Everything about Western Arctic totally explained
Western Arctic is a federal
electoral district and
senate division in
Northwest Territories,
Canada, that has been represented in the
Canadian House of Commons since 1979.
It is the only current electoral district of the territory and is represented in
parliament by
Dennis Bevington (
New Democratic Party) in the
39th Canadian parliament.
Demographics
| Population, 2001 |
37,360 |
| Electors |
28,619 |
| Area (km²) |
1,346,106 |
| Population density (people per km²) |
0.03 |
Geography
The district is coterminous with the Northwest Territories.
History
The electoral district was created in 1976 from the
electoral district of Northwest Territories (1962 - 1976).
Members of Parliament
The riding's first MP was Progressive Conservative MP
David Nickerson who was first elected in
1979 and re-elected twice. In
the 1988 election, Nickerson was defeated by
Liberal Ethel Blondin-Andrew who went on to serve as the riding's MP for eighteen years, including two years as
Minister of State for Northern Development. In 2006, Blondin-Andrew was defeated by
New Democrat Dennis Bevington. The earlier riding of Northwest Territories had been represented by New Democrat
Wally Firth from 1972 to 1979.
Election results
|-
|
New Democratic Party
|
Dennis Bevington
|6,801
|align="right"|42.67%
|
|align="right"|$40,703
|-
|
Liberal
|
Ethel Blondin-Andrew
|5,643
|align="right"|35.40%
|
|align="right"|$TBA
|-
|
Conservative
|
Richard Edjericon
|3,200
|align="right"|20.08%
|
|align="right"|$TBA
|-
|
Green
|Alexandre Beaudin
|296
|align="right"|1.85%
|
|align="right"|$TBA
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|15,940
!align="right"|100%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
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|-
|
Liberal
|
Ethel Blondin-Andrew
|
Yellowknife
||5,317
|align="right"|39.44%
|
|align="right"|$58,782
|-
|
New Democratic Party
|
Dennis Bevington
|
Fort Smith
|5,264
|align="right"|39.05%
|
|align="right"|$39,504
|-
|
Conservative
|
Sean Mandeville
|
Yellowknife
|2,314
|align="right"|17.16%
|
|align="right"|$16,863
|-
|
Green
|Chris O'Brien
|
Yellowknife
|583
|align="right"|4.32%
|
|align="right"|$2,754
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|13,478
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|69
!align="right"|0.51%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|13,547
!align="right"|47.33%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
|
Liberal
|
Ethel Blondin-Andrew
|5,855
|align="right"|45.59%
|
|align="right"|$56,498
|-
|
New Democratic Party
|
Dennis Bevington
|3,430
|align="right"|26.71%
|
|align="right"|$27,323
|-
|-
|
Canadian Alliance
|Fred Turner
|2,273
|align="right"|17.70%
|
|align="right"|$15,406
|-
|-
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Bruce McLaughlin
|1,687
|align="right"|9.98%
|
|align="right"|$8,374
|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|12,840
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|72
!align="right"|0.56%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|12,912
!align="right"|52.24%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
|
Liberal
|
Ethel Blondin-Andrew
|align="right"|5,564
|align="right"|41.63%
|
|align="right"|$56,834
|-
|
New Democratic Party
|Mary Beth Levan
|align="right"|2,579
|align="right"|19.29%
|
|align="right"|$22,393
|
Reform
|Mike Watt
|align="right"|1,966
|align="right"|14.71%
|
|align="right"|$4,546
|
Progressive Conservative
|Bob Dowdall
|align="right"|1,687
|align="right"|12.62%
|
|align="right"|$16,020
|Independent
|
Wally Firth
|align="right"|1,567
|align="right"|11.72%
|
|align="right"|$8,857
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|13,363
!align="right"|100.00%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|94
!align="right"|0.70%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|13,457
!align="right"|58.37%
!
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Liberal
|
Ethel Blondin-Andrew
|align="right"|8,867
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
Reform
|Mansell Grey
|align="right"|2,000
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
Progressive Conservative
|Martin Hanly
|align="right"|1,892
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
New Democratic Party
|Bill Schram
|align="right"|896
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
Green
|Chris O'Brien
|align="right"|325
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
Natural Law
|Lynn Taylor
|align="right"|213
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
Liberal
|
Ethel Blondin
|align="right"|5,415
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
Progressive Conservative
|
Dave Nickerson
|align="right"|3,657
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
New Democratic Party
|Wayne Cahill
|align="right"|3,207
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|Independent
|Cece McCauley
|align="right"|331
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|Independent
|Ernie Lennie
|align="right"|169
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
Progressive Conservative
|
Dave Nickerson
|align="right"|5,822
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
New Democratic Party
|Bertha Allen
|align="right"|3,538
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
Liberal
|
Lynda Sorenson
|align="right"|3,264
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
Progressive Conservative
|
Dave Nickerson
|align="right"|3,556
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
New Democratic Party
|Wally Firth
|align="right"|3,537
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
Liberal
|Gary Boyd
|align="right"|3,425
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
Progressive Conservative
|
Dave Nickerson
|align="right"|4,058
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
Liberal
|
David Searle
|align="right"|3,827
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|
New Democratic Party
|
Georges Erasmus
|align="right"|3,385
|-
| ignore="width: 160px"|Independent
|Edward McRae
|align="right"|273
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