Nahendeh

{{Short description|Territorial electoral district in the Northwest Territories, Canada}}

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{{Infobox Canada electoral district

| name = Nahendeh

| province = Northwest Territories

| image = NWT Elections Nahendeh.svg

| caption = Boundaries of Nahendeh

| prov-status=active

| prov-created =

| prov-abolished =

| prov-election-first = 1987

| prov-election-last = 2023

| prov-rep = Shane Thompson

| prov-rep-party =

| demo-pop-ref =

| demo-area-ref =

| demo-electors-ref =

| demo-census-date =

| demo-pop =

| demo-electors =

| demo-electors-date = 2015

| demo-area =

| region = Dehcho Region

| communities = Fort Simpson, Fort Liard, Wrigley, Sambaa Kʼe, Nahanni Butte, Jean Marie River

}}

Nahendeh[http://www.electionsnwt.ca/images/constituency_map.gif Constituency map of the NWT] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927134306/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/images/constituency_map.gif |date=2007-09-27 }} is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The district is roughly coterminous with the Dehcho Region, whose major communities are Fort Simpson and Fort Liard. The district also encompasses the smaller communities of Wrigley, Sambaa Kʼe, Nahanni Butte, and Jean Marie River.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

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!Name

!Elected

!Left Office

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|Nick Sibbeston

|1987

|1991

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|Jim Antoine

|1991

|2003

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|Kevin Menicoche

|2003

|2015

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|Shane Thompson

|2015

|present

Election results

=2023 election=

{{2023 Northwest Territories general election/Nahendeh}}

=2019 election=

{{2019 Northwest Territories general election/Nahendeh}}

=2015 election=

{{2015 Northwest Territories general election/Nahendeh}}

=2011 election=

{{CANelec/top|NT|2011|Nahendeh}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Kevin Menicoche|431}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Bertha Norwegian|127}}

{{end}}

=2007 election=

{{CANelec/top|NT|2007|Nahendeh|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Kevin Menicoche|548|61.30%In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Arnold Hope|203|22.71%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Bob Hanna|71|7.94%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Keyna Norwegian|70|7.83%}}

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Total valid ballots / Turnout|892|56.98%}}

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Rejected ballots|2}}

{{CANelec/source|hide={{cite web | url = http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2007Eng.pdf | title = Official Voting Results 2007 General Election | publisher = Elections NWT | accessdate = 2008-02-18 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080411063925/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2007Eng.pdf |archivedate = 2008-04-11}}}}

{{end}}

=2003 election=

{{CANelec/top|NT|2003|Nahendeh|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Kevin Menicoche|362|34.48%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Kathy Tsetso|224|21.33%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Arnold Hope|127|12.10%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Walter Blondin|122|11.62%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Shane A. Thompson|107|10.19%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Rita Cli|58|5.52%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|John Hazenberg|33|3.14%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Yanny Leo Cordero|17|1.62%}}

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Total valid ballots / Turnout|1,050|70.53%}}

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Rejected ballots|8}}

{{CANelec/source|hide={{cite web | url = http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2003Eng.pdf | title = Official Voting Results 2003 General Election | publisher = Elections NWT | accessdate = 2008-02-18 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080411063907/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2003Eng.pdf |archivedate = 2008-04-11}}}}

{{end}}

=1999 election=

{{CANelec/top|NT|1999|Nahendeh|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Jim Antoine|546|60.60%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Paul Matthew Gammon|312|34.63%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|William Lafferty|43|4.77%}}

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Total valid ballots / Turnout|901|72.24%}}

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Rejected ballots|10}}

{{CANelec/source|hide={{cite web | url =http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElections1999Eng.pdf | title = Official Voting Results 1999 General Election | publisher = Elections NWT | accessdate = 2008-02-18 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080411063937/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElections1999Eng.pdf |archivedate = 2008-04-11}}}}

{{end}}

=1995 election=

{{CANelec/top|NT|1995|Nahendeh}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Jim Antoine|Acclaimed}}

{{end}}

=1991 election=

{{CANelec/top|NT|1991|Nahendeh|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Jim Antoine|488|50.52%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Steve Malesku|160|16.56%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Pat Scott|117|12.11%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Arnold Hope|58|6.0%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Bill Lafferty|50|5.2%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Joe Germain Mercredi|41|4.2%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Bertha Norwegian|38|3.9%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Daniel Lapierre|14|1.5%}}

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Total valid ballots / Turnout|975|77.1%}}

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Rejected ballots|9}}

{{CANelec/source|hide={{cite web |title=Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Elections of Members to the Council of the Northwest Territories, 1991 |url=https://www.electionsnwt.ca/sites/electionsnwt/files/official_voting_results_1991.pdf |publisher=Elections Northwest Territories |accessdate=26 September 2020}}}}

{{end}}

=1987 election=

{{CANelec/top|NT|1987|Nahendeh}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Nick Sibbeston|651|79.6%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Jim Villeneuve|167|20.4%}}

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Notes

{{Cnote|a|In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.}}

See also

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