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 A capital city, or just capital, is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state (polity), state, province, department (administrative division), department, or other administrative division, subnational division, usually as its ...

of Yellowknife. This session was the first time an Inuk (

Simonie Michael Simonie Michael (; first name also spelled Simonee, alternative surnames Michel or E7-551; March 2, 1933November 15, 2008) was a Canadian politician from the eastern Northwest Territories (now Nunavut) who was the first Inuk elected to a legis ...

) was elected to the council, though

Abe Okpik Abraham "Abe" Okpik, CM (12 January 1928 – 10 July 1997) was an Inuk community leader in Canada. He was instrumental in helping Inuit obtain surnames rather than disc numbers as a form of government identification. He was also the first ...

had been appointed the previous session. It also marks the first participation by a

First Nations First nations are indigenous settlers or bands. First Nations, first nations, or first peoples may also refer to: Indigenous groups *List of Indigenous peoples *First Nations in Canada, Indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Mé ...

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 links

Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly homepage
Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies {{Canada-gov-stub 1967 establishments in the Northwest Territories