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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 .

DEMOGRAPHICS



GEOGRAPHY

The district includes all of the Northwest Territories.


HISTORY

The electoral district was created in 1976 from the Electoral District Of Northwest Territories (1962 - 1976).


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.



SENATORS


The Senate division of Northwest Territories follows the same boundaries as those of Western Arctic. In a rare expansion of the Senate, the current boundaries of this division were redrawn on April 1 , 1999 , when the Northwest Territories was split into Nunavut, creating the Senate division of Nunavut.


ELECTION RESULTS


  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/New_Democratic_Party" class="copylinks">New Democratic Party
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Dennis_Bevington" class="copylinks">Dennis Bevington
  align "right"4267%
  align "right"
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Liberal
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Ethel_Blondin-Andrew" class="copylinks">Ethel Blondin-Andrew
  align "right"3540%
  align "right"
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Conservative
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Richard_Edjericon" class="copylinks">Richard Edjericon
  align "right"2008%
  align "right"
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Green_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Green
  align "right"185%
  align "right"
  - Bgcolor "white"
  !align "right" colspan=3Total valid votes
  !align "right"15,940
  !align "right"100%
  !align "right"
  !align "right"
  - Bgcolor "white"
  !align "right" colspan=3Total rejected ballots
  !align "right"
  !align "right"
  !align "right"
  !align "right"
  - Bgcolor "white"
  !align "right" colspan=3Turnout
  !align "right"
  !align "right"
  !align "right"
  !align "right"
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Liberal
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Ethel_Blondin-Andrew" class="copylinks">Ethel Blondin-Andrew
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Yellowknife,_Northwest_Territories" class="copylinks">Yellowknife
  align "right"3944%
  align "right"$58,782
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/New_Democratic_Party" class="copylinks">New Democratic Party
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Dennis_Bevington" class="copylinks">Dennis Bevington
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Fort_Smith,_Northwest_Territories" class="copylinks">Fort Smith
  align "right"3905%
  align "right"$39,504
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Conservative
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Sean_Mandeville" class="copylinks">Sean Mandeville
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Yellowknife,_Northwest_Territories" class="copylinks">Yellowknife
  align "right"1716%
  align "right"$16,863
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Green_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Green
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Chris_O'Brien" class="copylinks">Chris O'Brien
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Yellowknife,_Northwest_Territories" class="copylinks">Yellowknife
  align "right"432%
  align "right"$2,754
  - Bgcolor "white"
  !align "right" colspan=3Total valid votes
  !align "right"13,478
  !align "right"10000%
  !align "right"
  !align "right"
  - Bgcolor "white"
  !align "right" colspan=3Total rejected ballots
  !align "right"69
  !align "right"051%
  !align "right"
  !align "right"
  - Bgcolor "white"
  !align "right" colspan=3Turnout
  !align "right"13,547
  !align "right"4733%
  !align "right"
  !align "right"
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Liberal
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Ethel_Blondin-Andrew" class="copylinks">Ethel Blondin-Andrew
  align "right"4559%
  align "right"$56,498
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/New_Democratic_Party" class="copylinks">New Democratic Party
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Dennis_Bevington" class="copylinks">Dennis Bevington
  align "right"2671%
  align "right"$27,323
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Canadian_Alliance" class="copylinks">Canadian Alliance
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Fred_Turner" class="copylinks">Fred Turner
  align "right"1770%
  align "right"$15,406
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Progressive Conservative
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Bruce_McLaughlin" class="copylinks">Bruce McLaughlin
  align "right"998%
  align "right"$8,374
  - Bgcolor "white"
  !align "right" colspan=3Total valid votes
  !align "right"12,840
  !align "right"10000%
  !align "right"
  !align "right"
  - Bgcolor "white"
  !align "right" colspan=3Total rejected ballots
  !align "right"72
  !align "right"056%
  !align "right"
  !align "right"
  - Bgcolor "white"
  !align "right" colspan=3Turnout
  !align "right"12,912
  !align "right"5224%
  !align "right"
  !align "right"
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Liberal
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Ethel_Blondin-Andrew" class="copylinks">Ethel Blondin-Andrew
  align "right"5,564
  align "right"4163%
  align "right"$56,834
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/New_Democratic_Party" class="copylinks">New Democratic Party
  align "right"2,579
  align "right"1929%
  align "right"$22,393
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Reform_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Reform
  align "right"1,966
  align "right"1471%
  align "right"$4,546
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Progressive Conservative
  align "right"1,687
  align "right"1262%
  align "right"$16,020
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Wally_Firth" class="copylinks">Wally Firth
  align "right"1,567
  align "right"1172%
  align "right"$8,857
  - Bgcolor "white"
  !align "right" colspan=3Total valid votes
  !align "right"13,363
  !align "right"10000%
  - Bgcolor "white"
  !align "right" colspan=3Total rejected ballots
  !align "right"94
  !align "right"070%
  - Bgcolor "white"
  !align "right" colspan=3Turnout
  !align "right"13,457
  !align "right"5837%
  Style "width: 160px" Liberal
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Ethel_Blondin-Andrew" class="copylinks">Ethel Blondin-Andrew
  align "right"8,867
  Style "width: 160px" Reform
  align "right"2,000
  Style "width: 160px" Progressive Conservative
  align "right"1,892
  Style "width: 160px" New Democratic Party
  align "right"896
  Style "width: 160px" Green
  align "right"325
  Style "width: 160px" Natural Law
  align "right"213
  Style "width: 160px" Liberal
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Ethel_Blondin" class="copylinks">Ethel Blondin
  align "right"5,415
  Style "width: 160px" Progressive Conservative
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Dave_Nickerson" class="copylinks">Dave Nickerson
  align "right"3,657
  Style "width: 160px" New Democratic Party
  align "right"3,207
  Style "width: 160px"Independent
  align "right"331
  Style "width: 160px"Independent
  align "right"169
  Style "width: 160px" Progressive Conservative
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Dave_Nickerson" class="copylinks">Dave Nickerson
  align "right"5,822
  Style "width: 160px" New Democratic Party
  align "right"3,538
  Style "width: 160px" Liberal
  align "right"3,264
  Style "width: 160px" Progressive Conservative
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Dave_Nickerson" class="copylinks">Dave Nickerson
  align "right"3,556
  Style "width: 160px" New Democratic Party
  align "right"3,537
  Style "width: 160px" Liberal
  align "right"3,425
  Style "width: 160px" Progressive Conservative
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Dave_Nickerson" class="copylinks">Dave Nickerson
  align "right"4,058
  Style "width: 160px" Liberal
  align "right"3,827
  Style "width: 160px" New Democratic Party
  align "right"3,385
  Style "width: 160px"Independent
  align "right"273