19th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly
Appearance
19th Legislature | |||
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Consensus parliament | |||
1 October 2019 – 15 October 2023 | |||
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Parliament leaders | |||
Premier | Caroline Cochrane October 24, 2019 – December 8, 2023 | ||
Legislative Assembly | |||
Speaker of the Assembly | Frederick Blake Jr. October 24, 2019 – November 14, 2023 | ||
Members | 19 seats | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 | ||
Charles III 8 September 2022 – present | |||
Commissioner | Margaret Thom 18 September 2017 – 14 May 2024 | ||
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The 19th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly in Canada was established by the results of the 2019 Northwest Territories general election on October 1, 2019.[1]
In the 2019 election, 9 of the 19 MLAs elected were women, a record in NWT and, proportionally, in all of Canada. Previously, the most sitting women MLAs was three.[2] On July 27, following the resignation of Jackson Lafferty and the subsequent by-election victory of Jane Weyallon Armstrong, the Legislature had 10 women to 9 men, and became the first jurisdiction in Canada to have a majority of women legislators.[3]
Membership
[edit]Member | District |
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Ronald Bonnetrouge | Deh Cho |
Kevin O'Reilly | Frame Lake |
Katrina Nokleby | Great Slave |
R. J. Simpson | Hay River North |
Rocky Simpson Sr. | Hay River South |
Diane Archie | Inuvik Boot Lake |
Lesa Semmler | Inuvik Twin Lakes |
Caitlin Cleveland | Kam Lake |
Frederick Blake | Mackenzie Delta |
Jackson Lafferty (until June 4, 2021)[4] | Monfwi |
Jane Weyallon Armstrong (since July 28, 2021)[5] | |
Shane Thompson | Nahendeh |
Jackie Jacobson | Nunakput |
Caroline Cochrane | Range Lake |
Paulie Chinna | Sahtu |
Frieda Martselos | Thebacha |
Steve Norn (until November 23, 2021)[6] | Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh |
Richard Edjericon (since February 9, 2022)[7] | |
Julie Green | Yellowknife Centre |
Rylund Johnson | Yellowknife North |
Caroline Wawzonek | Yellowknife South |
Source:[8]
Executive Council of the Northwest Territories
[edit]Ministers at present are as follows (current as of July 2021):[9]
Portfolio | Minister | ||||
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Caroline Cochrane | ||||
Deputy Premier
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Diane Archie | ||||
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Paulie Chinna | ||||
Government House Leader
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R. J. Simpson | ||||
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Shane Thompson | ||||
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Caroline Wawzonek | ||||
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Julie Green |
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.ntassembly.ca/documents-proceedings/news-releases/commissioner-will-dissolve-19th-legislative-assembly-sunday
- ^ "Record number of women elected in Northwest Territories". CBC News. October 2, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "'Gender never came into my mind,' says woman who brought N.W.T. Legislature to Canada's 1st female majority". CBC News. July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ Carroll, Luke (4 June 2021). "Jackson Lafferty resigns as MLA, says running for Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief is his 'next journey'". CKLB. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ Zingel, Avery (July 28, 2021). "Jane Weyallon Armstrong takes clear win in Monfwi byelection". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Norn's seat 'ordered vacant,' resignation not valid, says Legislature Speaker | CBC News".
- ^ Lamberink, Liny (February 9, 2022). "Richard Edjericon elected MLA in Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh byelection". CBC News. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ "Members of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly | Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories". Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "Follow along with cabinet | Government of the Northwest Territories". Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.