2019 NWT Election
Hughie Graham
Candidate in the Range Lake Yellowknife race.
Hughie can be reached on social media, at ykhughie@gmail.com, or by calling (867) 446-0777.
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1 2 3 Next »What does it cost to win an election in the N.W.T.?
January 25, 2020
CBC North - ...UNW donated $1,500 — the maximum allowed — to successful candidates O'Reilly and Shane Thompson and unsuccessful candidates Kieron Testart and Hughie Graham. The NWT Federation of Labour also donated $1,500 to O'Reilly. Read more from David Wasylciw | The 18th Assembly did a lot, but did it differently,...
How NWT election candidates raised and spent their money
January 16, 2020
Cabin Radio - ...made by individuals to candidates. For example, the Union of Northern Workers gave $1,500 to O'Reilly, Thompson, Testart, and Range Lake candidate Hughie Graham, who lost to Caroline Cochrane, the territory's eventual new premier. Union leader Todd Parsons personally donated $400 to O'Reilly and Testart. ...
Cochrane ‘prepared to make unpopular decisions’ to do what’s best for NWT
October 27, 2019
Cabin Radio - ...my weakness' The 59-year-old's ascent to the premiership was not, at any point, a certainty. She won re-election by just 18 votes over challenger Hughie Graham in her Range Lake district. Only after three secret ballots did fellow MLAs name her the territory's new leader. Acknowledging but ultimately...
Take a closer look at Caroline Cochrane, Canada’s only female premier
October 25, 2019
NNSL Media - ...her decision, which she agreed to do. In September, Cochrane announced she would seek the premiership if elected, and after a tight race against Hughie Graham, she returned as the member for Range Lake with 439 votes to his 421. She was the only cabinet minister to do so. Cochrane emerged as peculiarity:...
Cochrane, Lafferty make moves toward NWT premiership
October 3, 2019
Cabin Radio - ...it's us and them. I've been hearing that for quite some time, now." With the NWT celebrating the election of nine women, Cochrane – who defeated Hughie Graham by just 18 votes in Range Lake – renewed her call for the next premier to be female. "It would be phenomenal to have a woman as premier and a...
Two recounts underway in Yellowknife districts
October 2, 2019
NNSL Media - ...ahead of Wong 392-376, while Nind had 189, Edwin Castillo, 127, and Erasmus, 12. Range Lake Caroline Cochrane retained Range Lake over challenger Hughie Graham, 439-421, a vote not quite close enough for a recount. Graham said he came up “just short” of a win and was unable to get a recount either. He...
Chief electoral officer confirms recounts in two districts
October 2, 2019
Cabin Radio - ...Lake, chief electoral officer Nicole Latour said, based on Tueday's unofficial results. In that district, Caroline Cochrane's 18-vote victory over Hughie Graham represented marginally more than two percent of the overall votes cast. (A margin below two percent triggers a recount. Had one more person voted...
In full: NWT Election 2019 delivers change across the board
October 2, 2019
Cabin Radio - ...Great Slave. They join re-elected incumbents Julie Green in Yellowknife Centre and Caroline Cochrane in Range Lake. Cochrane's 18-vote victory over Hughie Graham appeared to see the education minister narrowly avoid a mandatory recount. Her margin of victory was just over two percent of the total number of...
Energized NWT voters wonder if this is real change
October 2, 2019
Cabin Radio - ...continuation of the previous government. This time, only Caroline Cochrane – who held her Range Lake seat by a wafer-thin 18-vote margin over Hughie Graham – returns from the cabinet of the past four years. Jackson Lafferty, acclaimed in Monfwi, also has cabinet experience in a prior government. That...
WATCH: Cochrane celebrates win in Range Lake
October 1, 2019
NNSL Media - ...Cochrane is back in as Range Lake MLA after defeating challenger Hughie Graham following a close race Tuesday night. Cochrane, minister of Education, Culture and Employment and minister responsible for the Status of Women, took in a total of 439 votes. Newcomer Graham, a senior commercial leasing...