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Mackenzie South is a former territorial electoral district

Electoral district

An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

, that elected Members to the 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...

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly is the name given in some countries to either a legislature, or to one of its branch.The name is used by a number of member-states of the Commonwealth of Nations, as well as a number of Latin American countries....

in 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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The electoral district covered the communities of Fort Smith

Fort Smith, Northwest Territories

Fort Smith is a town in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located in the southeastern portion of the Northwest Territories, on the Slave River and adjacent to the NWT/Alberta border.-History:Fort Smith's history began because of the Slave River and the vital link...

, Hay River

Hay River, Northwest Territories

Hay River , known as "the Hub of the North," is a town in the Northwest Territories, Canada, located on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, at the mouth of the Hay River. The town is separated into two sections, a new town and an old town with the Hay River Airport between them...

, Pine Point

Pine Point, Northwest Territories

Pine Point was the townsite built at the Pine Point Mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada, which was an open-pit lead and zinc mine.The first buildings were erected in 1952 during the original exploration and development campaign, and even before that a number of log cabins had been built in...

, Fort Resolution

Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories

Fort Resolution is a "settlement corporation" in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada...

, Talston River, Snowdrift, Fort Reliance

Fort Reliance, Northwest Territories

Fort Reliance is located on the east arm of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. It was originally built in 1833 by George Back during the Arctic Land Expedition to the Arctic Ocean via the Back River...

and Wynn's Sawmill.

1954 election

1954 Northwest Territories general election Northwest Territories general election, 1954 The Northwest Territories general election of 1954 was the seventh general election in the history of the Territories. The election was held on September 7, 1954, this was also the only provincial / territorial election held in Canada that year....
	Name	Votes	%	Robert Porritt	519	68.02%	James Brodie James Brodie (politician) James Brodie was a territorial level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Brodie was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislative Council in the 1951 Northwest Territories general election. He won the new electoral district of Mackenzie South defeating candidate Robert Poritt...	244	31.98%
Total Valid Ballots		763	100%
Voter Turnout 60.29%		Rejected Ballots 19

1951 election

1951 Northwest Territories general election Northwest Territories general election, 1951 The Northwest Territories General election of 1951 held on September 17, 1951 was the sixth general election in the Northwest Territories, Canada, and the first since the 1902 election...
	Name	Votes	%	James Brodie James Brodie (politician) James Brodie was a territorial level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Brodie was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislative Council in the 1951 Northwest Territories general election. He won the new electoral district of Mackenzie South defeating candidate Robert Poritt...	286	35.71%	Robert Porritt	200	24.97%	Maurice-René Danes	126	15.73%	Léo-Léandre Lirette	110	13.73%	Stanley Frederick Dean	79	9.86%
Total Valid Ballots		801	100%
Voter Turnout 69.91%		Rejected Ballots 10

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