Legislative Assembly Of The North-West Territories

	Legislative Assembly Of The North-West Territories This is a list of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies dates and legislative sessions from 1870–present. The current capital is Yellowknife Yellowknife is the capital, largest community, and the 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 outlet of t ... since 1967. There have been twenty-eight legislatures since becoming a territory in 1870. See also * List of Northwest Territories general elections * History of Northwest Territories capital cities Notes # No members sat in Council between 1870 and 1872 and 1905 – 1921. # Provisions existed for appointment from seven to fifteen members of the council in the ''Temporary Government of Rupert's Land Act''. References * Temporary Government of Rupert's Land Act, 1869 accessed 13 April 2006 {{Canadian Legislative Bodies Legislative Assemblies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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 unicameral elected body that creates and amends law in the Northwest Territories. Permanently located in Yellowknife since 1993, the assembly was founded in 1870 and became active in 1872 with the first appointments from the Government of Canada. Until 2014, the assembly was officially defined under federal law as "Legislative Council". However, under Northwest Territories territorial law, it was defined as "Legislative Assembly". The federal name was changed when the Northwest Territories Act was rewritten in 2014. Under different periods of its history it has alternated names. Members of the Legislative Assembly are Oath of office, sworn in by the commissioner of the Northwest Territories. Early history The Legislative Assembly was firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1951 Northwest Territories General Election The 1951 Northwest Territories general election was held on September 17, 1951, in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It was the territory's first general election since 1902. The election came about after ''The Northwest Territories Act'' was amended to permit three elected members from the Mackenzie District to join the five appointed members on the Executive Council of the Northwest Territories. The Council, which had met in Ottawa, Ontario, outside of the Northwest Territories, shortly after the election, the council began to alternate sittings between Ottawa and Northwest Territories communities. Background The bill to re-initiate territorial elections in the Northwest Territories was introduced in the Canadian House of Commons by Federal Resources Minister Robert Henry Winters. Aboriginal vote The 1951 election was the first in the territory to allow aboriginal peoples to vote and stand for election. However the electoral districts created for the election included only the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1970 Northwest Territories General Election The 1970 Northwest Territories general election took place on December 21, 1970. It took place during the centennial of the territory. Among the festivities earlier in the year was an official visit by Queen Elizabeth II to open the first Arctic Winter games in Yellowknife. The world-famous Polar Bear licence plate was also unveiled. The centenary election brought up a number of old issues that have been seen in many elections in the past 100 years, mainly the transfer of powers from the federal government to the territory, full self-government, and rights for natives. This was the first election in which a woman, Lena Pedersen was elected to the Territorial Legislature. She was one of ten elected members and four appointed members who would sit on the council. The voting age for this election was lowered from 21 to 19. Election summary Appointed members Members of the Legislative Assembly elected For complete electoral history, see individual districts References {{Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	7th Northwest Territories Legislative Council The 7th Northwest Territories Legislative Council was the 14th assembly of the territorial government. The council lasted from 1970 to 1975 and was the last council to have appointed members. This was the first council to include a female member (Lena Pedersen Lena (Elizabeth Magdalena) Pedersen or Lena Pederson (born 1940, Greenland) is a politician and social worker from Nunavut, Canada. In 1959, she moved from Greenland to the Northwest Territories and lived in Coppermine (Kugluktuk), Pangnirtung a ...). Membership References External linksNorthwest Territories Legislative Assembly homepage Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies {{Canada-gov-stub 1970 establishments in the Northwest Territories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1967 Northwest Territories General Election The 1967 Northwest Territories general election took place on July 4, 1967. Tragedy would ensue after this election as member-elect Bill Berg died in a plane crash while flying into Yellowknife on October 1, only a few days before the new council was to open. This would be the first time since 1905 where more elected members would sit than appointed members. This is also the first election in the history of the territories that electoral districts covered the entire territories. The redistribution of districts was a result of the Carrothers Commission. It would also be the last general election that had members appointed to the Northwest Territories council. Election summary Members elected For complete electoral history, see individual districts Appointed members The final phase of the general election was the appointments of four council seats after the writs from the general election had returned. A fifth appointed seat also existed automatically going to the incumbent D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	6th Northwest Territories Legislative Council The 6th Northwest Territories Legislative Council was the 13th assembly of the territorial government. It took place from 1967 and was dissolved in 1970. This was the first council that took place specifically in the capital city of Yellowknife. This session was the first time an Inuk (Simonie Michael) was elected to the council, though Abe Okpik had been appointed the previous session. It also marks the first participation by a First Nations member of the council (John Tetlichi John Tetlichi was a Canadian politician, who served on the 6th Northwest Territories Legislative Council from 1967 to 1970. At the time, the council retained a mixture of both elected and appointed seats. Tetlichi, a Dene chief, was appointed to ..., appointed). Appointed members Membership References External linksNorthwest Territories Legislative Assembly homepage Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies {{Canada-gov-stub 1967 establishments in the Northwest Territories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1964 Northwest Territories General Election The 1964 Northwest Territories general election took place on March 31, 1964. Appointed members Elected members For complete electoral history, see individual districts References {{Northwest Territories elections 1964 elections in Canada Elections in the Northwest Territories March 1964 in Canada 1964 in the Northwest Territories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	5th Northwest Territories Legislative Council The 5th Northwest Territories Legislative Council was the 12th assembly of the territorial government. This council's members were elected and appointed in the 1964 Northwest Territories general election, 1964 general election and served until it was dissolved for the 1967 Northwest Territories general election, 1967 general election. Leadership The incumbent Commissioners of the Northwest Territories, Commissioner of the territory at the beginning of the council was Bent Gestur Sivertz. He left office on January 16, 1967, and was replaced by Deputy Commissioner Stuart Milton Hodgson on March 2, 1967. The Deputy Commissioner at the beginning of the council was Wilfred G. Brown who left office on July 23, 1965. He was replaced by Hodgson in that role who then went on to replace Sivertz as Commissioner. Hodgson was replaced by John Havelock Parker who served as Deputy Commissioner from March 2, 1967, until dissolution. Legislation First session The first session of the 5th Council r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1960 Northwest Territories General Election The 1960 Northwest Territories general election took place on September 19, 1960. Sabin, Jerald Jeffrey Devlin (2016). CONTESTED COLONIALISM: THE RISE OF SETTLER POLITICS IN YUKON AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (PhD thesis), pp 152. University of Toronto. In this election three members of the general public were randomly chosen and appointed to the council. Appointed members Elected members For complete electoral history, see individual districts References {{Northwest Territories elections Northwest Territories general election Elections in the Northwest Territories Northwest Territories general election General election A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from By-election, by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. Gener ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	4th Northwest Territories Legislative Council The 4th Northwest Territories Legislative Council was the 11th assembly of the territorial government. It lasted from 1960 to 1964. Membership References External linksNorthwest Territories Legislative Assembly homepage Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies {{Canada-gov-stub 1960 establishments in the Northwest Territories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1957 Northwest Territories General Election The 1957 Northwest Territories general election was held on August 19, 1957. Appointed members Elected members For complete electoral history, see individual districts References # Annual Report of the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories 1958 Elections in the Northwest Territories Northwest Territories general election 20th century in the Northwest Territories Northwest Territories general election General election A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from By-election, by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. Gener ... {{Canada-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	3rd Northwest Territories Legislative Council The 3rd Northwest Territories Legislative Council was the 10th assembly of the territorial government. It lasted from 1957 until 1960. Mid term appointments This council had five seats reserved for appointed members. By-elections At least 1 by-election occurred in this Assembly. Membership References External linksNorthwest Territories Legislative Assembly homepage Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies {{Canada-gov-stub 1957 establishments in the Northwest Territories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]