Kelvin Ng

Kelvin Ng

Infobox_Politician


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name = Kelvin Ng
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office1 = MLA for Kitikmeot, NT
term_start1 = 1995
term_end1 = 1999
predecessor1 = Ernest Bernhardt
successor1 = riding dissolved
office2 = MLA for Cambridge Bay, NU
term_start2 = 1999
term_end2 = 2004
predecessor2 = first member
successor2 = Keith Peterson
party = non-partisan
consensus government
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Kelvin Ng is a former territorial and municipal level politician in Canada who was elected in both the Nunavut Legislature and Northwest Territories Legislature.

Ng began his political career on the municipal level. He has served on municipal council and as Mayor of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.

Ng ran for a seat in the 1995 Northwest Territories general election. He defeated incumbent MLA Ernest Bernhardt to win the Kitikmeot electoral district. Ng served one term in the Northwest Territories Legislature, becoming a cabinet Minister in the government. His district was abolished in 1999 when Nunavut was created from the Northwest Territories.

Ng ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the first general election held in 1999. Ng won the Cambridge Bay electoral district, and was appointed to the cabinet as the first Minister of Finance for the territory. He served one term before retiring in 2004 at the dissolution of the legislature to devote more time to his family.

External links

* [http://www.cbc.ca/nunavutvotes2004/riding/005/index.html Nunavut Votes 2004 Cambridge Bay Profile]


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