Northwest Territories voters chose to shake things up this election, with 7 incumbents losing their seats and 9 new faces elected. With three MLAs-elect returning after a hiatus, nine of 19 MLAs-elect are brand new.
Hundreds of people attended Remembrance Day services in Yellowknife on Saturday, which started with an outdoor wreath-laying ceremony and military parade, followed by indoor services held at St. Patrick High School.
Despite this summer’s wildfire emergencies, and recent years’ devastating floods and the COVID-19 pandemic, there are at least 30 people who have said they're keen to lead the territory through any future crisis as MLAs.
Several N.W.T. leaders, activists and political observers held up outgoing premier Caroline Cochrane as an advocate for marginalized people and Indigenous rights. Some, though, said she was often hemmed in by cabinet and the bureaucracy.