Lesa Semmler (born c. 1976) is a

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politician, who was elected to the

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in the 2019 election. She represents the electoral district of

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. Prior to her election to the legislature, she worked for the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation as their Health Navigator working on numerous health files at the local regional and national level. She was the Nurse manager prior to her work with IRC at the Inuvik Regional Hospital. She has also been an activist on the issue of

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, as she was raised primarily by her great-grandparents after her mother was murdered by her common law partner when she was just eight years old.Mackenzie Scott
"'My mother didn't die for nothing,' says Inuvik woman ahead of Yellowknife MMIWG inquiry"

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, January 22, 2018.

Election results

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