Members-elect of the 19th Legislative Assembly

Members-elect of the 19th Legislative Assembly

(Yellowknife) October 2, 2019 – The polls closed at 8:00 pm Tuesday, October 1st and the votes were tallied to reveal the Members-elect of the 19th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. Members-elect will be at the Legislature starting October 8th, but will not be officially sworn in until the middle of October.

The Members-elect, by constituency, are as follows:

Deh Cho – Ronald Bonnetrouge

Frame Lake – Kevin O’Reilly

Great Slave – Katrina Nokleby

Hay River North – R.J. Simpson

Hay River South – Rocky Simpson

Inuvik Boot Lake – Diane Thom

Inuvik Twin Lakes – Lisa Semmler

Kam Lake – Caitlin Cleveland

Mackenzie Delta – Frederick Blake Jr.

Monfwi – Jackson Lafferty

Nahendeh – Shane Thompson

Nunakput – Jackie Jacobson

Range Lake – Caroline Cochrane

Sahtu – Paulie Chinna

Thebacha – Frieda Martselos

Tu Nedhé-Willideh – Steve Norn

Yellowknife Centre – Julie Green

Yellowknife North – Rylund Johnson

Yellowknife South – Caroline Wawzonek

During the 18th Assembly, the NWT had 11% women representation, the lowest in Canada, and now going into the 19th, the NWT has almost a 50% gender balance. The Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly has gone from the least gender-balanced legislature to the most gender-balanced in all of Canada.

For information on results statistics visit the Elections NWT website at: www.electionsnwt.ca and for further information on rules and procedures contact:

Danielle Mager

Manager, Public Affairs and Communications
Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly
Phone: 867-767-9130 ext. 12017
E-mail: Danielle_mager@gov.nt.ca