- Paul Delorey
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name = Paul Delorey
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office = MLA forHay River North
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occupation = curlerPaul Delorey is a professional curler, a territorial level politician and current speaker in the Northwest Territories Legislature.
Curling
Delorey is an avid and professional curler. He represented the NWT/Yukon at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships in 1987. In 1994 "Team Paul Delorey" finished 5th place at the Canadian North Arctic Briar.cite web|url=http://www.curlingzone.com/forums/teams.php?teamid=16938 | title =1994 Canadian North Arctic Briar - Team Delorey | publisher = Curlingzone | accessdate = 2007-09-08]
He was also on Team Canada in the Strathcona Cup Championships in Scotland in 1998. He has coached junior curling for 22 years and is a fully qualified Level 2 coach. He also served as a Director on the NWT Curling Association Board for three years and as the President of the Hay River Curling Club for five years. Delorey is presently a member of the Governor General's Curling Club of Canada.
Politics
Delorey was elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the new electoral district of
Hay River North for the 1999 Northwest Territories general election. He was re-elected to his second term by acclamation in the 2003 Northwest Territories general election. Delorey was elected to be the current Speaker of the Northwest Territories Legislature onJune 1 ,2004 .cite web|url=http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/visitorinfo/factsheets/speaker.html | title=History of Northwest Territories Speaker 1975-present | publisher =Northwest Territories Legislature |accessdate=2007-09-08] He was re-elected in the 2007 Northwest Territories general election.References
External links
* [http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/members/pauldelorey.html Paul Delorey biography]
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