The 1995 Northwest Territories general election was held on October 16, 1995. This was the last election before the Northwest Territories was split in two with the creation of Nunavut.
The big issue this election was the division of the Northwest Territories assets to meet the April 1, 1999 deadline. Twenty four MLAs were elected, seven incumbents returned and one was acclaimed.
Election results
The election was held in 24 constituencies with 24,568 ballots cast, a turnout of 75.43%.
Outgoing Premier Nellie Cournoyea did not run for re-election. She was replaced first by Don Morin, who resigned in November 1998 over conflict of interest allegations. Morin was replaced by an interim Premier, Goo Arlooktoo until December 1998, before Jim Antoine filled out the remainder of the term.
Election summary
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=5 align=center|Re-election Statistics
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!1991
!1995
| bgcolor="#ccccff" |Did not run again
| bgcolor="#ffbbbb" |Defeated
| bgcolor="#aaffaa" |Reelected
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| 24
| 24
| 7
| 10
| 7
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Candidates
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=11 align=center|Results by District
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!District
!Winner
!Second
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!Fourth
!Fifth
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!Eighth
!Incumbent
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|Aivilik
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Manitok Thompson<br>274 (45.5%)
|Marion T. Love<br>240 (39.9%)
|Donat Milortok<br>88 (14.7%)
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| bgcolor="#ccccff" | James Arvaluk
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|Amittuq
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Mark Evaloarjuk<br>308 (31.8%)
|Caleb Sangoya<br>304 (31.4%)
|Titus Allooloo<br>186 (19.2%)
|Paul Haulli<br>170 (17.6%)
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| bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Titus Allooloo
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|Baffin Central
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Tommy Enuaraq<br>294 (30.3%)
|Lootie Toomasie<br>186 (19.1%)
|Sakiasie Sowdlooapik<br>152 (15.6%)
|Jaypeetee Akpalialuk<br>105 (10.8%)
|Jaypeetee Karpik<br>90 (9.3%)
|Pauloosie Paniloo<br>74 (7.6%)
|Rebecca Mike<br>60 (6.2%)
|Charlie Kalluk<br>11 (1.1%)
| bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Rebecca Mike
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|Baffin South
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Goo Arlooktoo<br>256 (33.3%)
|Matthew Saveakjuk Jaw<br>162 (21.1%)
|Peter Kattuk<br>128 (16.7%)
|Walter Audla<br>98 (12.8%)
|Kenoayoak Pudlat<br>74 (9.6%)
|Akalayok Qavavau<br>50 (6.5%)
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| bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Kenoayoak Pudlat
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|Deh Cho
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Samuel Gargan<br>333 (54.8%)
|Joachim Bonnetrouge<br>189 (31.1%)
|Richard Lafferty<br>86 (14.1%)
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| bgcolor="#aaffaa" | Samuel Gargan
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|Hay River
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Jane Groenewegen<br>696 (40.0%)
|Ron Courtoreille<br>654 (37.6%)
|George Morion<br>253 (14.5%)
|Mansell Grey<br>137 (7.9%)
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| bgcolor="#ccccff" |John Pollard
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|High Arctic<br>
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Levi Barnabas<br>135 (34.4%)
|Elizabeth Allakariallak-Roberts<br>90 (23.0%)
|Aziz Kheraj<br>89 (22.7%)
|Larry Audlaluk<br>78 (19.9%)
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| bgcolor="#ccccff" |Ludy Pudluk
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|Inuvik
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Floyd Roland<br>683 (58.1%)
|Fred Koe<br>492 (41.9%)
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| bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Fred Koe
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|Iqaluit
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Ed Picco<br>695 (48.3%)
|Mary Ekho-Wilman<br>644 (44.8%)
|Gordon McIntosh<br>100 (6.9%)
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| bgcolor="#ccccff" | Dennis Patterson
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|Keewatin Central
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | John Todd<br>947 (82.5%)
|Joseph Kaludjak<br>201 (17.5%)
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| bgcolor="#aaffaa" |John Todd
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|Kitikmeot
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Kelvin Ng<br>792 (71.1%)
|Ernie Bernhardt<br>322 (28.9%)
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| bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Ernie Bernhardt
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|Kivallivik
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Kevin O'Brien<br>700 (54.4%)
|David Simailak<br>211 (16.4%)
|Silas Arngna'naaq<br>140 (10.9%)
|David Aglukark<br>120 (9.3%)
|Sam Alagalak<br>63 (4.9%)
|Joy Suluk<br>52 (4.0%)
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| bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Silas Arngna'naaq
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|Mackenzie Delta
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | David Krutko<br>350 (45.3%)
|Richard Nerysoo<br>218 (28.2%)
|Charles Furlong<br>204 (26.4%)
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| bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Richard Nerysoo
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|Nahendeh
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Jim Antoine<br>acclaimed
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| bgcolor="#aaffaa" | Jim Antoine
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|Natilikmiot
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | John Ningark<br>366 (52.0%)
|Uriash Puqiqnak<br>338 (48.0%)
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| bgcolor="#aaffaa" | John Ningark
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|North Slave
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | James Rabesca<br>481 (42.5%)
|Violet Camsell-Blondin<br>204 (18.0%)
|Leon Lafferty<br>175 (15.5%)
|Henry Zoe<br>158 (14.0%)
|Joseph Zoe<br>67 (5.9%)
|Isadore Zoe<br>47 (4.2%)
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| bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Henry Zoe
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|Nunakput
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Vince Steen<br>395 (62.2%)
|Eddie Dillon<br>240 (37.8%)
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| bgcolor="#ccccff" | Nellie Cournoyea
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|Sahtu
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Stephen Kakfwi<br>744 (70.0%)
|George Cleary<br>319 (30.0%)
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| bgcolor="#aaffaa" | Stephen Kakfwi
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|Thebacha
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Michael Miltenberger<br>607 (43.6%)
|Jeannie Marie-Jewell<br>571 (41.0%)
|Sean Mageean<br>119 (8.5%)
|Allan Heron<br>96 (6.9%)
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| bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Jeannie Marie-Jewell
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|Tu Nedhe
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Don Morin<br>372 (67.8%)
|Archie Catholique<br>119 (21.7%)
|Larry Bearard<br>58 (10.6%)
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| bgcolor="#aaffaa" | Don Morin
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|Yellowknife Centre
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Jake Ootes<br>249 (19.7%)
|Arlene Hache<br>231 (18.3%)
|Dave Ramsay<br>209 (16.6%)
|Gary Boyd<br>165 (13.1%)
|Marie Coe<br>162 (12.8%)
|Roland Gosselin<br>139 (11.0%)
|Don Yamkowy<br>108 (8.6%)
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| bgcolor="#ccccff" | Brian Lewis
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|Yellowknife-Frame Lake
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Charlie Dent<br>446 (59.3%)
|Rob Roman<br>135 (18.0%)
|David McCann<br>122 (16.2%)
|Tom Pagonis<br>49 (6.5%)
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| bgcolor="#aaffaa" | Charlie Dent
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|Yellowknife North
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Roy Erasmus<br>686 (42.3%)
|Jim Evoy<br>334 (20.6%)
|Clem Paul<br>249 (15.4%)
|Wally Larocque<br>158 (9.8%)
|Donna Hunt<br>109 (6.7%)
|Sandy Holmes<br>56 (3.5%)
|Louis Leonardis<br>29 (1.8%)
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| bgcolor="#ccccff" | Michael Ballantyne
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|Yellowknife South
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | Seamus Henry<br>972 (41.6%)
|Tony Whitford<br>968 (41.4%)
|Kirby Marshall<br>399 (17.1%)
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| bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Tony Whitford
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External links
- CBC Clip profiling the 1995 election