1979 Northwest Territories general election

The 1979 Northwest Territories general election was held on October 1, 1979.

Twenty-two members were elected to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. In 1980, George Braden was named "Government Leader", the first democratic leader of the Northwest Territories since Frederick Haultain in 1905 and the first of its modern boundaries. In 1994, he was retroactively given the title Premier of the Northwest Territories.

Election summary Election summary # of candidatesPopular voteIncumbentNew#%Elected candidates417??Acclaimed candidates?1Defeated candidates    Total 12,586100%Turnout 62.1%

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected For complete electoral history, see individual districts +9th Northwest Territories Legislative AssemblyDistrictMemberBaffin CentralJames ArreakBaffin SouthJoe ArlooktooCentral ArcticKane TologanakFoxe BasinMark EvaloarjukFrobisher BayDennis PattersonGreat Slave EastRobert SayineHay RiverDonald Morton StewartHigh ArcticLudy PudlukHudson Bay Moses AppaqaqInuvikTom ButtersKeewatin NorthWilliam NoahKeewatin SouthTagak CurleyMackenzie DeltaRichard NerysooMackenzie Great BearPeter FraserMackenzie-LairdNick SibbestonPine PointBruce McLaughlinRae-Lac La MartreJames Wah-SheeSlave RiverArnold McCallumWestern ArcticNellie CournoyeaYellowknife CentreRobert H. MacQuarrieYellowknife NorthGeorge BradenYellowknife SouthLynda Sorenson

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