of four elected members and five ...

1954 – 1957 * 3rd Northwest Territories Legislative Council 1957 – 1961 * 4th Northwest Territories Legislative Council 1961 – 1964 *

5th Northwest Territories Legislative Council The 5th Northwest Territories Legislative Council was the 12th assembly of the territorial government. This council's members were elected and appointed in the 1964 general election and served until it was dissolved for the 1967 general election. ...

1964 – 1967 *

6th Northwest Territories Legislative Council The 6th Northwest Territories Legislative Council was the 13th assembly of the territorial government. It took place from 1967 and was dissolved in 1970. This was the first council that took place specifically in the capital city A capital cit ...

1967 – 1970 * 7th Northwest Territories Legislative Council 1970 – 1975 * 8th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 1975 – 1979 * 9th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 1979 – 1983 * 10th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 1983 – 1987 * 11th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 1987 – 1991 * 12th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 1991 – 1995 *

13th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly The 13th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly was the 20th assembly of the territorial government and it lasted from 1995 to 1999. This assembly was dissolved due to the creation of Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the ...

1995 – 1999 * 14th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 1999 – 2003 *

15th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly The 15th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly was the 23rd sitting legislature or council in Northwest Territories history. It lasted from 2003 until September 3, 2007. The primary membership was elected in the 2003 Northwest Territories gen ...

2003 – 2007 * 16th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 2007 – 2011 * 17th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 2011 – 2015 * 18th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 2015 – 2019 * 19th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 2019 – present

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