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Inuvik Boot Lake
Northwest Territories electoral district
NWT Elections Inuvik Boot Lake.svg
Boundaries of Inuvik Boot Lake
Territorial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
MLA
 
 
 
Diane Thom
First contested 1999
Last contested 2019
Region Inuvik Region
Communities Inuvik

Inuvik Boot Lake is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Together with Inuvik Twin Lakes, it is one of two electoral districts that represent Inuvik; both were created in 1999 from the previous monolithic Inuvik riding.

Geography

Inuvik Boot Lake borders Inuvik Twin Lakes to the northwest, west and southwest, bounded by Centennial Street, Reliance Street, Franklin Road, Distributor Street and Water Street. Inuvik Boot Lake is named for Boot Lake in the south of the electoral district.

History

The 2011 election marked the first time that voters in Inuvik Boot Lake actually voted in a territorial election since the 1999 election, as in both 2003 and 2007 the only candidate was Floyd Roland, who was returned by acclamation.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

  Name Elected Left Office
  Floyd Roland 1999 2011
  Alfred Moses 2011 2019
  Diane Thom 2019 present

Election results

2019 election

2019 Northwest Territories general election
Name Vote %
  Diane Thom 239
  Eugene Rees 179
  Desmond Loreen 94
  Jimmy Kalinek 47

2015 election

Inuvik Boot Lake
Name Vote %
  Alfred Moses* 366 88.6
  Desmond Z. Loreen 47 11.4
Total Valid Ballots 413 100%
Turnout 43%

2011 election

2011 Northwest Territories general election
Name Vote %
  Alfred Moses 216
  Chris Larocque 211
  Grant Gowans 63
  Paul Voudrach 18

2007 election

2007 Northwest Territories general election
Name Vote %
  Floyd Roland Acclaimed

In this election, no other candidate registered to run for this riding, so Floyd Roland was returned by acclamation.

2003 election

2003 Northwest Territories general election
Name Vote %
  Floyd Roland Acclaimed

In this election, no other candidate registered for this riding, so Floyd Roland was returned by acclamation.

1999 election

1999 Northwest Territories general election
Name Vote %
  Floyd Roland 350 83.33%
  Mary Beckett 50 11.90%
  Chris Garven 20 4.76%
Total Valid Ballots 420 100%
Voter Turnout 69.90% Rejected Ballots 5

In the 1999 election, the main issue territory-wide was the question of native self-government and control over the Northwest Territories' resources. The Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories runs on a consensus government model, so no political parties exist; although some groups have attempted to revive a partisan legislature, to date such attempts have failed.

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