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19th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly

19th Legislature
Consensus parliament
1 October 2019 – 15 October 2023
Parliament leaders
PremierCaroline Cochrane
October 24, 2019 – December 8, 2023
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the AssemblyFrederick Blake Jr.
October 24, 2019 – November 14, 2023
Members19 seats
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
Charles III
8 September 2022 – present
CommissionerMargaret Thom
18 September 2017 – 14 May 2024
← 18th → 20th

The 19th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly in Canada was established by the results of the 2019 Northwest Territories general election on October 1, 2019.[1]

In the 2019 election, 9 of the 19 MLAs elected were women, a record in NWT and, proportionally, in all of Canada. Previously, the most sitting women MLAs was three.[2] On July 27, 2021, following the resignation of Jackson Lafferty and the subsequent by-election victory of Jane Weyallon Armstrong, the Legislature had 10 women to 9 men, and became the first jurisdiction in Canada to have a majority of women legislators.[3]

  1. ^ "The Commissioner will dissolve the 19th Legislative Assembly on Sunday, October 15, 2023 | Legislative Assembly of The Northwest Territories". www.ntlegislativeassembly.ca. 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  2. ^ "Record number of women elected in Northwest Territories". CBC News. October 2, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "'Gender never came into my mind,' says woman who brought N.W.T. Legislature to Canada's 1st female majority". CBC News. July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

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