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The Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, or Legislative Council of the Northwest Territories (with Northwest hyphenated as North-West until 1906), [3] [4] is the legislature and the seat of government of Northwest Territories in Canada. [5] It is a unicameral elected body that creates and amends law in the Northwest Territories.
The Northwest Territories was instead run by the Department of Mines and Resources Canada and no legislation under territorial jurisdiction was passed or updated in this period. Between 1921 and 1951 a council existed in Ottawa with up to six seats, including the Director of Mines and Resources.
The Executive Council of the Northwest Territories or cabinet consists of six Ministers and a Premier elected by the 19 members of the Legislative Assembly. [ 1 ] Ministers at present are as follows (current as of December 2023 [update] ): [ 2 ]
Local government in the Northwest Territories (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Government of the Northwest Territories" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly in Canada was established by the results of the 2023 Northwest Territories general election on November 14, 2023. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Membership
The Northwest Territories [b] is a federal territory of Canada.At a land area of approximately 1,127,711.92 km 2 (435,412.01 sq mi) and a 2021 census population of 41,070, it is the second-largest and the most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada. [3]
The 19th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly in Canada was established by the results of the 2019 Northwest Territories general election on October 1, 2019. [1] In the 2019 election, 9 of the 19 MLAs elected were women, a record in NWT and, proportionally, in all of Canada. Previously, the most sitting women MLAs was three. [2]
Ndilǫ, (formerly Rainbow Valley, until 1991) part of the Akaitcho Territory Government, and represented by the Yellowknives Dene First Nation. It is located at 62°28′40″N 114°20′03″W / 62.47778°N 114.33417°W / 62.47778; -114.33417 ( N'Dilo ) on Latham Island, Yellowknife