This is a list of appointed and elected members of the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories in Canada from November 7, 1876 to 1888. Prior to 1876, members were appointed to the Temporary North-West Council.
The first members of the new council were appointed under the Northwest Territories Act. An elected member could join the council if an area of 1,000 square miles (2,600 km2) had 1000 people, and an electoral district could be setup. This created a patchwork of represented and unrepresented areas, and there was no official or independent boundaries commission. The first district was Lorne in 1881.
When the first council formed under the new appointed government in 1876, the council consisted of the lieutenant governor, the chairman (speaker), and two appointed members. Because a quorum could not be maintained, the council had to be adjourned if one member went to the washroom. In 1888 during the first election, the council was 22 members and three appointed legal adviser members.
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