Leon Lafferty is a municipal and a territorial level politician in 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...

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Lafferty ran for a seat in the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1995 Northwest Territories general election

Northwest Territories general election, 1995

The Northwest Territories general election, 1995 was the 18th general election in the Northwest Territories history. The election took place on October 16, 1995. This was the last election before the Northwest Territories was split in two with the creation of Nunavut.The big issue this election was...

. He was defeated by James Rabesca

James Rabesca

James Rabesca is a former territorial level and current municipal level politician and Member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1995 until 1999. He is currently living in the community of Behchoko....

. He would run against Rabesca again in the 1999 Northwest Territories general election

Northwest Territories general election, 1999

The Northwest Territories general election, 1999 took place on December 6, 1999, and was the 19th general election in the history of the Northwest Territories, Canada. This was the first election under the new boundaries that were created when Nunavut was carved out of the Northwest Territories...

 defeating Rabesca and former MLA Henry Zoe

Henry Zoe

-Political career:Zoe was first elected to the Northwest Legislature in the 1987 Northwest Territories general election in the North Slave riding. He ran for re-election in the 1991 Northwest Territories general election defeating 2 other candidates to win his second term in office. Zoe did run...

 to win the North Slave

North Slave

Monfwi is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The district consists of Behchoko, Gamèti, Wekweeti and Whatì.The current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Jackson Lafferty.-Renaming:...

 district. Lafferty ran for re-election in the 2003 Northwest Territories general election

Northwest Territories general election, 2003

The Northwest Territories general election, 2003 was the 20th general election in the Canadian territory's history, conducted on November 24, 2003, to elect the 19 members of the Legislative Assembly.The election was called on October 27...

 but was defeated by Zoe.

After his defeat from the Legislature, Lafferty ran for the position of Chief of Behchokõ

Behchoko, Northwest Territories

Behchokǫ̀ , officially the Tłı̨chǫ Community Government of Behchokǫ̀ is a community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Behchokǫ̀ is located on the Yellowknife Highway , on the northwest tip of Great Slave Lake, approximately northwest of Yellowknife...

 in the Executive Council for the Tåîchô

Tli Cho

The Tłįchǫ or Tåîchô First Nation, formerly known as the Dogrib, are a Dene Aboriginal Canadian people living in the Northwest Territories , Canada....

 nation Government, being elected on June 13, 2005.

External links

• Chief Leon Lafferty