 Northwest Territorieselectoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Boundaries of Inuvik Boot Lake | |||
| Territorial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories | ||
| MLA |
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| First contested | 1999 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Region | Inuvik Region | ||
| Communities | Inuvik | ||
Inuvik Boot Lake is aterritorialelectoral district[1] for theLegislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Together withInuvik Twin Lakes, it is one of two electoral districts that representInuvik; both were created in 1999 from the previous monolithicInuvik riding.[2]
Inuvik Boot Lake bordersInuvik 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.[3]
The2011 election marked the first time that voters in Inuvik Boot Lake actually voted in a territorial election since the1999 election, as in both2003 and2007 the only candidate wasFloyd Roland, who was returned byacclamation.[3][4]
| Name | Elected | Left Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Roland | 1999 | 2011 | |
| Alfred Moses | 2011 | 2019 | |
| Diane Thom | 2019 | 2023 | |
| Denny Rodgers | 2023 | present |
| 2023 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Denny Rodgers | 210 | 42.51 | ||||||
| Diane Archie(I.C.) | 152 | 30.77 | ||||||
| Sallie Ross | 132 | 26.72 | ||||||
| Total votes | 494 | |||||||
| 2019 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | |||||||
| Diane Thom | 239 | |||||||
| Eugene Rees | 179 | |||||||
| Desmond Loreen | 94 | |||||||
| Jimmy Kalinek | 47 | |||||||
| 2015 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Alfred Moses | 366 | 88.6% | ||||||
| Desmond Z. Loreen | 47 | 11.4% | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 413 | 43% | ||||||
| 2011 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | |||||||
| Alfred Moses | 216 | |||||||
| Chris Larocque | 211 | |||||||
| Grant Gowans | 63 | |||||||
| Paul Voudrach | 18 | |||||||
In this election, no other candidate registered to run for this riding, soFloyd Roland was returned byacclamation.
| 2007 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | |||||||
| Floyd Roland | Acclaimed | |||||||
Source(s) "Official Voting Results 2007 General Election"(PDF). Elections NWT. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved18 February 2008. | ||||||||
In this election, no other candidate registered for this riding, soFloyd Roland was returned byacclamation.
| 2003 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | |||||||
| Floyd Roland | Acclaimed | |||||||
Source(s) "Official Voting Results 2003 General Election"(PDF). Elections NWT. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved18 February 2008. | ||||||||
In the 1999 election, the main issue territory-wide was the question of native self-government and control over theNorthwest Territories' resources. TheLegislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories runs on aconsensus government model, so no political parties exist; although some groups have attempted to revive a partisan legislature, to date such attempts have failed.
| 1999 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Floyd Roland | 350 | 83.33% | ||||||
| Mary Beckett | 50 | 11.90% | ||||||
| Chris Garven | 20 | 4.76% | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 420 | 69.90% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | |||||||
Source(s) "Official Voting Results 1999 General Election"(PDF). Elections NWT. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved18 February 2008. | ||||||||
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