List of Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies information
This is a list of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies dates and legislative sessions from 1870–present. The current capital is Yellowknife since 1967. There have been twenty-eight legislatures since becoming a territory in 1870.
Assembly
Duration
General Election
Elected members
Appointed members
Notes
Temporary North-West Council
1870 – 1876
—
—
up to 18
Vacant until 28 December 1872. Council was legally required to have between 7 and 15 appointed members. Its initial sitting had 11 members and at times had up to 18.
1st Council of the Northwest Territories 9 sessions
1876 – 1888
—
14
6
Elected members won their seats in scattered by-elections and the 1885 elections. Elected members were from eight single-member ridings and three two-member ridings. Not all of the Territory was represented; elections were centred on the most populated areas.
1st North-West Legislative Assembly 3 sessions
1888 – 10 October 1891
1888 election
22
3
Six members were elected in two-member ridings and 16 in single-member ridings, but they did not cover the entire Territory. This Assembly also had three judges appointed as members to be legal experts.
2nd North-West Legislative Assembly 5 sessions
1891 – 1 October 1894
1891 election
26
—
Two members were elected in a two-member riding and the rest in single-member ridings, but they did not cover the entire Territory.
3rd North-West Legislative Assembly 4 sessions
1894 – 13 October 1898
1894 election
29
—
All members were elected in single-member ridings, but they did not cover the entire Territory.
4th North-West Legislative Assembly 4 sessions
1898 – 26 April 1902
1898 election
31
—
All members were elected in single-member ridings, but they did not cover the entire Territory. This was one of only two assemblies to use political parties.
5th North-West Legislative Assembly 3 sessions
1902 – 31 August 1905
1902 election
35
—
All members were elected in single-member ridings, but they did not cover the entire Territory. This was one of only two assemblies to use political parties.
2nd Council of the Northwest Territories
1905 – 1951
—
—
up to 6
No council was appointed until 1921, but provisions existed in law for four council seats. 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. No resident of the Territory was appointed to the council until 1947.
1st Northwest Territories Legislative Council
1951 – 1954
1951 election
3
5
All three elected members were from District of Mackenzie.
2nd Northwest Territories Legislative Council
1954 – 1957
1954 election
4
5
Elected members were from four ridings all in the District of Mackenzie.
3rd Northwest Territories Legislative Council
1957 – 1961
1957 election
4
5
Elected members were from four ridings all in the District of Mackenzie.
4th Northwest Territories Legislative Council
1961 – 1964
1960 election
4
5
Elected members were from four ridings all in the District of Mackenzie.
5th Northwest Territories Legislative Council
1964 – 1967
1964 election
4
5
Elected members were from four ridings all in the District of Mackenzie.
6th Northwest Territories Legislative Council
1967 – 1970
1967 election
7
5
From this point on, every region in the Territory was part of a riding and every riding elected one representative.
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