The 2011 Northwest Territories general election was held on October 3, 2011. Nineteen members were returned to the 17th Legislative Assembly from single member districts conducted under

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voting system. The territory operates on a consensus government system with no

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; the

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is subsequently chosen by and from the

Members of the Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several nationa ...

(MLAs). Three incumbent MLAs faced no challengers and were

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back into office in their districts. Five new MLAs were elected, although only one defeated an incumbent; all of the other four won in open seats where the incumbent MLA did not run for re-election.

New Premier and cabinet

After the election the elected members of the Assembly will gather to choose the 12th Premier of the territories. Incumbent Premier

Floyd Roland Floyd K. Roland (born November 23, 1961) is a politician from the Northwest Territories, Canada. He was the 11th premier of the Northwest Territories, having held office from October 17, 2007 to October 26, 2011. Previously a town councillor an ...

has chosen not to stand for re-election in his district. To date no Premier has served two full terms in the Northwest Territories since Frederick Haultain, who won his second term in 1902. After the members of the legislature have elected the new Premier, the MLAs elect the cabinet ministers from the remaining Assembly members and the Premier then assigns portfolios to the new ministers.

Election summary

Districts and candidates

*Note: Bold denotes a member of the cabinet and speaker of the Assembly, the Premier is denoted in bold italic.

References

External links

Elections NWT
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