List of Northwest Territories General Elections - List of Elections

List of Elections

Date General elections and
By-elections prior to 1888		 Assembly # elected Elected leaders Capital city
Temporary North-West Council, no elections from 1870 to 1876 Appointed
Lieutenant Governor		 Fort Garry
1st Council of the Northwest Territories, no elections from 1876 to 1881 Fort Livingstone
March 23, 1881 Lorne by-election 1st Council 1 Battleford
May 29, 1883 Edmonton by-election 1
June 5, 1883 Lorne by-election 1
August 13, 1883 Moose Jaw by-election
Regina by-election
Qu'Appelle by-election		 3
August 31, 1883 Broadview by-election 1
June 28, 1884 Calgary by-election
Moose Mountain by-election		 2 Regina
September 15, 1885 1885 election 11
October 14, 1886 Qu'Appelle by-election 1
July 8, 1886 Moose Mountain by-election 1
July 14, 1886 Calgary by-election 2
May 24, 1887 Qu'Appelle by-election 2
September 5, 1887 Macleod by-election 1
June 30, 1888 1st general election 1st N-W Assembly 22 Chairman: Robert Brett
November 7, 1891 2nd general election 2nd N-W Assembly 25 Chairman: Frederick Haultain
October 31, 1894 3rd general election 3rd N-W Assembly 28
November 4, 1898 4th general election 4th N-W Assembly 31 Premier: Frederick Haultain
Opposition: Robert Brett
May 21, 1902 5th general election 5th N-W Assembly Lib-Con. 21 Premier: Frederick Haultain
Opposition: Donald McDonald
Liberal 7
Ind. 6
Ind. Lib. 1
1905 Creation of Alberta and Saskatchewan

2nd Council of the Northwest Territories, no elections 1905 - 1951

 Appointed
Commissioner		 Ottawa
September 17, 1951 6th general election 1st NWT Council 3
September 7, 1954 7th general election 2nd NWT Council 4
August 19, 1957 8th general election 3rd NWT Council 4
September 19, 1960 9th general election 4th NWT Council 4
March 31, 1964 10th general election 5th NWT Council 4
July 4, 1967 11th general election 6th NWT Council 7 Yellowknife
December 21, 1970 12th general election 7th NWT Council 10
March 10, 1975 13th general election 8th NWT Assembly 15
October 1, 1979 14th general election 9th NWT Assembly 22 Premier: George Braden
November 21, 1983 15th general election 10th NWT Assembly 24 Premier: Richard Nerysoo
October 5, 1987 16th general election 11th NWT Assembly 24 Premier: Dennis Patterson
October 15, 1991 17th general election 12th NWT Assembly 24 Premier: Nellie Cournoyea
October 16, 1995 18th general election 13th NWT Assembly 24 Premier: Don Morin
1999 Creation of Nunavut
December 6, 1999 19th general election 14th NWT Assembly 19 Premier: Stephen Kakfwi
November 24, 2003 20th general election 15th NWT Assembly 19 Premier: Joe Handley
October 1, 2007 21st general election 16th NWT Assembly 19 Premier: Floyd Roland
October 3, 2011 22nd general election 17th NWT Assembly 19 Premier: Bob McLeod

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