William Lafferty
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William "Bill" Lafferty (1931–2003) was a politician, Canadian Forces officer and newspaper columnist from Northwest Territories, Canada. He served as a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1975 until 1979.
Lafferty was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1975 Northwest Territories general election in the Mackenzie-Laird electoral district. Lafferty would only serve a single term in office and was defeated by Nick Sibbeston in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election.
He died in 2003 due to cancer.
External links
- [http://www.nnsl.com/yir/yir03/yirdehcho03.html Remembering Bill Lafferty Northern News Service]
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Category:Canadian people of Métis descent
Category:Deaths from cancer in Canada
Category:People from Fort Simpson
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
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