Western Arctic

Northwest Territories electoral district
Northwest Territories electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1962
District abolished	1976
First contested	1962
Last contested	1974

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Michael McLeod; Liberal
;
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)	41,070
Electors (2019)	30,235
Area (km²)	1,127,711.92
Pop. density (per km²)	0.04
Census division(s)	Region 1, Region 2, Region 3, Region 4, Region 5, Region 6
Census subdivision(s)	Yellowknife, Hay River, Inuvik, Fort Smith, Behchokò, Fort Simpson, Tuktoyaktuk, Norman Wells, Fort McPherson, Fort Providence

Northwest Territories (French: Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada. The electoral district covers the entire territory.

This riding was created in 1962 from Mackenzie River riding. It was composed of the entire territory of the Northwest Territories. In 1979, the riding was divided into the ridings of Western Arctic and Nunatsiaq (later Nunavut). Following the creation of the territory of Nunavut in 1999, the riding of Western Arctic was made coterminous with the new Northwest Territories.

After 1999, Western Arctic was an anomaly in that, unlike Nunavut and Yukon, it did not share the name of the territory with which it was coterminous. This did not change with subsequent representation orders because the electoral boundaries revision process did not affect the territories and the territorial riding names were specified in law. In 2014, at the behest of Western Arctic MP Dennis Bevington, the riding name was changed to Northwest Territories by Bill C-37, which also changed the names of several other ridings scheduled to come into effect with the representation order for the next election. Unlike those names, the change to Northwest Territories came into effect immediately as it involved amending the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act itself.^[3]^[4]

From 1887 to 1905, the only areas of the NWT with representation in Parliament were those areas that became part of present-day provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan and western Manitoba). From 1905 to 1947, the NWT was not represented in Parliament. From 1947 to 1962, the southwestern NWT was represented only by the electoral district of Yukon—Mackenzie River and then Mackenzie River. In 1962, the electoral district of NWT was created to represent the entire territory, for the first time giving all Canadian territory a representative in Parliament.

This riding's boundaries remained the same following the 2012 redistribution.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 49.6% Native Canadian, 38.2% White, 4.1% Filipino, 2.6% Black, 1.9% South Asian
Languages: 76% English, 3.3% Tlicho, 2.8% French, 1.9% Slavey, 1.9% Tagalog, 1% Dene
Religions: 55.2% Christian (21% Catholic, 8.1% Anglican, 2% United Church, 1.9% Pentecostal and other Charismatic 1.5% Baptist), 39.8% No religion, 1.8% Muslim
Average income: $69 400

Members of Parliament

Following the division into Western Arctic and Nunatsiaq, the riding's first MP was Progressive Conservative MP Dave Nickerson, who was first elected in 1979 and re-elected twice. In the 1988 election, Nickerson was defeated by Liberal Ethel Blondin-Andrew who went on to serve as the riding's MP for eighteen years, including two years as Minister of State for Northern Development. In 2006, Blondin-Andrew was defeated by New Democrat Dennis Bevington. The earlier riding of Northwest Territories had been represented by New Democrat Wally Firth from 1972 to 1979.

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Northwest Territories Riding created from Mackenzie River
25th	1962–1963	Isabel Hardie	Liberal
26th	1963–1965	Eugène Rhéaume	Progressive Conservative
27th	1965–1968	Bud Orange	Liberal
28th	1968–1972	Bud Orange	Liberal
29th	1972–1974	Wally Firth	New Democratic
30th	1974–1979	Wally Firth	New Democratic
Riding divided into Western Arctic and Nunatsiaq
As Western Arctic
31st	1979–1980	Dave Nickerson	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993	Ethel Blondin-Andrew	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008	Dennis Bevington	New Democratic
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2014
Northwest Territories
41st	2014–2015	Dennis Bevington	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019	Michael McLeod	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Northwest Territories/Western Arctic (since 1979, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Northwest Territories (2014–present)

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Michael McLeod	5,387	38.22	-1.78
	New Democratic	Kelvin Kotchilea	4,558	32.34	+10.54
	Conservative	Lea Anne Mollison	2,031	14.41	-11.39
	Independent	Jane Groenewegen	1,791	12.71	–
	Green	Roland Laufer	328	2.33	-8.27
Total valid votes			14,095	98.91	-0.33
Total rejected ballots			155	1.09	+0.33
Turnout			14,250	47.2	-6.3
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.16
Source: Elections Canada^[5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Michael McLeod	6,638	40.0	-8.34	$60,703.01
	Conservative	Yanik D'Aigle	4,279	25.8	+7.45	none listed
	New Democratic	Mary Beckett	3,619	21.8	-8.68	$5,371.84
	Green	Paul Falvo	1,757	10.6	+7.77	$10,067.85
	People's	Luke Quinlan	295	1.8		none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			16,291	100.0
Total rejected ballots			125
Turnout			16,416	54.3
Eligible voters			30,235
	Liberal hold		Swing		-15.79
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Michael McLeod	9,172	48.34	+29.90	$71,207.71
	New Democratic	Dennis Bevington	5,783	30.48	−15.36	$37,599.86
	Conservative	Floyd Roland	3,481	18.35	−13.76	–
	Green	John Moore	537	2.83	−0.23	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			18,973	100.00		$214,028.20
Total rejected ballots			104	0.55	–
Turnout			19,077	64.82	–
Eligible voters			29,432
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+22.63
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

Western Arctic (1979–2014)

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Dennis Bevington	7,140	45.80	+4.36
	Conservative	Sandy Lee	5,001	32.10	−5.51
	Liberal	Joe Handley	2,872	18.40	+4.82
	Green	Eli Purchase	447	3.10	−2.39
	Animal Alliance	Bonnie Dawson	87	0.60	–
Total valid votes			15,577	100.0
Total rejected ballots			78	0.50	+0.09
Turnout			15,655	55.43	+7.72
Eligible voters			28,244
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.94

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dennis Bevington	5,669	41.44	−0.99	$39,961
	Conservative	Brendan Bell	5,146	37.62	+17.14	$84,329
	Liberal	Gabrielle Mackenzie-Scott	1,858	13.58	−21.7	$37,884
	Green	Sam Gamble	752	5.49	+3.65	$9,010
	First Peoples National	Noeline Villebrun	252	1.84	–	–
Total valid votes			13,677	100.0
Total rejected ballots			56	0.41
Turnout			13,733	47.71
Eligible voters			28,787
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−9.06

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dennis Bevington	6,801	42.67	+3.62	$40,703
	Liberal	Ethel Blondin-Andrew	5,643	35.40	−4.04
	Conservative	Richard Edjericon	3,200	20.08	+2.92
	Green	Alexandre Beaudin	296	1.85	−2.47
Total valid votes			15,940	100.0
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+3.83

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ethel Blondin-Andrew	5,317	39.44	−6.15	$58,782
	New Democratic	Dennis Bevington	5,264	39.05	+12.34	$39,504
	Conservative	Sean Mandeville	2,314	17.16	−10.52	$16,863
	Green	Chris O'Brien	583	4.32	–	$2,754
Total valid votes			13,478	100.0
Total rejected ballots			69	0.51
Turnout			13,547	47.33
	Liberal hold		Swing		−9.24
Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives.

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ethel Blondin-Andrew	5,855	45.59	+3.96	$56,498
	New Democratic	Dennis Bevington	3,430	26.71	+7.42	$27,323
	Alliance	Fred Turner	2,273	17.70	+2.99	$15,406
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