Sahtu (electoral district)

Sahtu[1] is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada. The district consists of Colville Lake, Deline, Fort Good Hope, Norman Wells and Tulita.[2]

The current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Norman Yakeleya.[3]

Contents

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

  Name Elected Left Office
     John T'Seleie 1983 1987
     Stephen Kakfwi 1987 2003
     Norman Yakeleya 2003 present

Election results

2011 election

2011 Northwest Territories general election
Name Vote %
     Norman Yakeleya 463
     Rocky Norwegian 312

2007 election

2007 Northwest Territories general election
[4] a[›] Name Vote %
     Norman Yakeleya Acclaimed

2003 election

2003 Northwest Territories general election
[2] Name Vote %
     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 908 100%
Voter Turnout 77.35% Rejected Ballots 7

1999 election

1999 Northwest Territories general election
[5] Name Vote %
     Stephen Kakfwi 466 60.76%
     Lennie Winter 301 39.24%
Total Valid Ballots 767 100%
Voter Turnout 60.32% Rejected Ballots 13

Notes

^ 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

  1. ^ Constituency map of the NWT
  2. ^ a b "Official Voting Results 2003 General Election". Elections NWT. Archived from the original on 2008-04-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20080411063907/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2003Eng.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-18. 
  3. ^ Members page
  4. ^ "Official Voting Results 2007 General Election". Elections NWT. Archived from the original on 2008-04-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20080411063925/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2007Eng.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-18. 
  5. ^ "Official Voting Results 1999 General Election". Elections NWT. Archived from the original on 2008-04-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20080411063937/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElections1999Eng.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-18. 

External links

Current Northwest Territories territorial electoral districts