The 18th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly in Canada was established by the results of the 2015 Northwest Territories general election on November 23, 2015. It was the 26th sitting of the Assembly in the territory's history.[1] The territory has fixed election date legislation that ensures elections are held every four years on the first Monday in October.[2]
| 18th Legislature | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Consensus parliament | |||
| 23 November 2015 – 2 September 2019 | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Premier | Bob McLeod October 26, 2011 – October 24, 2019 | ||
| Lower House | |||
| Speaker of the Assembly | Jackson Lafferty November 23, 2015 – October 24, 2019 | ||
| Members | 19 seats | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II of Canada February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022 | ||
| Commissioner | George Tuccaro May 12, 2010 – May 10, 2016 | ||
| Margaret Thom September 18, 2017 – present | |||
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Membership edit
Executive Council of the Northwest Territories edit
The Executive Council has six Ministers and a Premier who were elected by the normal members of the Assembly.[3]
| Portfolio | Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bob McLeod | ||||
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Deputy premier
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Robert C. McLeod | ||||
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Minister of Health and Social Services
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Glen Abernethy | ||||
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Minister of Education, Culture and Employment,
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Alfred Moses | ||||
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Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs
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Caroline Cochrane | ||||
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Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment
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Wally Schumann | ||||
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Minister of Lands
|
Louis Sebert | ||||
References edit
- ^ "Mandate of 18th NWT Legislative Assembly unveiled – Northern Public Affairs".
- ^ "Fixed election date in the N.W.T.: What does it mean, and why?". Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ "Premier and Ministers | Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories".