George Barnaby is a former territorial level politician from Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. He served as a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1975 until 1976.

Barnaby was elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1975 Northwest Territories general election

Northwest Territories general election, 1975

The Northwest Territories general election, 1975 was the 13th general election in the Northwest Territories history. The election took place on March 10, 1975. This was the first general election since 1902 that all the members of the assembly were elected...

. He won the new electoral district of Mackenzie Great Bear. Barnaby would resign his seat a year later with fellow member James Wah-Shee

James Wah-Shee

James Wah-Shee is a former territorial level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada. He served as a Member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 until 1987.In the 1970s Wah-Shee became President of the Dene Nation....

in protest of the Northwest Territories government ignoring Dene issues.