Current MLA:
Floyd Roland (acclaimed)
Riding Profile: The Boot Lake riding encompasses the south half of Inuvik (pop. 3,504), and tends to be more affluent and less Aboriginal than the north half. Situated on the East Branch of the Mackenzie River not far from the Arctic Ocean, Inuvik is the business, tourism, and governmental hub of the Mackenzie Delta, and is Canada's largest community above the Arctic Circle. The surrounding landscape is flat, scrubby boreal forest, not far from the tree line. The Dempster Highway links the community by road to Fort McPherson, Tsiigehtchic and the Yukon Territory. For the past 25 years, oil-and-gas exploration in the Beaufort Sea has kept Inuvik on an economic roller coaster. With renewed talk of building a gas pipeline down the Mackenzie Valley, Inuvik is again booming.
Political History: In one of the most decisive victories of the 1999 election, Floyd Roland easily won this riding. The auto mechanic and former town councillor had first come to power in 1995 by ousting incumbent Fred Koe. Voter turnout here has tended to be moderate.
| 1999 | |
| Floyd Roland | 350 (83.33%) |
| Mary Beckett | 50 (11.90%) |
| Chris Garven | 20 (4.76%) |
| Voter turnout | 69.9% |
| 1995* | |
| Floyd Roland | 683 (58.13%) |
| Fred Koe | 492 (41.87%) |
| Voter turnout | 76.0% |
| 1991* | |
| Fred Koe | 335 (32.24%) |
| Glenna Hansen | 205 (19.73%) |
| George Doolittle | 179 (17.23%) |
| Voter turnout | 77.9% (third highest in the N.W.T.) |
*Prior to 1999, Inuvik Boot Lake and Inuvik Twin Lakes were encompassed
in a single riding.
