Sahtu[1] is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada. The district is roughly coterminous with the Sahtu Region, consisting of Colville Lake, Deline, Fort Good Hope, Norman Wells and Tulita.[2]
 Northwest Territories electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Boundaries of Sahtu | |||
| Territorial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories | ||
| MLA |
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| First contested | 1983 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Region | Sahtu Region | ||
| Communities | Colville Lake, Deline, Fort Good Hope, Norman Wells, Tulita | ||
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
edit| Name | Elected | Left Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John T'Seleie | 1983 | 1987 | |
| Stephen Kakfwi | 1987 | 2003 | |
| Norman Yakeleya | 2003 | 2015 | |
| Daniel McNeely | 2015 | 2019 | |
| Paulie Chinna | 2019 | 2023 | |
| Daniel McNeely | 2023 | present |
Election results
edit2023 election
edit| 2023 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Daniel McNeely | 372 | 46.21 | ||||||
| Paulie Chinna (I.C.) | 226 | 28.07 | ||||||
| Delphine (Dolly) Pierrot | 207 | 25.71 | ||||||
| Total votes | 805 | |||||||
2019 election
edit| 2019 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | |||||||
| Paulie Chinna | 309 | |||||||
| Daniel McNeely | 287 | |||||||
| Caroline Yukon | 135 | |||||||
| Wilfred McNeely Jr. | 120 | |||||||
2015 election
edit| 2015 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Daniel McNeely | 271 | 29.6 | ||||||
| Yvonne Doolittle | 242 | 26.4 | ||||||
| Judy Tutcho | 229 | 25.0 | ||||||
| Paul Andrew | 175 | 19.1 | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 917 | 58% | ||||||
2011 election
edit| 2011 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | |||||||
| Norman Yakeleya | 463 | |||||||
| Rocky Norwegian | 312 | |||||||
2007 election
edit| 2007 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Norman Yakeleya | Acclaimed[3] | |||||||
Source(s)
"Official Voting Results 2007 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18. | ||||||||
2003 election
edit| 2003 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Norman Yakeleya | 414 | 45.59% | ||||||
| Judi M. Tutcho | 210 | 23.13% | ||||||
| Larry M. Tourangeau | 170 | 18.72% | ||||||
| Frank T'Seleie | 81 | 8.92% | ||||||
| Lucy Jackson | 33 | 3.63% | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 908 | 77.35% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | |||||||
Source(s)
"Official Voting Results 2003 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18. | ||||||||
1999 election
edit| 1999 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Stephen Kakfwi | 466 | 60.76% | ||||||
| Lennie Winter | 301 | 39.24% | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 767 | 60.32% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | |||||||
Source(s)
"Official Voting Results 1999 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18. | ||||||||
Notes
edit^ a: In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.
References
edit- ^ Constituency map of the NWT Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Official Voting Results 2003 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.
