The 9th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly was the 16th assembly of the territorial government from 1979 to 1983. The Commissioner turned over Executive Council privileges allowing elected members to form the cabinet and become leader of government in 1980 for the first time since 1905. From the 1979 Northwest Territories general election that was held on October 1, 1979, 22 members were elected to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly.
Members of the Legislative Assembly +9th Northwest Territories Legislative AssemblyDistrictMemberFirst elected / previously electedNo. of termsBaffin CentralJames Arreak19791st termIpeelee Kilabuk (1980)1975, 19802nd term*Baffin SouthJoe Arlooktoo19791st termCentral ArcticKane Tologanak19791st termFoxe BasinMark Evaloarjuk19752nd termFrobisher BayDennis Patterson19791st termGreat Slave EastRobert Sayine19791st termHay RiverDonald Morton Stewart1967, 19753rd term*High ArcticLudy Pudluk19752nd termHudson Bay Moses Appaqaq19791st termInuvikTom Butters19703rd termKeewatin NorthWilliam Noah19791st termGordon Wray (1983)19831st termKeewatin SouthTagak Curley19791st termMackenzie DeltaRichard Nerysoo19791st termMackenzie Great BearPeter Fraser19762nd termMackenzie-LairdNick Sibbeston1970, 19792nd term*Pine PointBruce McLaughlin19791st termRae-Lac La MartreJames Wah-Shee1975, 19792nd term*Slave RiverArnold McCallum19752nd termWestern ArcticNellie Cournoyea19791st termYellowknife CentreRobert H. MacQuarrie19791st termYellowknife NorthGeorge Braden19791st termYellowknife SouthLynda Sorenson19791st term
By-elections At least 2 by-elections occurred in this Assembly.
DistrictFormer memberReplacementReasonDateBaffin CentralJames ArreakIpeelee KilabukResignationApril 1, 1980Keewatin NorthWilliam NoahGordon WrayUnknown1983
References
External links Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly homepage