Paul Alfred Delorey (May 3, 1949 – January 1, 2021)In the house and on the ice, former Speaker Paul Delorey remembered
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Curling

Delorey was an avid curler. He represented the NWT/Yukon at the

Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship is the national curling championship for mixed curling in Canada. The winners of the tournament will represent Canada at the World Mixed Curling Championship. In mixed curling, the positions on a team must a ...

s in 1987. In 1994, ''Team Paul Delorey'' finished in fifth place at the Canadian North Arctic Briar. He was on Team Canada in the Strathcona Cup Championships in Scotland in 1998. He has coached junior curling for 22 years and was a fully qualified Level 2 coach. He also served as a director on the NWT Curling Association Board for three years and as the president of the Hay River Curling Club for five years. Delorey was a member of the Governor General's Curling Club of Canada.

Politics

Delorey was elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the new electoral district of

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for 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 ...

. He was re-elected to his second term by acclamation 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 ...

. Delorey was elected to be the Speaker of the Northwest Territories Legislature on June 1, 2004. He was re-elected 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 ...

References

External links

Paul Delorey biography
Canadian sportsperson-politicians Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories 1949 births 2021 deaths Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Curlers from the Northwest Territories People from Hay River Canadian curling coaches People from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia 21st-century Canadian politicians {{NorthwestTerritories-politician-stub