Northwest Territories (electoral district)
Encyclopedia
- For the Canadian Territory, see Northwest TerritoriesNorthwest TerritoriesThe 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...
Northwest Territories was a federal electoral district
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...
represented in the Canadian
Canada
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House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
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from 1962 to 1979. It was composed of the territory
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...
of 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...
.
This riding was created in 1962 from Mackenzie River
Mackenzie River (electoral district)
Mackenzie River was a federal electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1963.This riding was created in 1952 when Yukon—Mackenzie River riding was split into two...
riding. It was abolished in 1976 when it was divided into Western Arctic
Western Arctic
Western Arctic is a federal electoral district and senate division in Northwest Territories, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979....
and Nunatsiaq
Nunatsiaq
Nunatsiaq is the Inuktitut term for the Northwest Territories. Since the creation of the territory of Nunavut in 1999, it has seen limited use in English, although it remains part of the name of several institutions from before that time.* The Nunatsiaq News* The former electoral district of...
ridings.
From 1887 to 1905, the only areas of the NWT with representation in Parliament were those areas that became part of present-day provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan and western Manitoba). From 1905 to 1947, the NWT was not represented in Parliament. From 1947 to 1962, the southwestern NWT was represented only by the electoral district of Yukon—Mackenzie River
Yukon—Mackenzie River
Yukon—Mackenzie River was a federal electoral district in Canada that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1953. It covered the Yukon Territory, and the southwestern part of the Northwest Territories. This riding was created in 1947, and was only used in the 1949 federal...
and then Mackenzie River
Mackenzie River (electoral district)
Mackenzie River was a federal electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1963.This riding was created in 1952 when Yukon—Mackenzie River riding was split into two...
. In 1962, the electoral district of NWT was created to represent the entire territory, for the first time giving all Canadian territory a representative in Parliament.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of ParliamentMember of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
:
- Isabel J. Tibbie HardieIsabel HardieIsabel J. Tibbie “Tibi” Hardie was an artist, politician and civil servant from Northwest Territories, Canada....
, LiberalLiberal Party of CanadaThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
, 1962-1963 - Eugène RhéaumeEugène RhéaumeEugène "Gene" Rhéaume was a politician, insurance agent and social worker from Northwest Territories, Canada....
, Progressive ConservativeProgressive Conservative Party of CanadaThe Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
, 1963-1965 - Robert OrangeRobert OrangeRobert John "Bud" Orange was a politician civil servant and economist from Northwest Territories, Canada....
, Liberal, 1965-1972 - Wally FirthWally FirthWalter "Wally" Firth is a former Canadian politician.A Métis, Firth was the first Native politician from the North to win a seat in the Canadian House of Commons. He served as the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories during the 1970s...
, New Democratic PartyNew Democratic PartyThe New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
, 1972-1979
Election results
|-|Isabel Hardie
Isabel Hardie
Isabel J. Tibbie “Tibi” Hardie was an artist, politician and civil servant from Northwest Territories, Canada....
||align=right|3,842
|-
|Eugène Rhéaume
Eugène Rhéaume
Eugène "Gene" Rhéaume was a politician, insurance agent and social worker from Northwest Territories, Canada....
||align=right|3,519
|-
|CAREY, A. Pat ||align=right|948
|-
|Eugène Rhéaume
Eugène Rhéaume
Eugène "Gene" Rhéaume was a politician, insurance agent and social worker from Northwest Territories, Canada....
||align=right|4,814
|-
|Isabel Hardie
Isabel Hardie
Isabel J. Tibbie “Tibi” Hardie was an artist, politician and civil servant from Northwest Territories, Canada....
||align=right|3,659
|-
|Robert Orange
Robert Orange
Robert John "Bud" Orange was a politician civil servant and economist from Northwest Territories, Canada....
||align=right|5,194
|-
|Eugène Rhéaume
Eugène Rhéaume
Eugène "Gene" Rhéaume was a politician, insurance agent and social worker from Northwest Territories, Canada....
||align=right|3,615
|-
|ERKELENS, Tieleman ||align=right| 431
|-
|Robert Orange
Robert Orange
Robert John "Bud" Orange was a politician civil servant and economist from Northwest Territories, Canada....
||align=right|6,018
|-
|VAN NORMAN, R. ||align=right|2,211
|-
|KENT, William Harvey ||align=right| 1,203
|-
|Wally Firth
Wally Firth
Walter "Wally" Firth is a former Canadian politician.A Métis, Firth was the first Native politician from the North to win a seat in the Canadian House of Commons. He served as the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories during the 1970s...
||align=right|5,597
|-
|WARD, Bob ||align=right|4,339
|-
|HILL, Dick ||align=right|4,121
|-
|Wally Firth
Wally Firth
Walter "Wally" Firth is a former Canadian politician.A Métis, Firth was the first Native politician from the North to win a seat in the Canadian House of Commons. He served as the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories during the 1970s...
||align=right|5,410
|-
|WARD, Bob ||align=right|4,271
|-
|WHITFORD, Richard ||align=right|3,173
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
- Riding history for Northwest Territories (1962–1976) from the Library of ParliamentLibrary of ParliamentThe Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada...