9th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly

9th Legislative Assembly
Type
Type
History
Established1979
Disbanded1983
Preceded by8th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly
Succeeded by10th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly
Seats22
Elections
Last election
1979
Meeting place
Yellowknife

The 9th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly was the 16th assembly of the territorial government from 1979 to 1983. The Commissioner turned over Executive Council privileges allowing elected members to form the cabinet and become leader of government in 1980 for the first time since 1905. From the 1979 Northwest Territories general election that was held on October 1, 1979, 22 members were elected to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

9th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly
District Member First elected / previously elected No. of terms
  Baffin Central James Arreak 1979 1st term
  Ipeelee Kilabuk (1980) 1975, 1980 2nd term*
  Baffin South Joe Arlooktoo 1979 1st term
  Central Arctic Kane Tologanak 1979 1st term
  Foxe Basin Mark Evaloarjuk 1975 2nd term
  Frobisher Bay Dennis Patterson 1979 1st term
  Great Slave East Robert Sayine 1979 1st term
  Hay River Donald Morton Stewart 1967, 1975 3rd term*
  High Arctic Ludy Pudluk 1975 2nd term
  Hudson Bay Moses Appaqaq 1979 1st term
  Inuvik Tom Butters 1970 3rd term
  Keewatin North William Noah 1979 1st term
  Gordon Wray (1983) 1983 1st term
  Keewatin South Tagak Curley 1979 1st term
  Mackenzie Delta Richard Nerysoo 1979 1st term
  Mackenzie Great Bear Peter Fraser 1976 2nd term
  Mackenzie-Laird Nick Sibbeston 1970, 1979 2nd term*
  Pine Point Bruce McLaughlin 1979 1st term
  Rae-Lac La Martre James Wah-Shee 1975, 1979 2nd term*
  Slave River Arnold McCallum 1975 2nd term
  Western Arctic Nellie Cournoyea 1979 1st term
  Yellowknife Centre Robert H. MacQuarrie 1979 1st term
  Yellowknife North George Braden 1979 1st term
  Yellowknife South Lynda Sorenson 1979 1st term

By-elections

At least 2 by-elections occurred in this Assembly.

District Former member Replacement Reason Date
Baffin Central James Arreak Ipeelee Kilabuk Resignation[1] April 1, 1980[1]
Keewatin North William Noah Gordon Wray Unknown 1983

References

  1. 1 2 "REPORT OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER ON FEDERAL BY-ELECTIONS AND BY-ELECTIONS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES HELD IN 1980" (PDF). Minister of Supply and Services Canada. January 1981. Retrieved 2025-04-16.


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