Northwest Territories general election, 1991

The Northwest Territories general election, 1991 was the 17th general election in the Northwest Territories history. The election took place on October 15, 1991.

Twenty four members were elected to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly.

Election summary

Election summary [1]	# of candidates		Popular vote
	Incumbent	New	#	%
Elected candidates	9	12	7,254	35.51%
Acclaimed candidates	5	1
Defeated candidates			1,3767	65.49%
Total			16,053	100%
Turnout 76.4%

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

12th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly
District	Member
Aivilik	James Arvaluk
Amittuq	Titus Allooloo
Baffin Central	Rebecca Mike
Baffin South	Kenoayoak Pudlat
Deh Cho	Samuel Gargan
Frame Lake	Charles Dent
Hay River	John Pollard
Inuvik	Fred Koe
Iqaluit	Dennis Patterson
Keewatin Central	John Todd
Kitikmeot	Ernest Bernhardt1
Kivallivik	Silas Arngna'naaq
Mackenzie Delta	Richard Nerysoo
Nahendeh	Jim Antoine
Natilikmiot	John Ningark
North Slave	Henry Zoe
Nunakput	Nellie Cournoyea1
Quttiktuq	Ludy Pudluk
Sahtu	Stephen Kakfwi
Thebacha	Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Tu Nedhe	Don Morin
Yellowknife Centre	Brian Lewis
Yellowknife North	Michael Ballantyne
Yellowknife South	Tony Whitford

Note:

Bold denotes incumbency.

1 For electorial purposes Holman (Ulukhaktok) was included in Nunakput and not the Kitikmeot.

References

1. ^ Dickerson, Mark. Whose North?: Political Change, Political Development, and Self-Government in the Northwest Territories. UBC Press. p. 118. ISBN 0-7748-0418-1.