1983 Northwest Territories general election

The 1983 Northwest Territories general election, in Canada, was held on November 21, 1983.

This was the first election for the Council of the Northwest Territories with live television coverage of vote returns.

## Election results

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The election was held in 24 constituencies, up two from the previous general election in 1979, with 15,764 ballots 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, and served for over a year until November 5, 1985; Nick Sibbeston was designated Premier following his resignation.

### Candidates and results

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Summary  1979 | 1983  | Did not run again | Defeated | Reelected

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22  | 24  | 3 | 3 | 16

### Candidates

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Results by District[1] District  | Winner  | Second  | Third  | Fourth  | Fifth  | Sixth  | Incumbent

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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

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1. ^ "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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