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 |
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| May 21, 1902 | 5th general election | 5th N-W Assembly | Lib-Con. 21 | Premier: Frederick Haultain Opposition: Donald McDonald |
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| 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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