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)
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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
- Dave Nickerson, Prog. Cons (1979-1988)
- 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||