Western Arctic (Northwest Territories electoral district)
The Western Arctic was an electoral district of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The district consisted of Inuvialuit Settlement Region areas within Northwest Territories, namely the hamlets of Tuktoyaktuk, Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Holman (Ulukhaktok) and nearby DEW line sites (Clinton Point, Cape Parry and Nicholson Peninsula), but excludes Inuvik and Aklavik.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Name | Elected | Left Office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan Pryde | 1967 | 1970 | ||
| Tom Butters | 1970 | 1975 | ||
| John Steen | 1975 | 1979 | ||
| Nellie Cournoyea | 1979 | 1983 | ||
| District dissolved into Nunakput | ||||
Election results
1979 election
| 1979 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Nellie Cournoyea | 276 | 58.97% | ||||||
| John Steen | 108 | 23.08% | ||||||
| David Anderson | 84 | 17.95% | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 468 | 70.25% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 2 | |||||||
Source(s)
"REPORT OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER ON THE GENERAL ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 1979" (PDF). Elections NWT. January 1980. Retrieved 2025-04-01. | ||||||||
See also