Hay River (territorial electoral district)
Hay River was an electoral district of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The district consisted of Hay River and Enterprise.
The district was first created in 1975. It was dissolved and split into Hay River North and Hay River South districts at the 1999 Northwest Territories general election.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
[edit]| Name | Elected | Left Office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created | ||||
| Don Stewart | 1975 | 1987 | ||
| John Pollard | 1987 | 1995 | ||
| Jane Groenewegen | 1995 | 1999 | ||
| District dissolved into Hay River North and Hay River South |
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Election results
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1979 election
[edit]| 1979 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Don Stewart | 546 | 56.06% | ||||||
| Ben Greenfield | 428 | 43.94% | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 974 | 58.20% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | |||||||
Source(s)
"REPORT OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER ON THE GENERAL ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 1979" (PDF). Elections NWT. January 1980. Retrieved 2025-04-01. | ||||||||
1975 election
[edit]| 1975 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Don Stewart | 580 | 57.14% | ||||||
| Don S. Fergusson | 435 | 42.86% | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 1015 | 66.88% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 33 | |||||||
Source(s)
"REPORT OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER ON FEDERAL BY-ELECTIONS, BY-ELECTIONS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE YUKON TERRITORY, AND NORTHWEST TERRITORIES COUNCIL GENERAL ELECTIONS HELD IN 1975" (PDF). Information Canada. 1976. Retrieved 2025-04-29. | ||||||||
See also
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