Tom Butters

Tom Butters

Tom Butters (born: ) is a retired politician from Northwest Territories, Canada. He had a long career as a Member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1970 until 1975.

Butters was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1970 Northwest Territories general election. He won the new electoral district of Western Arctic defeating incumbent Duncan Pride. Due to a significant redistribution of electoral district in 1975, Butters ran for re-election in the 1975 Northwest Territories general election in the new Inuvik electoral district because Western Arctic no longer covered his home in Inuvik. He would win re-election in the new riding.

Butters would be re-elected for a third term in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election. In his third term he would be appointed as the Minister of Finance by Premier George Braden in 1981.cite web| url = http://www.pwnhc.ca/research/findingaids/G-1995-003.pdf | title =Executive Council Northwest Territories Housing Corporation| publisher = Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly | accessdate =2007-09-23] The posting was significant as Butters became the first elected member to hold the role since Frederick Haultain was acting territorial treasurer in 1905.cite web| url = http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/1-00.pdf | title =History of the Northwest Territories Legislature 1876 to 1905| publisher =Saskatchewan Archives |pages=3 | accessdate =2007-09-23]

Butters would He would seek a fourth term in the 1983 Northwest Territories general election. He would be re-elected to his fifth and final term in the 1987 Northwest Territories general election retiring in 1991. He served as Minister of the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation from 1989 until 1991.cite web| url =http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/visitorinfo/factsheets/executivecouncil.html| title = Northwest Territories Housing Corporation| publisher = NWT Culture and Heritage Division | date=September 16, 1996 | author = Janice Brum| accessdate =2007-09-23]

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