18th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly

Canadian regional assembly

18th Legislature

Consensus parliament

23 November 2015 – 2 September 2019

Parliament leaders

Premier

Bob McLeod
October 26, 2011 – October 24, 2019

Lower House

Speaker of the Assembly

Jackson Lafferty
November 23, 2015 – October 24, 2019

Members

19 seats

Sovereign

Monarch

Elizabeth II of Canada
February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022

Commissioner

George Tuccaro
May 12, 2010 – May 10, 2016

Margaret Thom
September 18, 2017 – present

← 17th

→ 19th

The 18th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly in Canada was established by the results of the 2015 Northwest Territories general election on November 23, 2015. It was the 26th sitting of the Assembly in the territory's history.^[1] The territory has fixed election date legislation that ensures elections are held every four years on the first Monday in October.^[2]

Membership

Member	District
Michael Nadli	Deh Cho
Kevin O'Reilly	Frame Lake
Glen Abernethy	Great Slave
R. J. Simpson	Hay River North
Wally Schumann	Hay River South
Alfred Moses	Inuvik Boot Lake
Robert C. McLeod	Inuvik Twin Lakes
Kieron Testart	Kam Lake
Frederick Blake	Mackenzie Delta
Jackson Lafferty	Monfwi
Shane Thompson	Nahendeh
Herbert Nakimayak	Nunakput
Caroline Cochrane	Range Lake
Daniel McNeely	Sahtu
Louis Sebert	Thebacha
Tom Beaulieu	Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh
Julie Green	Yellowknife Centre
Cory Vanthuyne	Yellowknife North
Robert R. "Bob" McLeod	Yellowknife South

Executive Council of the Northwest Territories

The Executive Council has six Ministers and a Premier who were elected by the normal members of the Assembly.^[3]

Portfolio	Minister
Premier Minister of Executive and Indigenous Affairs	Bob McLeod
Deputy premier Minister of Finance Minister of Environment and Natural Rexources	Robert C. McLeod
Minister of Health and Social Services Minister Responsible for the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission Minister Responsible for the Public Utilities Board Minister Responsible for Persons with Disabilities Minister Responsible for Seniors Government House Leader	Glen Abernethy
Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Minister Responsible for Youth	Alfred Moses
Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs Minister Responsible for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Minister Responsible for the Status of Women Minister Responsible for Addressing Homelessness	Caroline Cochrane
Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Minister of Infrastructure	Wally Schumann
Minister of Lands Minister of Justice Minister Responsible for the Northwest Territories Power Corporation Minister Responsible for Public Engagement and Transparency	Louis Sebert

References

^ "Mandate of 18th NWT Legislative Assembly unveiled – Northern Public Affairs".
^ "Fixed election date in the N.W.T.: What does it mean, and why?". Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
^ "Premier and Ministers | Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories".