2023 NWT Election
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Caroline Wawzonek
Candidate in the Yellowknife South Yellowknife race.
Caroline can be reached at caroline@carolinewawzonek.ca.
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How will the 19th Legislative Assembly be remembered?
November 13, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...of the Covid-19 pandemic. Newly elected MLAs, friends and family members gather in the legislature in October 2019. Emelie Peacock/Cabin Radio Caroline Wawzonek, elaborating on that, told us: “Beyond the physical difficulties each emergency created, these events also eroded people’s relationships and...
NWT Election 2023: Josh Campbell’s Nahendeh interview
November 12, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...and things, because I think Kevin has done a lot of great work in the past. Mr. Simpson from Hay River has done a great job too as a minister, and Caroline Wawzonek. It’s about being a team player. I think I’m probably the best team player on the roster, the ballot, if you will. I’m hoping to make a...
Yellowknife candidates talk housing, cost-of-living at non-profit election forum
November 3, 2023
CBC North - ...and the NWT Seniors' Society. All Yellowknife candidates were invited to the event. Sixteen candidates attended, including acclaimed candidates Caroline Wawzonek and Caitlin Cleveland. The only absences were John Stanley, who's running in Frame Lake, and candidates for Range Lake, who were attending their own...
Environment, economy take centre stage at youth-led Yellowknife election forum
November 2, 2023
CBC North - ...all Yellowknife ridings were invited to the forum. Thirteen attended, including acclaimed Kam Lake and Yellowknife South MLAs Caitlin Cleveland and Caroline Wawzonek. There was representation from every riding in the city except for Yellowknife Centre, where candidates were attending their own forum. About 40...
Federal carbon tax exemption on home heating oil won’t apply to N.W.T.
October 31, 2023
CBC North - ...create inequitable treatment to those using propane and natural gas." CBC requested interviews with Premier Caroline Cochrane and Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek, but officials said election rules prohibit them from speaking about the issue. Cochrane is not running for re-election. Wawzonek has been...
7 races to watch in the N.W.T. election
October 30, 2023
CBC North - ...and a housing crisis. There are 56 candidates who want to take on these issues in the 20th Assembly. Three candidates have already been acclaimed: Caroline Wawzonek in Yellowknife South, Caitlin Cleveland in Kam Lake and Jane Weyallon Armstrong in Monfwi. As the election approaches, here are seven races we...
Incumbent MLA Cleveland says N.W.T. needs a plan for housing and wrap-around services
October 30, 2023
CBC North - ...there are three territorial ridings where voters won't be casting any ballots. Caitlin Cleveland was acclaimed as the only candidate for Kam Lake, Caroline Wawzonek was acclaimed for Yellowknife South, and Jane Weyallon Armstrong was acclaimed for Monfwi. We sent all candidates, regardless of acclamation, a...
Wawzonek, acclaimed as MLA, says getting N.W.T. communities off diesel is a main priority
October 30, 2023
CBC North - ...there are three territorial ridings where voters won't be casting any ballots. Caitlin Cleveland was acclaimed as the only candidate for Kam Lake, Caroline Wawzonek was acclaimed for Yellowknife South, and Jane Weyallon Armstrong was acclaimed for Monfwi. We sent all candidates, regardless of acclamation, a...
Caroline Wawzonek looks for second term on cabinet
October 28, 2023
NNSL Media - ...constituencies — Yellowknife South, Kam Lake and Monfwi — saw its candidates acclaimed as no one else but them entered the race. That means Caroline Wawzonek, Caitlin Cleveland and Jane Weyallon Armstrong essentially won without a fight and will return as the MLA for their respective ridings. NNSL Media...
How will 4 years of emergencies affect the N.W.T. election?
October 26, 2023
CBC North - ...isn't running again, and neither is Julie Green, the former health minister, who was a responsible for many policies during the pandemic. Meantime, Caroline Wawzonek, finance minister in the last government, has been acclaimed in her riding. Wawzonek was sometimes criticized for confusion around financial...
NWT Election 2023: Nicole Sok’s Range Lake interview
October 24, 2023
Cabin Radio - More information: Nicole Sok’s campaign websitePremier Caroline Cochrane leaves the Range Lake seat open as she is not running for re-election. NWT Election 2023: Back to Cabin Radio’s election homepageThis interview was recorded on October 23, 2023. So far, I think that’s been my biggest success and for my kids, they make me proud. I think that’s sort-of what led me to pursue political science at school. And that’s something that’s really important to my spouse and I.
Should the public know who their MLA voted for as N.W.T. premier?
October 20, 2023
CBC North - ...the government," he said. Nomination period closed at 2 p.m. on Friday and three ridings went uncontested: Yellowknife South, Kam Lake, and Monfwi. Caroline Wawzonek, Caitlin Cleveland and Jane Weyallon Armstrong were acclaimed and there will be no vote for those ridings. This means if one of the acclaimed MLAs...
Here’s who’s running for election on Nov. 14
October 20, 2023
NNSL Media - ...candidates running to win one of the 19 seats up for grabs in the territorial election on Nov. 14. It’s actually 16 seats that will be contested; Caroline Wawzonek in Yellowknife South, Jane Armstrong in Monfwi and Caitlin Cleveland in Kam Lake were all officially acclaimed once the deadline came and went. A...
NWT Election 2023: Wawzonek, Cleveland and Weyallon Armstrong acclaimed
October 20, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...deadline. The remaining 16 districts will now proceed to a territorial election, with polling day on November 14. Finance and industry minister Caroline Wawzonek is guaranteed a second term in Yellowknife South (though she’ll cease being a minister, at least temporarily, on the day the new set of MLAs...
NWT Election 2023: Nominations closed but lists aren’t quite final
October 20, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...been whittled down to three. Acclamations are now confirmed in Kam Lake (Caitlin Cleveland), Monfwi (Jane Weyallon Armstrong) and Yellowknife South (Caroline Wawzonek). All three are incumbents. Kuptana had appeared likely to secure an acclamation in Nunakput but Teddy’s name appeared on the list shortly after...