The Central Arctic was an electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 of the Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 created in 1966 and abolished in 1983. The district consisted of Pelly Bay, Spence Bay, Gjoa Haven, Cambridge Bay, Bathurst Inlet

Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut

Bathhurst Inlet, , is a small Inuit community located in Bathurst Inlet in the Kitikmeot Region of Canada's Nunavut Territory...

, Bay Chimo

Umingmaktok, Nunavut

The community of Umingmaktok is located in Bathurst Inlet in the Kitikmeot Region of Canada's Nunavut Territory...

, Coppermine and Holman. For the 1983 election

Northwest Territories general election, 1983

The Northwest Territories general election, 1983 was the 15th general election in the Northwest Territories history. The election took place on November 21, 1983....

 Holman was moved to the Nunakput

Nunakput

Nunakput is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The district consists of Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk and Ulukhaktok.The current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Jackie Jacobson....

 district and the others split between Kitikmeot West and Kitikmeot East. Today Holman, now Ulukhaktok, is the only one of the communities in the NWT as after division the others became part of Nunavut

Nunavut

Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...

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Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

	Name	Elected	Left Office	Duncan Pryde Duncan Pryde Duncan Pryde was a hunter, trapper, lexicographer and politician from Northwest Territories, Canada. He served as a member of the Northwest Territories Council from 1966 to 1975.-Early life:...	September 19, 1966	1967	Robert Williamson	1967	1970	Lena Pedersen	1970	1975	Bill Lyall Bill Lyall Bill Lyall C.M. of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada is a former territorial level politician. Lyall was elected to the 8th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly in the 1975 election....	1975	1979	Kane Tologanak Kane Tologanak Kane Tologanak is a Copper Inuit and former Member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 to 1983.Tologanak was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election. He served one term and did not return when the legislature was...	1979	1983