Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh is a

territorial A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...

electoral district An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...

in the

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. ...

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, which elects one member to the

Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, or Legislative Council of the Northwest Territories (with Northwest hyphenated as North-West until 1906), is the legislature and the seat of government of Northwest Territories in Canada. It is a uni ...

. The district consists of the communities of N'Dilo, Lutselk'e,

Fort Resolution Fort Resolution (''Denı́nu Kų́ę́'' (pronounced "deh-nih-noo-kwenh") "moose island place") is a hamlet in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community is situated at the mouth of the Slave River, on the shores o ...

and

Dettah Dettah, sometimes, incorrectly, as ''Detah'', is a First Nations community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Located just southeast of the capital of Yellowknife, it is a drive from that city by ice road across the ...

. It had an estimated population of 1,412 in 2012. The district was created in 2013 when the ridings of

Tu Nedhe Tu Nedhe was a provinces and territories of Canada, territorial Constituency, electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The district consists of Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, Fort Resolution and ...

and

Weledeh Weledeh (or Yellowknife - Weledeh) was a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It was one of seven districts that represent Yellowknife, and included the more rural communities of Detah ...

were merged. It was first contested in the

2015 Northwest Territories general election The 2015 Northwest Territories general election was held November 23, 2015. Under the territory's Fixed election dates in Canada, fixed election date legislation, the election was supposed to be held on October 5, 2015, however, since the federal e ...

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Steve Norn was elected in the 2019 territorial election, but in late 2021 became the first MLA to be removed from the Legislature by his colleagues. This event was a consequence of Norn's refusal to follow Covid-19 protocols, and subsequent actions on his part against his colleagues during the ensuing investigation. He had attempted to resign prior to this vote, but the Speaker rejected it. The seat remained vacant until by-election took place the following year. Norn ran in the by-election but was defeated by

Richard Edjericon Richard Edjericon is a Canadian politician in the Northwest Territories. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in a 2022 by-election, representing the electoral district of Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh. Edjericon previousl ...

Election results

2022 election

2019 election

2015 election

References

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh Northwest Territories territorial electoral districts