Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories
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is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories The speakership has changed many times from 1876 to 1888 the presiding officer of the assembly was the Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories, however Members of the Legislative Assembly would also elect one of their own to act as Chairman. Elected members held the Speakership from 1888 until 1905. The Deputy Commissioner of the Territories became Speaker and held that role from 1921 until 1975 when it was returned back to the elected members.
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The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...
is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories The speakership has changed many times from 1876 to 1888 the presiding officer of the assembly was the Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories, however Members of the Legislative Assembly would also elect one of their own to act as Chairman. Elected members held the Speakership from 1888 until 1905. The Deputy Commissioner of the Territories became Speaker and held that role from 1921 until 1975 when it was returned back to the elected members.
Lieutenant-Governors serving as Presiding Officer of the Council of the North-West Territories (1876-1888)
- David Laird October 7, 1876 - December 3, 1881
- Edgar DewdneyEdgar DewdneyEdgar Dewdney, PC was a Canadian politician born in Devonshire, England. He served as Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories and the fifth Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.-Early life and career:...
December 3, 1881 - July 1, 1888
Speakers of the North-West Legislative Assembly (1888-1905)
- Herbert Charles WilsonHerbert Charles WilsonHerbert Charles Wilson was a Canadian politician and physician. He served as mayor of the Town of Edmonton and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories....
1888-1891 - James Hamilton RossJames Hamilton RossJames Hamilton Ross was a Canadian politician, the Yukon Territory's third Commissioner, and an ardent defender of territorial rights...
1891-1894 - John BettsJohn Felton BettsJohn Felton Betts was a merchant and political figure in the Northwest Territories, Canada. He represented Prince Albert and then Cumberland in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1888 to 1898....
1894-1898 - William EakinWilliam EakinWilliam Eakin was a farmer and political figure in the Northwest Territories, Canada. He represented Saltcoats in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1894 to 1902 as a Liberal....
1898-1902 - Archibald Gillis 1902-1905
Deputy CommissionersDeputy Commissioner of Northwest TerritoriesThe Deputy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories Canada. is a the second to the Commissioner in the hierarchy of Northwest Territories government. The position was created in 1921, and the Deputy Commissioner held a seat in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.In modern times...
serving as Presiding Officer of the 2nd Council of the Northwest Territories2nd Council of the Northwest TerritoriesThe 2nd Council of the Northwest Territories known formally as the Council of the Northwest Territories lasted from 1905 to 1951. In 1905 when Alberta and Saskatchewan were carved out the Northwest Territories, the remaining population was too small to legally hold elections. The Northwest...
(1921-1975)
- Roy A. GibsonRoy A. GibsonRoy Alexander Gibson was a civil servant and political figure in the Northwest Territories, Canada. He served as Deputy Commissioner of Northwest Territories from 1921 to 1950....
June 16, 1921 - October 3, 1950 - Frank J.G. Cunningham June 26, 1951 - April 10, 1957
- Wilfred G. Brown April 10, 1957 - July 23, 1965
- Stuart Milton HodgsonStuart Milton HodgsonStuart Milton Hodgson, OC was Commissioner of the Northwest Territories from 1967 March 2 until 1979 April 6...
August 1, 1965 - March 1, 1967 - John Havelock ParkerJohn Havelock ParkerJohn Havelock Parker, OC was Commissioner of the Canadian Northwest Territories from April 15, 1979 to July 31, 1989. He had previously been Deputy Commissioner of Northwest Territories from 1967 to 1979....
March 2, 1967 - April 30, 1975 (continued as Deputy Commissioner until April 14, 1979)
Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (since 1975)
- David SearleDavid SearleDavid 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...
May 1, 1975 - November 13, 1979 - Robert H. MacQuarrieRobert H. MacQuarrieRobert Heath MacQuarrie was a politician and teacher from Northwest Territories, Canada.-Political career:...
November 13, 1979 - October 22, 1980 - Donald Morton StewartDonald Morton StewartDonald 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....
October 22, 1980 - November 12, 1987 - Red PedersenRed PedersenAsger 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...
November 12, 1987 - October 18, 1989 - Richard NerysooRichard NerysooRichard 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....
October 19, 1989 - November 13, 1991 - Michael BallantyneMichael BallantyneMichael 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...
November 13, 1991 - November 10, 1993 - Jeannie Marie-JewellJeannie Marie-JewellJeannie Marie-Jewell is a territorial level politician from northern Canada. She served as the first female Speaker in the history of the Northwest Territories legislature.-Political career:...
November 13, 1993 - December 15, 1994 - Brian LewisBrian Lewis (politician)Brian Lewis is a former educator, deputy minister in the Northwest Territories government, elected politician and speaker of the Northwest Territories Legislature.Lewis and his family first moved to the Northwest Territories in 1963....
(Acting) December 15, 1994 - February 15, 1995 - Samuel GarganSamuel GarganSamuel 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...
February 15, 1995 - January 18, 2000 - Tony WhitfordTony WhitfordAnthony Wilfred James "Tony" Whitford is a retired politician and former Commissioner of the Northwest Territories.Whitford was born and raised in the Northwest Territories, in the small town of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, at the time the capital of the NWT...
January 19, 2000 - December 11, 2003 - David KrutkoDavid KrutkoDavid Krutko is a retired territorial level politician in Northern Canada and a former speaker of the Northwest Territories legislature.Krutko was first elected to the Northwest Territories legislature in the 1995 general election. He defeated former Premier Richard Nerysoo in an upset victory. He...
December 11, 2003 - June 1, 2004 - Paul DeloreyPaul DeloreyPaul Delorey is a professional curler, a territorial level politician and current speaker in the Northwest Territories Legislature.-Curling:Delorey is an avid and professional curler. He represented the NWT/Yukon at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships in 1987...
June 1, 2004 - 2011 - Robert BouchardRobert BouchardRobert Bouchard is a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Chicoutimi—Le Fjord in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Bloc Québécois....