Caroline Wawzonek is a
Canadian
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politician, who was elected to the
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 u ...
in the
2019 election. She represents the electoral district of
Yellowknife South, and was elected to Premier
Caroline Cochrane's cabinet by the new cohort of territorial MLAs on October 24, 2019.
[Ollie Williams]
"Here's who will be in Caroline Cochrane's NWT cabinet"
Cabin Radio, October 24, 2019.
After being acclaimed to the 20th Legislative Assembly in 2023, Wawzonek returned to the Executive Council as Deputy Premier, Minister of Finance, Minister of Infrastructure, and the Minister Responsible for the NWT Power Corporation.
Election results
References
Living people
Women MLAs in the Northwest Territories
Politicians from Yellowknife
21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
21st-century Canadian women politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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