2023 Northwest Territories general election

2023 Northwest Territories general election
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All seats in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Premier before election

Caroline Cochrane

 Premier after election

R. J. Simpson

The 2023 Northwest Territories general election was held on November 14, 2023.[1] Nineteen members were elected to the 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly.[2] The Assembly is run on a consensus government system, in which all MLAs sit as independents and are not organized into political parties.

Due to the Northwest Territories wildfire evacuations in August, territorial chief election officer, Stephen Dunbar, proposed delaying the election one month to November, due to the possibility that some residents of the territory may still be displaced from their homes during the currently scheduled campaign period.[3] Some cabinet ministers expressed support for his proposal, with the Assembly meeting on August 28 to debate rescheduling the election.[3] The election was officially delayed from the original October 3 date to November 14, six weeks later.[4]

On September 28, incumbent Premier Caroline Cochrane announced she would not seek re-election.[5]

  1. ^ NWT, Elections. "About Elections NWT". www.electionsnwt.ca. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  2. ^ "NWT ELECTION 2023". NWT2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Carrie Tait and Alanna Smith, "Wildfires could push Northwest Territories fall election back a month". The Globe and Mail, August 21, 2023.
  4. ^ "Elections NWT says legislature has delayed election over wildfires". CTV News, August 28, 2023.
  5. ^ https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/n-w-t-premier-caroline-233518525.html