NORTHWEST TERRITORIES VOTES 2007
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Northwest Territories Votes 2007 Headlines
- Roland promises 'stronger approach' as N.W.T. premier
- Floyd Roland, the new premier of the Northwest Territories, promised a tougher stance in relations with the federal government shortly after becoming the territory's leader on Wednesday.
- Six voted into N.W.T. cabinet
- Six MLAs in the Northwest Territories were picked by their colleagues Wednesday to join newly-chosen Premier Floyd Roland in forming the newest territorial government.
- Delorey returns to N.W.T. Speaker's chair
- Paul Delorey accepted a second term Tuesday as Speaker of the legislative assembly in the Northwest Territories.
- McMeekin loses bid for N.W.T. vote recount
- A Northwest Territories judge has cleared the way for the territory's newly elected MLAs to select a premier, cabinet and speaker, after denying one election candidate a recount of all ballots cast in the Oct. 1 election.
- Behchoko chief to file complaint over N.W.T. election fax
- The chief of Behchoko, N.W.T., says he will name Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. in a formal complaint to Elections N.W.T. over an anonymous fax sent from the company's mine site on the day of the territory's election.
- Social, business, aboriginal leaders weigh in on new N.W.T. MLAs
- With a new slate of MLAs chosen in Monday's Northwest Territories election, a number of groups are taking a closer look at who will be dealing with their concerns in government.
- What happened in Hay River South?
- Miscommunication among electoral officers in the Northwest Territories election Monday led to some drama in the Hay River South district, where incumbent Jane Groenewegen was temporarily declared unseated by her rival.
- Diavik mine worker disciplined over pro-Zoe fax
- An anonymous fax sent in support of a candidate on the day of Monday's election in the Northwest Territories has come back to haunt its sender, an employee of the Diavik diamond mine.
- Lutsel K'e fights for voice in N.W.T. election
- Lutsel K'e voted as a community to back their local candidate in the Northwest Territories election on Monday, residents say.
- N.W.T. election provided colourful night
- It was the nature of the results as much as the results themselves that gave voters in the Northwest Territories an exciting night.
- Races see-saw in Yellowknife
- See-saw races in Yellowknife ridings kept voters' attention Monday night in the territorial election.
- In reversal, Groenewegen takes Hay River South
- Jane Groenewegen has been declared the victor in Hay River South.
- Lee wins in Range Lake
- Incumbent Sandy Lee of Yellowknife Range Lake kept her seat in the 2007 N.W.T. election.
- Two former cabinet ministers re-elected
- The only two cabinet ministers in contested races have been re-elected in the Northwest Territories.
- Three N.W.T. women elected to assembly
- The number of female legislators in the N.W.T. assembly has increased by one.
- After the election: what's next?
- Though polls have closed and votes have been tallied in the 2007 N.W.T. election, the leadership of the territory remains, as usual, a mystery.
- Miltenberger defeats Martselos in Thebacha
- Michael Miltenberger has won re-election in the Thebacha district.
- Lafferty fends off Zoe in Monfwi
- The new MLA has defeated the old MLA in the Monfwi riding.
- Three MLAs returned in uncontested races
- Although there are 19 electoral districts in the N.W.T., voters in three already know who will represent them in the territorial legislature this fall.
- Results slow to come in N.W.T. election
- Counting the ballots has begun but the results are slow in coming in the Northwest Territories as about 23,000 voters from Fort Smith in the south to Sachs Harbour in the north cast ballots Monday to elect a new territorial government.
- Yellowknife incumbent defends helping voter mark ballot
- An election candidate who went into a polling booth to help a woman mark her ballot says he was only trying to help.
- Candidates discuss bridge, electricity at election forum
- Election candidates seeking seats in Yellowknife tackled questions ranging from the cost of building a major N.W.T. bridge to the high cost of northern living at a public all-candidates forum Wednesday.
- Election signs vandalized in N.W.T.
- Campaign signs have blanketed the Northwest Territories — and election candidates are seeing many of them get defaced and destroyed.
- Aging hospital, school top Hay River election forum
- Voters in Hay River, N.W.T., grilled territorial election candidates Monday on government funding for their school and hospital, each of which is more than three decades old.
- Yellowknife candidates forums tackle women's, aboriginal issues
- Two N.W.T. election forums this week gathered Yellowknife candidates to field questions on everything from child care and women's equality in the workplace to aboriginal land claims and self-government.
- Range Lake candidates push for tax incentives, day care
- Tax incentives in the Northwest Territories should be as attractive as those in Alberta if the territory wants to encourage more people to live there, say two election candidates.
- N.W.T. election candidate protests disqualification
- A woman who had hoped to run in the Tu Nedhe district in the N.W.T. election is fighting her disqualification as a candidate by the territory's elections office, which rejected her paperwork.
- Old and new MLAs square off in Monfwi race
- Voters in the Northwest Territories' Monfwi district will have two candidates to choose from in the Oct. 1 territorial election: the guy who won the 2003 election, or the guy who replaced him two years later.
- Women face uphill battle to enter N.W.T. politics: candidates
- Fewer women are running in the Northwest Territories election than in 2003, and past candidates say it's difficult to get elected.
- At least 4 N.W.T. election candidates have criminal pasts
- At least four candidates in the Northwest Territories election have criminal records — and in one case, the would-be legislator is still wanted by police, according to court files.
- 3 MLAs acclaimed in N.W.T. election
- The election races in the Northwest Territories only started this week, but three incumbent MLAs already know they're heading back to the legislature this fall.