Western Arctic

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Western Arctic is an electoral district and senate division of the Canadian territory of the Northwest Territories. It is the only electoral district of the territory. It is represented in parliament by Ethel Blondin-Andrew. Its population is 37,360. (2001)

Contents

1 Geography 2 History 3 Senate division 4 Members of Parliament 5 Senators 6 Election results

Geography

The district includes all of the Northwest Territories.

History

The electoral district was created in 1976 from Northwest Territories.

Senate division

The Senate division of Northwest Territories follows the same boundaries as those of Western Arctic. In a rare expansion of the Senate, the current boundaries of this division were redrawn on April 1, 1999 when the Northwest Territories was split into Nunavut, creating the Senate division of Nunavut.

Members of Parliament

1. Dave Nickerson, Prog. Cons (1979-1988)
2. Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Liberal (1988-present)

Senators

• Willie Adams, Liberal Party of Canada, (1977 - 1999) Current senate division (Nunavut)
• Nick Sibbeston, Liberal Party of Canada, (1999 - present)

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ethel Blondin-Andrew	5,317
	New Democratic Party	Dennis Bevington	5,264
	Conservative	Sean Mandeville	2,314
	Green	Chris O'Brien	583

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ethel Blondin-Andrew	5,855
	New Democratic Party	Dennis Bevington	3,430
	Canadian Alliance	Fred Turner	2,273
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce McLaughlin	1,687

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ethel Blondin-Andrew	5,564
	New Democratic Party	Mary Beth Levan	2,579
	Reform	Mike Watt	1,966
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Dowdall	1,687
	Independent	Wally Firth	1,567

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ethel Blondin-Andrew	8,867
	Reform	Mansell Grey	2000
	Progressive Conservative	Martin Hanly	1,892
	New Democratic Party	Bill Schram	896
	Green	Chris O'Brien	325
	Natural Law	Lynn Taylor	213

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ethel Blondin	5,415
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Nickerson	3,657
	New Democratic Party	Wayne Cahill	3,207
	Independent	Cece McCauley	331
	Independent	Ernie Lennie	169

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Nickerson	5,822
	New Democratic Party	Bertha Allen	3,538
	Liberal	Lynda Sorenson	3,264

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Nickerson	3,556
	New Democratic Party	Wally Firth	3,537
	Liberal	Gary Boyd	3,425

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Nickerson	4,058
	Liberal	David Searle	3,827
	New Democratic Party	Georges Erasmus	3,385
	Independent	Edward McRae	273

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