Nahendeh

Nahendeh
Northwest Territories electoral district
	Boundaries of Nahendeh
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
MLA	Shane Thompson
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First contested	1987
Last contested	2023
Region	Dehcho Region
Communities	Fort Simpson, Fort Liard, Wrigley, Sambaa Kʼe, Nahanni Butte, Jean Marie River

Nahendeh^[1] is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The district is roughly coterminous with the Dehcho Region, whose major communities are Fort Simpson and Fort Liard. The district also encompasses the smaller communities of Wrigley, Sambaa Kʼe, Nahanni Butte, and Jean Marie River.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Name	Elected	Left Office
Nick Sibbeston	1987	1991
Jim Antoine	1991	2003
Kevin Menicoche	2003	2015
Shane Thompson	2015	present

Election results

2023 election

v t e 2023 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Shane Thompson (I.C.)	326	34.50
	Mavis Cli-Michaud	185	19.58
	Sharon Allen	149	15.77
	Hillary Deneron	149	15.77
	Les Wright	115	12.17
	Josh P.T. Campbell	21	2.22
Total votes		945

2019 election

v t e 2019 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes
	Shane Thompson	536
	Mike Drake	190
	Randy Sibbeston	111
	Eric Menicoche	40

2015 election

v t e 2015 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Shane Thompson	292	29.4
	Rosemary Gill	202	20.4
	Randy Sibbetson	198	20.0
	Kevin Menicoche	137	13.8
	Deneze Nakehk'o	128	12.9
	Arnold Hope	23	2.3
	Dennis Nelner	12	1.2
Total valid ballots / Turnout		992	60%

2011 election

2011 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes
	Kevin Menicoche	431
	Bertha Norwegian	127

2007 election

2007 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Kevin Menicoche	548	61.30%^[2]
	Arnold Hope	203	22.71%
	Bob Hanna	71	7.94%
	Keyna Norwegian	70	7.83%
Total valid ballots / Turnout		892	56.98%
Rejected ballots		2
Source(s) "Official Voting Results 2007 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

2003 election

2003 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Kevin Menicoche	362	34.48%
	Kathy Tsetso	224	21.33%
	Arnold Hope	127	12.10%
	Walter Blondin	122	11.62%
	Shane A. Thompson	107	10.19%
	Rita Cli	58	5.52%
	John Hazenberg	33	3.14%
	Yanny Leo Cordero	17	1.62%
Total valid ballots / Turnout		1,050	70.53%
Rejected ballots		8
Source(s) "Official Voting Results 2003 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

1999 election

1999 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Jim Antoine	546	60.60%
	Paul Matthew Gammon	312	34.63%
	William Lafferty	43	4.77%
Total valid ballots / Turnout		901	72.24%
Rejected ballots		10
Source(s) "Official Voting Results 1999 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

1995 election

1995 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes
	Jim Antoine	Acclaimed

1991 election

1991 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Jim Antoine	488	50.52%
	Steve Malesku	160	16.56%
	Pat Scott	117	12.11%
	Arnold Hope	58	6.0%
	Bill Lafferty	50	5.2%
	Joe Germain Mercredi	41	4.2%
	Bertha Norwegian	38	3.9%
	Daniel Lapierre	14	1.5%
Total valid ballots / Turnout		975	77.1%
Rejected ballots		9
Source(s) "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Elections of Members to the Council of the Northwest Territories, 1991" (PDF). Elections Northwest Territories. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

1987 election


Candidate	Votes
Nick Sibbeston	651	79.6%
Jim Villeneuve	167	20.4%

Notes

^ a: In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.

References

^ Constituency map of the NWT Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories

[1] Constituency map of the NWT Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

[2] In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.

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