3rd North-West Legislative Assembly
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The 3rd North-West Legislative Assembly was the fifth meeting of the Northwest Territories Legislature, it lasted from 1894 to 1898. Several important developments happened during this Assembly. The Northwest Territories was granted a Premier and a full Executive Council
in 1897 and the Yukon
was carved from the territory in 1898 due the territorial government trying to collect taxes from settlers heading to the Klondike Gold Rush
.
Executive Council of the Northwest Territories
The Executive Council of the Northwest Territories or cabinet consists of six Ministers and a Premier elected by the 19 members of the Legislative Assembly.Ministers at present are as follows : PortfolioMinister...
in 1897 and the Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
was carved from the territory in 1898 due the territorial government trying to collect taxes from settlers heading to the Klondike Gold Rush
Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush, also called the Yukon Gold Rush, the Alaska Gold Rush and the Last Great Gold Rush, was an attempt by an estimated 100,000 people to travel to the Klondike region the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1897 and 1899 in the hope of successfully prospecting for gold...
.