2023 NWT Election

Voters went the polls in Northwest Territories on November 14th, 2023.

In the previous territorial election in 2019, the Northwest Territories (NWT) elected 9 women MLAs, and with a by-election in 2021, 10 women MLAs represented the NWT – which means that the NWT is the first territory or province to reach gender parity in the Canadian Legislature! In this territorial election, Equal Voice is advocating that gender parity continues in the NWT– that means at least 50% of nominated candidates and at least 50% of elected MLAs being women or gender diverse people. We hope that the NWT elect at least 9 women or gender diverse MLAs to keep gender parity in the new legislature.

We are keeping track of all the women and gender diverse candidates who put their name on the ballot. The goal is to provide a simple and accessible resource for Canadians, journalists, and political parties.

VOTER GUIDE

This tracker uses publicly available information to track women and gender diverse candidates who put their name on the ballot in the 2023 Territorial Election in the Northwest Territories. It will be regularly updated by Equal Voice, please report errors or omissions to [email protected] . Please credit “Equal Voice” if using this data.

Election 2023	Candidates
Total # of Candidates	56
Total # of women or gender diverse candidates	23
Percentage of women or gender diverse candidates	41.1%

Number of Men and Women Elected to the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories in Past Elections:

Election Year	2003	2007	2012	2015	2019	2023
Total Seats	19	19	19	19	19	19
# Men	17	16	17	17	10	11
# Women	2	3	2	2	9	8

Northwest Territory Election Tracking Sheet:

Confirmed women or non binary candidates are identified by name
Blank spaces identify no candidate
Circle’s represent a confirmed male candidate

Names highlighted identify elected women

Territorial Riding	Incumbent	New Candidate	New Candidate	New Candidate	New Candidate	New Candidate
Deh Cho	O	Sheryl Yakeleya	O	O
Frame Lake		Deanna Cornfield	O	O	O	O
Great Slave	Katrina Nokleby	Kate Reid	Stacie Arden Smith	O
Hay River North	O	O	O	O
Hay River South	O	O	O
Inuvik Boot Lake	Diane Archie	Sallie Ross	O
Inuvik Twin Lakes	Lesa Semmler	Lenora McLeod
Kam Lake	Caitlin Cleveland
Mackenzie Delta	O	O	O
Monfwi	Jane Armstrong
Nahendeh	O	Mavis Cli-Michaud	Sharon Allen	Hillary Deneron	O	O
Nunakput		Lucy Kuptana	O
Range Lake		Nicole Sok	O	O
Sahtu	Paulie Chinna	Delphine Pierrot	O
Thebacha	Frieda Martselos	Connie Benwell	O
Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh	O	Nadine Delorme
Yellowknife Centre		O	O	O
Yellowknife North		Shauna Morgan	O	O
Yellowknife South	Caroline Wawzonek

Elected women as of Wednesday, November 15th, 2023. We also included the candidate’s website or campaign platform if the information was available.

Please credit “Equal Voice” if using this data.

NWT Territorial Election

November 14th, 2023

Voters went the polls in Northwest Territories on November 14th, 2023.

Northwest Territory Election Tracking Sheet:

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