Northwest Territories general election, 1957
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Northwest Territories general election, 1957 was the eighth general election in the history of the Northwest Territories
. The election was held on August 19, 1957.
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...
. The election was held on August 19, 1957.
Appointed members
| 3rd Northwest Territories Legislative Council 3rd Northwest Territories Legislative Council The 3rd Northwest Territories Legislative Council was the 10th assembly of the territorial government. It lasted from 1957 until 1960.-Mid term appointments:This council had five seats reserved for appointed members.-By-elections:... |
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| Member | New/Re-appointed |
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| Louis Audette Louis Audette Louis de la Chesnaye Audette, was a Canadian lawyer, soldier, and civil servant.Born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Louis-Arthur Audette and Mary-Grace Stuart, the tenth child of Andrew Stuart, he was educated as a lawyer and practiced in Montreal during 1930s... |
Re-appointed |
| Jean Boucher | Re-appointed |
| C.M. Drury | New |
| Wilfrid Brown | New |
| Leonard Nicholson Leonard Nicholson Leonard Hanson Nicholson, OC, MBE served as the tenth Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, from May 1, 1951 to March 31, 1959.... |
Re-appointed |
Elected members
For complete electoral history, see individual districts| 3rd Northwest Territories Legislative Council 3rd Northwest Territories Legislative Council The 3rd Northwest Territories Legislative Council was the 10th assembly of the territorial government. It lasted from 1957 until 1960.-Mid term appointments:This council had five seats reserved for appointed members.-By-elections:... |
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| District | Member |
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| Mackenzie Delta Mackenzie Delta (electoral district) Mackenzie Delta is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The district consists of Aklavik, Fort McPherson and Tsiigehtchic.-History:... |
Knut Lang |
| Mackenzie North Mackenzie North Mackenzie North is a former territorial electoral district, that elected Members to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly.Mackenzie North covered the communities of Yellowknife, Bathurst Inlet, Fort Providence, Fort Rae, Snare River, Outpost Island, Hottah Lake, Port Radium, Coppermine,... |
John Goodall |
| Mackenzie River Mackenzie River (N.W.T. electoral district) Mackenzie River is a former territorial electoral district, that elected Members to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly.-1954 election:... |
John Parker John Havelock Parker John Havelock Parker, OC was Commissioner of the Canadian Northwest Territories from April 15, 1979 to July 31, 1989. He had previously been Deputy Commissioner of Northwest Territories from 1967 to 1979.... |
| Mackenzie South Mackenzie South Mackenzie South is a former territorial electoral district, that elected Members to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly in Canada.The electoral district covered the communities of Fort Smith, Hay River, Pine Point, Fort Resolution, Talston River, Snowdrift, Fort Reliance and Wynn's... |
Robert Porritt |