- Joe Handley
Infobox_President
name = Joseph Handley
caption = Hon. Joseph Handley
order = 10thPremier of the Northwest Territories
term_start =December 10 ,2003
term_end =October 16 ,2007
predecessor =Stephen Kakfwi
successor =Floyd Roland
birth_date = birth date and age|1943|8|9
birth_place =Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
death_date =
death_place =
party = Independent
spouse = Theresa Handley
religion =|Joseph "Joe" L. Handley, MLA, (born
August 9 ,1943 ,Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan ) is a former teacher and civil servant and was the tenth premier of theNorthwest Territories ,Canada .Early life
Handley was born in
Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan . Prior to moving to the Northwest Territories in 1985, he worked as an educator.Handley joined the Northwest Territories government and served as Deputy Minister in a wide number of portfolios including Deputy Minister of Education, Deputy Minister for the Departments of Renewable Resources, the NWT Housing Corporation, Transportation and Resources, Wildlife, and Economic Development. He left his career as a Deputy Minister to run for election in 1999.
Electoral career
Handley ran for election to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the electoral district of
Weledeh in the 1999 Northwest Territories general election. He easily defeated incumbent MLARoy Erasmus . In his first term in office he became Minister of Finance, Chairman of the Financial Management Board, Minister Responsible for the Workers Compensation Board, Minister of Transportation, and Minister Responsible for theNorthwest Territories Power Corporation .Handly was returned to his seat by acclamation, running unopposed in the 2003 Northwest Territories general election. After the assembly convened to pick a new Premier following the retirement of
Stephen Kakfwi , Handley ran unopposed for premier. His colleagues in the Legislature, acclaimed him to that position onDecember 10 ,2003 .Handley only served one term as premier and did not run in the election held on
1 October ,2007 .cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/09/03/campaign-start.html?ref=rss |title= Election race underway in Northwest Territories|publisher=CBC News|date=September 3 ,2007 | accessdate=2007-09-09]References
External links
* [http://www.premier.gov.nt.ca The Honourable Premier Joesph Handley's Website]
* [http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/Members/JoeHandley.html Joe Handley biography (Government of NWT)]
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