David Krutko (born November 11, 1957) is a retired territorial level politician in Northern Canada and a former speaker of the Northwest Territories legislature.
Krutko was first elected to the Northwest Territories legislature in the
1995 general election. He defeated former Premier
Richard Nerysoo in an upset victory. He was re-elected in the
1999 general election, winning in a landslide with 75% of the vote. He was subsequently re-elected by acclamation in the
2003 general election.
After being re-elected to his third term in office he was elected speaker on December 11, 2003 after
Tony Whitford
Anthony Wilfred James Whitford (June 11, 1941 – September 16, 2024) was a Canadian politician, who served as the commissioner of the Northwest Territories from 2005 to 2010.
Whitford entered the political arena in 1988 and retired in 2010 af ...
was appointed commissioner. He resigned as Speaker on June 1, 2004
when he was appointed to the cabinet replacing
Henry Zoe who had been voted out by the legislature in a vote of no confidence.
He was appointed as the Minister Responsible for the Northwest Territories Power Corporation and the Minister of Public Works and Services as well as the Minister Responsible for the Workers' Compensation Board.
Krutko was re-elected to a fourth term in the
2007 general election with 50.5% of the vote. He retired at the
2011 general election but returned to fight the Mackenzie Delta seat again in
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
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Events
January
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. On this occasion he came fourth with 86 votes, or less than 14%.
References
External links
GNWT - Premier - Cabinet
Living people
Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
1957 births
20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
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