Northwest Territories general election, 1983
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The Northwest Territories general election, 1983 was the 15th general election in the Northwest Territories
history. The election took place on November 21, 1983.
This was the first election in the Northwest Territories with live television coverage of vote returns.
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. The election took place on November 21, 1983.
This was the first election in the Northwest Territories with live television coverage of vote returns.
Election summary
| Election summary | # of candidates | Popular vote | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incumbent | New | # | % | |
| Elected candidates | 14 | 8 | ? | ? |
| Acclaimed candidates | ? | 2 | ||
| Defeated candidates | ||||
| Total | 15,765 | 100% | ||
| Turnout 69.7% | ||||
Members of the Legislative Assembly elected
For complete electoral history, see individual districts| 10th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 10th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly The 10th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly was the 17th assembly of the territorial government held between 1983 and 1987.-3rd Session:... |
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| District | Member |
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| Aivilik | Tagak Curley Tagak Curley Tagak Curley is an Inuit leader, politician and businessman from Nunavut. As a prominent figure in the negotiations that led to the creation of Nunavut, Tagak is considered a living father of confederation in Canada... |
| Baffin Central | Pauloosie Paniloo Pauloosie Paniloo Pauloosie Paniloo was a territorial level politician. He served as a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1983 to 1987. He was also a member of the Canadian Rangers, serving as a ranger for 28 years.-Canadian Rangers:Paniloo joined the Canadian Rangers in 1979... |
| Baffin South | Joe Arlooktoo Joe Arlooktoo Joe Arlooktoo is a northern Canadian artist, adept at soapstone and ivory carving, and a municipal and territorial level politician who was a Member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 until 1991... |
| Deh Cho | Samuel Gargan Samuel Gargan Samuel Gargan is a former long serving politician and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.Gargan was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1983 Northwest Territories general election. He was re-elected to a second term in the 1987 Northwest... |
| Deh Cho Gah | 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:... |
| Foxe Basin | Elijah Erkloo Elijah Erkloo Elijah Erkloo is a former territorial level politician. He served as a Member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1983 until 1987.-Political career:... |
| Hay River | Donald Morton Stewart Donald Morton Stewart Donald Morton Stewart is a former politician and civil servant from Northwest Territories, Canada.-Early life:Stewart worked for numerous northern airlines, and later joined the civil service as a Department of Fisheries employee.... |
| High Arctic | Ludy Pudluk Ludy Pudluk Ludy Pudluk is a retired territorial level politician and former cabinet minister currently and current climate change activist residing in Resolute Nunavut, Canada.... |
| Hudson Bay Hudson Bay (N.W.T. electoral district) Hudson Bay was a former territorial electoral district, that elected Members to the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 until 1991. It was Abolished in 1987 when it became part of the Baffin South electoral district... |
Moses Appaqaq Moses Appaqaq Moses Appaqaq Jr. is a soap stone carver former retail clerk, and a former territorial level politician from Sanikiluaq, Northwest Territories .... |
| Inuvik Inuvik (electoral district) Inuvik was a territorial electoral district representing the city of Inuvik, Northwest Territories. It was dissolved for the 1999 territorial election, with two new districts, Inuvik Boot Lake and Inuvik Twin Lakes. Its last sitting Member was Floyd Roland, who now represents Inuvik Boot Lake.... |
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.... |
| Iqaluit | Dennis Patterson Dennis Patterson Dennis Glen Patterson is a politician and lawyer. He served as MLA for Frobisher Bay and Iqaluit from 1978 to 1995, as NWT Minister of Education, Justice and Municipal Affairs and was chosen as the fifth consensus Government Leader of Northwest Territories, Canada from 1987 to 1991... |
| Kitikmeot East | Michael Angottitauruq Michael Angottitauruq Michael Angottitauruq Sr. is a former territorial and municipal level politician. He served as Mayor of Gjoa Haven and as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1987 to 1989.... |
| Kitikmeot West | Red Pedersen Red Pedersen Asger Rye "Red" Pedersen, sometimes Asgar Rye Pederson, is a former territorial level politician. As a young man in 1953, he got a job in the Canadian Arctic with the Hudson's Bay Company at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut... |
| Kivallivik | Gordon Wray Gordon Wray (politician) Gordon Wray is a former territorial level politician from Northern Canada. He served as a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1983 until 1991.... |
| Mackenzie Delta Mackenzie Delta (electoral district) Mackenzie Delta is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The district consists of Aklavik, Fort McPherson and Tsiigehtchic.-History:... |
Richard Nerysoo Richard Nerysoo Richard Nerysoo is a territorial level politician from Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, Canada. He was a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 to 1995 and briefly served as the third Premier and Speaker of the territories.... |
| 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.... |
Nellie Cournoyea Nellie Cournoyea Nellie Cournoyea, OC is a former Canadian politician, who served as the sixth Premier of the Northwest Territories from 1991 to 1995... |
| Pine Point | Bruce McLaughlin Bruce McLaughlin Bruce McLaughlin is a Canadian politician. He served as a Member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 until 1991.McLaughlin was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election. He won the new Pine Point electoral district... |
| Rae-Lac La Martre | 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.... |
| Sahtu Sahtu (electoral district) Sahtu is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada. The district consists of Colville Lake, Deline, Fort Good Hope, Norman Wells and Tulita.The current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Norman Yakeleya.... |
John T'Seleie John T'Seleie John T'Seleie is a territorial level politician. He served as a member of Canada's Northwest Territories Legislature from 1983 until 1987.... |
| Slave River Slave River The Slave River is a Canadian river that flows from Lake Athabasca in northeastern Alberta and empties into Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories.... |
Arnold McCallum Arnold McCallum Arnold McCallum is a former territorial level politician. He served as a member of the Northwest Territories legislature from 1975 until 1987.... |
| Tu Nedhe Tu Nedhe Tu Nedhe is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The district consists of Fort Resolution and Lutselk'e.The current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Tom Beaulieu.... |
Eliza Lawrence Eliza Lawrence Eliza Lawrence is a former territorial level politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1983 until 1987.... |
| Yellowknife Centre Yellowknife Centre Yellowknife Centre 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 Robert Hawkins.... |
Robert H. MacQuarrie Robert H. MacQuarrie Robert Heath MacQuarrie was a politician and teacher from Northwest Territories, Canada.-Political career:... |
| Yellowknife North | Michael Ballantyne Michael Ballantyne Michael Ballantyne was a former territorial level politician. He was a member of the Yellowknife city council from 1978 and in 1979 became mayor until his resignation in 1983... |
| Yellowknife South Yellowknife South Yellowknife South 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 Bob McLeod.... |
Ted Richard Ted Richard J. Edward "Ted" Richard is a former territorial level politician, lawyer and senior judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories. Richards, a former lawyer, was a partner in the law firm of Richard, Vertes, Peterson & Schuler in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories... |