List of Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies

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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 three legislatures since becoming a territory in 1870.

Changes of seats and electoral districts
Year Appointed Elected Districts
1870[1] 7 - 15[2] 0 0
1872 11 0 0
1876 3 0 0
1878 4 0 0
1881 4 1 1
1883 5 6 6
1884 6 8 8
1885 6 13 11
1886 6 14 11
1888 3 22 19
1891 0 26 25
1894 0 29 29
1898 0 31 31
1902 0 35 35
1905 4 0 0
1921 6 0 0
1939 6 0 1
1951 5 3 3
1954 5 4 4
1967 5 7 7
1970 4 10 10
1975 0 15 15
1979 0 19 19
1983 0 22 22
1991 0 24 24
1999 0 19 19

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Lists of Canadian parliaments
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Federal: CanadaProvince of Canada (historical)
Provincial: British Columbia • Alberta • Saskatchewan • Manitoba
Ontario • Quebec • New Brunswick • Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia • Newfoundland and Labrador
Territorial: Yukon • Northwest Territories • Nunavut



Northwest Territories territorial electoral districts
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Deh Cho | Frame Lake | Great Slave | Hay River North | Hay River South | Inuvik Boot Lake
Inuvik Twin Lakes | Kam Lake | Mackenzie-Delta | Monfwi | Nahendeh | Nunakput | Sahtu | Thebacha
Tu Nedhe | Weledeh | Yellowknife Centre | Yellowknife Range Lake | Yellowknife South

See also: 2003 election | List of elections | NWT Legislative Assembly | List of NWT legislative bodies