The Northwest Territories general election, 1970 took place on December 21, 1970. This was the 12th election in 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...

 history. It took place during the centennial of the territory.

Among the festivities earlier in the year was an official visit by Queen Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...

 to open the first Arctic Winter games in Yellowknife

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Yellowknife is the capital and largest city of the Northwest Territories , Canada. It is located on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, approximately south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River...

. The world famous Polar Bear licence plate was also unveiled.

The centenary election brought up a number of old issues that have been seen in many elections in the past 100 years, mainly the transfer of powers from the federal government to the territory, full self government, and rights for natives.

This was the first election in which a woman, Lena Pedersen was elected to the Territorial Legislature. She was one of ten elected members and four appointed members who would sit on the council.

The voting age for this election was lowered from 21 to 19.

Election summary

Election summary	# of candidates		Popular vote
	Incumbent	New	#	%
Elected candidates	2	7	?	?
Acclaimed candidates	?	1
Appointed Members	1	3?
Defeated candidates
Total			9,169	100%
Turnout 69.2%

Appointed members

7th Northwest Territories Council
Member	New/Re-appointed
Hugh Campbell Hugh Campbell (politician) Air Marshal Hugh Lester Campbell, CBE, CD was a politician for Northwest Territories, Canada and a senior commander in the Royal Canadian Air Force....	Re-appointed
Louis-Edmond Hamelin Louis-Edmond Hamelin Louis-Edmond Hamelin, is a Canadian geographer, professor, and author born in Saint-Didace, Quebec, Canada, best known for his studies of Northern Canada....	New appointed
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Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

7th Northwest Territories Legislative Council 7th Northwest Territories Legislative Council The 7th Northwest Territories Legislative Council was the 14th assembly of the territorial government. The council lasted from 1970 to 1975 and was the last council to have appointed members.-External links:*...
District	Member
Central Arctic Central Arctic The Central Arctic was an electoral district of the Northwest Territories, Canada created in 1966 and abolished in 1983. The district consisted of Pelly Bay, Spence Bay, Gjoa Haven, Cambridge Bay, Bathurst Inlet, Bay Chimo, Coppermine and Holman. For the 1983 election Holman was moved to the...	Lena Pedersen
Eastern Arctic	Bryan Pearson Bryan Pearson Bryan Pearson is a former territorial level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Pearson was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1970 Northwest Territories general election. He won the electoral district of Eastern Arctic and held that district until it was...
Great Slave North	James Rabesca James Rabesca James Rabesca is a former territorial level and current municipal level politician and Member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1995 until 1999. He is currently living in the community of Behchoko.... *
Great Slave South	Paul Kaeser
High Arctic	Welland Phipps Welland Phipps Welland Wilford "Weldy" "Angayuroluk" Phipps was a military pilot and prisoner of war during World War II, a pioneer bush pilot, inventor and a territorial level politician.-World War II:...
Keewatin South	Willie Adams Willie Adams Willie Adams is a Canadian Inuit politician who was a member of the Senate of Canada from 1977 to 2009.Adams was born in Fort Chimo, Quebec. He was appointed to the Senate by Governor General Jules Léger on the advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, on April 5, 1977, and is a member of the...
Keewatin North	David Searle David Searle David Harry Searle is a retired politician and lawyer from Northwest Territories, Canada.-Legal career:Born in Edmonton, Searle moved to Yellowknife with his family in 1946. He was educated at the University of Alberta. Searle established his law practice in 1963 partnering with Justice Mark de...
Lower Mackenzie	Lyle Trimble
Mackenzie-Laird	Nick Sibbeston Nick Sibbeston Nick G. Sibbeston is a Canadian Senator. He attended residential school in Fort Simpson, Providence, Inuvik, and Yellowknife, and the University of Alberta where he graduated with Bachelor of Arts and Law degrees.-Political career:...
Western Arctic	Tom Butters Tom Butters Thomas H. "Tom" Butters, is a retired politician from Northwest Territories, Canada. He had a long career as a Member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1970 until 1991....