Sahtu (electoral district)

Sahtu
Northwest Territories electoral district
	Boundaries of Sahtu
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
MLA	Daniel McNeely
;
First contested	1983
Last contested	2023
Region	Sahtu Region
Communities	Colville Lake, Deline, Fort Good Hope, Norman Wells, Tulita

Sahtu^[1] is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada. The district is roughly coterminous with the Sahtu Region, consisting of Colville Lake, Deline, Fort Good Hope, Norman Wells and Tulita.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)[edit]

Name	Elected	Left Office
John T'Seleie	1983	1987
Stephen Kakfwi	1987	2003
Norman Yakeleya	2003	2015
Daniel McNeely	2015	2019
Paulie Chinna	2019	2023
Daniel McNeely	2023	present

Election results[edit]

2023 election[edit]

v t e 2023 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Daniel McNeely	372	46.21
	Paulie Chinna (I.C.)	226	28.07
	Delphine (Dolly) Pierrot	207	25.71
Total votes		805

2019 election[edit]

v t e 2019 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes
	Paulie Chinna	309
	Daniel McNeely	287
	Caroline Yukon	135
	Wilfred McNeely Jr.	120

2015 election[edit]

v t e 2015 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Daniel McNeely	271	29.6
	Yvonne Doolittle	242	26.4
	Judy Tutcho	229	25.0
	Paul Andrew	175	19.1
Total valid ballots / Turnout		917	58%

2011 election[edit]

2011 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes
	Norman Yakeleya	463
	Rocky Norwegian	312

2007 election[edit]

2007 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Norman Yakeleya	Acclaimed^[3]
Source(s) "Official Voting Results 2007 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

2003 election[edit]

2003 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Norman Yakeleya	414	45.59%
	Judi M. Tutcho	210	23.13%
	Larry M. Tourangeau	170	18.72%
	Frank T'Seleie	81	8.92%
	Lucy Jackson	33	3.63%
Total valid ballots / Turnout		908	77.35%
Rejected ballots		7
Source(s) "Official Voting Results 2003 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

1999 election[edit]

1999 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Stephen Kakfwi	466	60.76%
	Lennie Winter	301	39.24%
Total valid ballots / Turnout		767	60.32%
Rejected ballots		13
Source(s) "Official Voting Results 1999 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

Notes[edit]

^ a: In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.

References[edit]

^ Constituency map of the NWT Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Official Voting Results 2003 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
^ In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.

External links[edit]

Website of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories

65°19′37″N 126°45′40″W / 65.327°N 126.761°W / 65.327; -126.761

[1] Constituency map of the NWT Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

[2003election-2] "Official Voting Results 2003 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

[3] In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.

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