2023 Northwest Territories general election
The 2023 Northwest Territories general election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 14, 2023. The nineteen members will be elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. The Assembly is run on a consensus government system, in which all MLAs sit as independents and are not organized into political parties. Due to the Northwest Territories wildfire evacuations in August, territorial chief election officer Stephen Dunbar had proposed delaying the election one month to November, due to the possibility that some residents of the territory may still be displaced from their homes during the currently scheduled campaign period. Some cabinet ministers expressed support for his proposal, with the Assembly meeting on August 28 to debate rescheduling the election. The election was officially delayed from the original October 3 date to November 14, six weeks later. On September 28, incumbent Premier Caroline Cochrane announced she would not seek re-election. Candidates References Elections in the Northwest Territories 2023 elections in Canada November 2023 events in Canada 2023 in the Northwest Territories