Paul Alfred Delorey (May 3, 1949 – January 1, 2021)[1] was a Canadian curler, territorial level politician, and speaker of the Northwest Territories (NWT) Legislature.[2]
Paul Delorey | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Hay River North | |
| In office 1999–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Robert Bouchard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paul Alfred Delorey May 3, 1949 Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | January 1, 2021 (aged 71) |
| Political party | Consensus government |
| Occupation | curler |
Curling edit
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Delorey was an avid curler. He represented the NWT/Yukon at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships in 1987. In 1994, Team Paul Delorey finished in fifth place at the Canadian North Arctic Briar.[3]
He was on Team Canada in the Strathcona Cup Championships in Scotland in 1998. He has coached junior curling for 22 years and was a fully qualified Level 2 coach. He also served as a director on the NWT Curling Association Board for three years and as the president of the Hay River Curling Club for five years. Delorey was a member of the Governor General's Curling Club of Canada.[citation needed]
Politics edit
Delorey was elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the new electoral district of Hay River North for the 1999 Northwest Territories general election. He was re-elected to his second term by acclamation in the 2003 Northwest Territories general election. Delorey was elected to be the Speaker of the Northwest Territories Legislature on June 1, 2004.[4] He was re-elected in the 2007 Northwest Territories general election.
References edit
- ^ In the house and on the ice, former Speaker Paul Delorey remembered
- ^ Lumley, E. (2009). Canadian Who's Who 2009. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802040923. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
- ^ "1994 Canadian North Arctic Briar - Team Delorey". Curlingzone. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
- ^ "History of Northwest Territories Speaker 1975-present". Northwest Territories Legislature. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
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