Norman Yakeleya

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Norman Yakeleya (born March 13, 1959 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada) is a territorial level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.

Yakeleya first began his political career on the municipal level as a Councillor from 1987 until 1990. He then served as Chief of the Tulita Dene Band and Chairman of the Sahtu tribal Council.

Yakeleya was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 2003 Northwest Territories general election defeating four other candidates to win his first term in office.[1] He was re-elected to his second term in office in the 2007 Northwest Territories general election by acclamation.[2]

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  1. ^ Sahtu riding profile. CBC News. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  2. ^ 3 MLAs acclaimed in N.W.T. election. Yahoo News (September 7, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-07.

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Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Preceded by
Stephen Kakfwi		 MLA Sahtu
2003-present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
v • d • e
Current members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories

Roland · Abernethy · Beaulieu · Bisaro · Bromley · Delorey · Groenewegen · Hawkins · Jacobson · Krutko · Lafferty · Lee · B. McLeod · M. McLeod · R. McLeod · Menicoche · Miltenberger · Ramsay · Yakeleya