8th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly

8th Legislative Assembly
Type
Type
History
Established1975
Disbanded1979
Preceded by7th Northwest Territories Legislative Council
Succeeded by9th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly
Seats15
Elections
Last election
1975
Meeting place
Yellowknife

The 8th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly was the 15th assembly of the territorial government. The assembly lasted from 1975 until 1979. This was the first all elected council of the Northwest Territories since the 5th North West Assembly from 1902 to 1905. In honor of this achievement the Council renamed themselves the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories despite still being officially called the Council of the Northwest Territories under the Northwest Territories Act.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

8th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly
District Member First elected / previously elected
  Central Arctic William Lyall 1975
  Central Baffin Ipeelee Kilabuk 1975
  Foxe Basin Mark Evaloarjuk 1975
  Great Slave James Wah-Shee 1975
  Richard D. Whitford (1976) 1976
  Hay River Donald Morton Stewart 1967, 1975
  High Arctic Ludy Pudluk 1975
  Inuvik Tom Butters 1970
  Keewatin Peter Irniq 1975
  Mackenzie Great Bear George Barnaby 1975
  Peter Fraser (1976) 1976
  Mackenzie-Laird William Lafferty 1975
  Slave River Arnold McCallum 1975
  South Baffin Bryan Pearson 1970
  Western Arctic John Steen 1975
  Yellowknife North Dave Nickerson 1975
  Yellowknife South David Searle 1967

By-elections

At least two by-elections occurred in this assembly.

District Former member Replacement Reason Date
Great Slave James Wah-Shee Richard D. Whitford Resignation of James Wah-Shee over lack of discussion on Dene issues.[1] 1976
Mackenzie Great Bear George Barnaby Peter Fraser Resignation of George Barnaby over lack of discussion on Dene issues.[1] 1976

References

  1. ^ a b Abel, Kerry. Drum Songs: Glimpses of Dene History. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 259. ISBN 0-7735-3003-7.


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