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Western Arctic is a federal electoral district and senate division in Northwest Territories, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.
It is the only electoral district of the territory and is represented in parliament by Dennis Bevington (New Democratic Party) in the 39th Canadian parliament.
[edit] Demographics
| Population, 2001 |
37,360 |
| Electors |
28,619 |
| Area (km2) |
1,346,106 |
| Population density (people per km2) |
0.03 |
[edit] Geography
The district includes all of the Northwest Territories.
[edit] History
The electoral district was created in 1976 from the electoral district of Northwest Territories (1962 - 1976).
[edit] Members of Parliament
The riding's first MP was Progressive Conservative MP David Nickerson who was first elected in 1979 and re-elected twice. In the 1988 election, Nickerson was defeated by Liberal Ethel Blondin-Andrew who went on to serve as the riding's MP for eighteen years, including two years as Minister of State for Northern Development. In 2006, Blondin-Andrew was defeated by New Democrat Dennis Bevington. The earlier riding of Northwest Territories had been represented by New Democrat Wally Firth from 1972 to 1979.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2004 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Residence |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Liberal |
Ethel Blondin-Andrew |
Yellowknife |
5,317 |
39.44% |
|
$58,782 |
| |
New Democratic Party |
Dennis Bevington |
Fort Smith |
5,264 |
39.05% |
|
$39,504 |
| |
Conservative |
Sean Mandeville |
Yellowknife |
2,314 |
17.16% |
|
$16,863 |
| |
Green |
Chris O'Brien |
Yellowknife |
583 |
4.32% |
|
$2,754 |
| Total valid votes |
13,478 |
100.00% |
|
|
| Total rejected ballots |
69 |
0.51% |
|
|
| Turnout |
13,547 |
47.33% |
|
|
| Canadian federal election, 2000 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Liberal |
Ethel Blondin-Andrew |
5,855 |
45.59% |
|
$56,498 |
| |
New Democratic Party |
Dennis Bevington |
3,430 |
26.71% |
|
$27,323 |
| |
Canadian Alliance |
Fred Turner |
2,273 |
17.70% |
|
$15,406 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
Bruce McLaughlin |
1,687 |
9.98% |
|
$8,374 |
| Total valid votes |
12,840 |
100.00% |
|
|
| Total rejected ballots |
72 |
0.56% |
|
|
| Turnout |
12,912 |
52.24% |
|
|
| Canadian federal election, 1997 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Liberal |
Ethel Blondin-Andrew |
5,564 |
41.63% |
|
$56,834 |
| |
New Democratic Party |
Mary Beth Levan |
2,579 |
19.29% |
|
$22,393 |
| |
Reform |
Mike Watt |
1,966 |
14.71% |
|
$4,546 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
Bob Dowdall |
1,687 |
12.62% |
|
$16,020 |
| |
Independent |
Wally Firth |
1,567 |
11.72% |
|
$8,857 |
| Total valid votes |
13,363 |
100.00% |
|
|
| Total rejected ballots |
94 |
0.70% |
|
|
| Turnout |
13,457 |
58.37% |
|
|
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