The 1983 Northwest Territories general election was held on November 21, 1983.
This was the first election in the Northwest Territories with live television coverage of vote returns.
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Election Results
The election was held in 24 constituencies, up two from the previous general election in 1979, with 15,764 ballot cast, a turnout of 69.72%.
Outgoing Premier George Braden did not run for re-election. Richard Nerysoo was chosen as Premier January 12, 1984, serving over a year until November 5, 1985; Nick Sibbeston was designated Premier following his resignation.
Election summary
| Re-election Statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1983 | Did not run again | Defeated | Reelected |
| 22 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
Candidates
| Results by District[1] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Winner | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth | Incumbent | ||
| Aivilik | Tagak Curley* 420 (50.2%) |
Piita Irniq 417 (49.8%) |
new district | ||||||
| Baffin Central | Pauloosie Paniloo 307 (51.8%) |
Iola Matuq 286 (48.2%) |
Ipeelee Kilabuk | ||||||
| Baffin South | Joe Arlooktoo 145 (40.9%) |
Kananginak Pootoogook 113 (31.8%) |
Joanasie Salomonie 97 (27.3%) |
Joe Arlooktoo | |||||
| Deh Cho | Samuel Gargan 177 (59.6%) |
Joachim Bonnetrouge 120 (39.7%) |
new district | ||||||
| Deh Cho Gah | Nick Sibbeston* 428 (51.0%) |
Bill Lafferty 411 (49.0%) |
new district | ||||||
| Foxe Basin | Elijah Erkloo 196 (33.5%) |
Mark Evaluarjuk 159 (27.1%) |
James Arvaluk 148 (25.3%) |
John Illupalik 80 (13.7%) |
Mark Evaluarjuk | ||||
| Hay River | Don Stewart 624 (50.3%) |
Don Ferguson 616 (49.7%) |
Don Stewart | ||||||
| High Arctic | Ludy Pudluk 183 (54.3%) |
Frank Pearce 154 (45.7%) |
Ludy Pudluk | ||||||
| Hudson Bay | Moses Appaqaq 48 (29.1%) |
Johnny Tookalook 37 (22.4%) |
Joe Arragutainaq 32 (19.4%) |
Zack Novalinga 18 (10.9%) |
Johnny Kookie 16 (9.7%) |
George Emikotailuk 14 (8.5%) |
Moses Appaqaq | ||
| Inuvik | Tom Butters 596 (64.1%) |
Rose Marie Karnes 199 (21.4%) |
Cece McCauley 135 (14.5%) |
Tom Butters | |||||
| Iqaluit | Dennis Patterson* 575 (71.8%) |
Ben Ell 139 (17.4%) |
Abe Okpik 87 (10.9%) |
new district | |||||
| Kitikmeot East | Michael Angottitauruq 319 (66.5%) |
Steve Alookee 161 (33.5%) |
new district | ||||||
| Kitikmeot West | Red Pedersen 322 (43.3%) |
Bill Lyall 225 (30.3%) |
Malcolm MacPahil 111 (14.9%) |
Wilfrid MacDonald 85 (11.4%) |
new district | ||||
| Kivallivik | Gordon Wray* 543 (62.2%) |
Peter Kritaqliluk 259 (29.8%) |
James Karetak 71 (8.1%) |
new district | |||||
| Mackenzie Delta | Richard Nerysoo 339 (65.7%) |
Ernest Firth 177 (34.3%) |
Richard Nerysoo | ||||||
| Nunakput | Nellie Cournoyea* acclaimed |
new district | |||||||
| Pine Point | Bruce McLaughlin 421 (76.1%) |
Clifford Reid 132 (23.9%) |
Bruce McLaughlin | ||||||
| Rae-Lac La Martre | James Wah-Shee acclaimed |
James Wah-Shee | |||||||
| Sahtu | John T'Seleie 312 (60.5%) |
Peter Fraser* 204 (39.5%) |
new district | ||||||
| Slave River | Arnold McCallum 665 (53.0%) |
James Heron 591 (47.0%) |
Arnold McCallum | ||||||
| Tu Nedhe | Eliza Lawrence 176 (52.5%) |
Robert Sayine* 99 (29.6%) |
Florence Catholique 60 (17.9%) |
new district | |||||
| Yellowknife Centre | Bob MacQuarrie 590 (67.1%) |
Terry Daniels 290 (32.9%) |
Bob MacQuarrie | ||||||
| Yellowknife North | Michael Ballantyne 409 (47.0%) |
Glenn Warner 394 (45.3%) |
Kit Spence 61 (7.0%) |
R. B. Fells 6 (0.7%) |
George Braden | ||||
| Yellowknife South | Lynda Sorenson 1,241 (76.6%) |
Dan Prima 378 (23.4%) |
Lynda Sorsenson | ||||||
* - denotes an incumbent running in a new district
References
- ^ "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Elections of Members to the Council of the Northwest Territories, 1983" (PDF). Elections Northwest Territories. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
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This page was last edited on 6 November 2023, at 18:54