Legislative Assembly
Steen was elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1995 Northwest Territories general election. He was re-elected to a second term in the 1999 Northwest Territories general election.
At the beginning of his second term in office he was appointed to the cabinet by Premier Stephen Kakfwi. He was given the portfolio's as Minister of Public Works and Services and the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. Steen focused his time as a member of the territorial cabinet to help develop safer drinking water and sewage treatment in the territory. He also pushed for territorial funding to help train municipalities to better better govern themselves.
Steen ran for a third term in the 2003 Northwest Territories general election. He was defeated by Calvin Pokiak in an upset victory. He lost the riding by 27 votes, a margin of five percent.
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