Dave Ramsay (born March 18, 1970, in
Saint John, New Brunswick
Saint John () is a port#seaport, seaport city located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. It is Canada's oldest Municipal corporation, incorporated city, established by royal charter on May 18, 1785, during the reign ...
) is a
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 ...
businessman and politician.
Political career
Ramsay first ran for a seat in the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly in the
1999 Northwest Territories general election
The 1999 Northwest Territories general election was held on December 6, 1999. This was the first election under the new boundaries that were created when Nunavut was carved out of the Northwest Territories. 19 members were elected, five fewer tha ...
in the electoral district of
Range Lake. He was defeated by candidate
Sandy Lee finishing a close second. He would run again in the
2003 Northwest Territories general election this time in the electoral district of
Kam Lake
Kam Lake is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is one of seven districts that represent Yellowknife.
A larger-than-usual property tax increase in 2014 saw the area re-zoned by ...
. He defeated two other candidates with nearly 50% of the vote to win his first term in office.
Ramsay was reelected to a second term in the
2007 general election. He won a third term in the
2011 election and was chosen for cabinet on the formation of the
17th Assembly, serving as Minister of Transport.
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References
External links
Dave Ramsay Legislature biography
1970 births
Living people
Politicians from Saint John, New Brunswick
Politicians from Yellowknife
Members of the Executive Council of the Northwest Territories
21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
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