Membership
| District / Position | Member |
|---|---|
| Appointed Member | Louis Audette |
| Mackenzie South | James Brodie |
| Mackenzie West | Frank Carmichael |
| Appointed Member | William Clements |
| Deputy Commissioner | Frank Cunningham |
| Mackenzie North | Mervyn Arthur Hardie |
| Appointed Member | Donald McKay |
| Appointed Member | Leonard Nicholson |
A total of eight members served on the council, with five appointed and three elected. The three elected all came from the District of Mackenzie while the five appointed members lived in Ottawa. Previous to this council the last elected members sat in the 5th North-West Legislative Assembly.
Two appointed members of the council were returned from the 2nd Council of the Northwest Territories. They were Louis Audette and Deputy Commissioner Frank Cunningham who served by default as the presiding officer on the council. The Commissioner and leader of the government at the beginning of the council was Hugh Andrew Young who had served as such since 1950. Young left office on November 15, 1953 when his replacement Robert Gordon Robertson was appointed on the same day.
The only membership change in the council came in 1953 when Mervyn Hardie vacated his seat to run in the 1953 Canadian federal election. He won the district of Mackenzie River to be the first Member of Parliament for the territory since 1904. A by-election was not called to fill his seat.
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