Norman Yakeleya (born March 13, 1959) is a Canadian territorial level politician from

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.

Political career

Yakeleya first began his political career on the municipal level as a city councillor for the

Yellowknife City Council The Yellowknife City Council is the governing body of the city of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The council consists of a mayor and eight councillors A councillor is an elected representative for a local government council in som ...

from 1987 until 1990. He then served as Chief of the Tulita Dene Band and Chairman of the Sahtu tribal Council. Yakeleya was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature 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 ...

defeating four other candidates to win his first term in office. He was re-elected to his second term in office in the

2007 Northwest Territories general election The 2007 Northwest Territories general election took place on October 1, 2007. Nineteen members were elected to the Legislative Assembly from single member districts conducted under first-past-the-post voting system. The election was called on Se ...

by acclamation.

References

External links

Norman Yakeleya Legislature biography
1959 births Living people 20th-century First Nations people 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century First Nations people Dene people First Nations politicians Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Yellowknife city councillors {{NorthwestTerritories-politician-stub