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.
Lewis was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1987 Northwest Territories general election

Northwest Territories general election, 1987

The Northwest Territories general election, 1987 was the 16th general election in the history of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The election took place on October 5, 1987.This was the last election in which Elections Canada would administer the elections....

 he won the 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....

 electoral district. He was re-elected in the 1991 Northwest Territories general election

Northwest Territories general election, 1991

The Northwest Territories general election, 1991 was the 17th general election in the Northwest Territories history. The election took place on October 15, 1991.Twenty four members were elected to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly....

. Lewis ran for the position of speaker but was defeated by Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Jeannie 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:...

. He became deputy speaker instead. On December 15, 1994 Jewell would resign as speaker and Lewis automatically became Acting Speaker. He held that position until February 15, 1995.

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