The 8th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly was the 15th assembly of the territorial government. The assembly lasted from 1975 until 1979. This was the first all elected council of the Northwest Territories since the 5th North West Assembly from 1902 to 1905, in honor of this achievement the Council renamed themselves the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories despite still being officially called the Council of the Northwest Territories under the Northwest Territories Act.

By-elections

At least 2 by-elections occurred in this Assembly.

District	Former Member	Replacement	Reason	Date
Great Slave Great Slave Great Slave is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada.It is one of seven districts that represent Yellowknife and the current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Glen Abernethy...	James Wah-Shee James Wah-Shee James Wah-Shee is a former territorial level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada. He served as a Member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 until 1987.In the 1970s Wah-Shee became President of the Dene Nation....	James Wah-Shee	Resignation of James Wah-Shee over lack of discussion on Dene issues.	1976
Mackenzie Great Bear	George Barnaby George Barnaby George Barnaby is a former territorial level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada. He served as a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1975 until 1976....	Peter Fraser Peter Fraser (N.W.T. politician) Peter "Pete" Fraser is a former politician and Métis leader and highway inspector from Northwest Territories, Canada...	Resignation of George Barnaby over lack of discussion on Dene issues.	1976

External links

• Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly homepage