Yellowknife North 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
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for the
Legislative Assembly of 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. ...
,
Canada
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. It is one of seven districts that represent
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 ...
, the territorial capital. It encompasses Old Town, Niven Heights, some of downtown, and a large rural hinterland centered on the
Ingraham Trail
Highway 4, known as the Ingraham Trail, extends from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories to Tibbitt Lake, approximately east of Yellowknife. It was built in the mid-1960s as the first leg of a 'road to resources' with the original intention of ...
.
The district previously existed from 1975 to 1999, but was dissolved at the
1999 election.
The riding was recreated for the
2015 election, from part of the former district of
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 ...
.
"MLAs vote to merge Tu Nedhe and Weledeh, despite opposition"
''Northern Journal'', June 2, 2014.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
Election results
2019 election
2015 election
References
External links
Website of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories territorial electoral districts
Yellowknife
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