2023 NWT Election
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Kieron Testart
Candidate in the Range Lake Yellowknife race.
Kieron can be reached at info@Kierontestart.ca, or by calling 867-444-7558.
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When the Heart Says No: How does Premier Simpson sound?
November 28, 2023
NNSL Media - ...However, she is from Yellowknife, and I would be very surprised if she became premier. She should return as a cabinet minister without difficulty. Kieron Testart is also a former MLA. Unfortunately, his being from Yellowknife, his inexperience and promotion of NWT party politics should make MLAs leery of him...
In pictures: MLAs are sworn in on a new note of optimism
November 24, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...MLA Sheryl Yakeleya, “and we’re going to work together. That’s what I’m optimistic about.” “I think the mojo is coming back,” said Kieron Testart, the new Range Lake MLA, who missed the past four years after serving as Kam Lake’s MLA between 2015 and 2019. “We respect everyone who’s...
20th Legislative Assembly Officially Sworn In
November 24, 2023
My Yellow Knife Now - ... – Lesa Semmler for Inuvik Twin Lake – George Nerysoo for Mackenzie Delta – Shane Thompson for Nehendeh – Lucy Kuptana for Nunakput – Kieron Testart for Range Lake – Daniel McNeely for Sahtu – Jay MacDonald for Thebacha – Richard Edjericon for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh – Robert Hawkins for...
Majority of MLA-elects want addiction treatment facilities in the N.W.T.
November 20, 2023
CBC North - ...North, and Julian Morse, MLA-elect for Frame Lake, said they need more details before making a decision. The third Yellowknife MLA-elect, Kieron Testart of Range Lake, said he would support it and more specifically said the N.W.T. government should fund these facilities but Indigenous governments...
Meet the NWT premier and cabinet you told us you want
November 20, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...after the territorial election. On this page, find out who’d be in charge if it was up to you. We already know that Lesa Semmler, RJ Simpson, Kieron Testart, Shane Thompson and Caroline Wawzonek are interested in the premier’s job. Meanwhile, every MLA-elect we could reach told us they had at least...
There’s a line forming to be in the next NWT cabinet
November 17, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...to be a regular MLA but it was “impossible” to rule out other roles before getting to know her colleagues. Sheryl Yakeleya had no comment. Kieron Testart, RJ Simpson and Shane Thompson all told us they are interested in the role of premier (or, failing that, a role in cabinet). Lesa Semmler didn’t...
Should Shane Thompson be the NWT’s next premier?
November 17, 2023
Cabin Radio - ... Thompson ‘a tough cookie’ Among the Dehcho’s Indigenous leaders, Dehcho Grand Chief Herb Norwegian thinks Simpson or Range Lake MLA-elect Kieron Testart would make strong candidates for the premiership. “If we can align ourselves with old allies, I think we can make things happen,” said...
Yellowknife’s new MLAs make their first group appearance
November 16, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...being elected. Returning MLAs Caroline Wawzonek and Caitlin Cleveland were joined by rookies Julian Morse, Shauna Morgan and Kate Reid, as well as Kieron Testart, who was restored to territorial politics this week after four years away. Robert Hawkins, similarly triumphant after eight years out of office,...
Election 2023: Residents vote for change as seven incumbents ousted
November 15, 2023
CKLB 101.9 - ...Also returning are several past MLAs who were defeated in the last election, including Yellowknife Centre’s Robert Hawkins, Range Lake’s Kieron Testart, and Sahtu’s Daniel McNeely. Just four incumbents defeated their challengers: Hay River North’s R.J. Simpson; Inuvik Twin Lakes’s Lesa...
Re-elected MLA Lesa Semmler weighing a run for N.W.T. premiership
November 15, 2023
CBC North - ...said she won't run for premier. Edjericon said he was undecided. Three winners in Tuesday's election have served in previous assemblies, including Kieron Testart, who lost his bid for re-election in 2019 and sat out the last legislative assembly. On CBC's The Trailbreaker Wednesday, he hinted at a run for...
Unofficial Election Results Provided by Elections NWT
November 15, 2023
My Yellow Knife Now - ... Hillary Deneron 149 Shane Thompson 326 Les Wright 115 Nunakput: Lucy Kuptana 340 Vince Teddy 159 Range Lake: Aaron Reid 155 Nicole Sok 109 Kieron Testart 326 Sahtu: Paulie Chinna 226 Daniel McNeely 372 Delphine Pierrot 207 Thebacha: Connie Benwell 95 Jay MacDonald 483 Frieda Martselos 416 Tu...
Key takeaways from the 2023 N.W.T. election
November 15, 2023
CBC North - ...won't be such a fresh house when the legislature reconvenes in December, though. Three MLAs-elect return after a hiatus: Danny McNeely in Sahtu and Kieron Testart in Range Lake both served in the 18th Legislative Assembly, but weren't re-elected in the 2019 general election. Robert Hawkins returns as the MLA...
Testart and Hawkins back as MLAs, Morse and Reid win tight races
November 15, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...Morse, Kate Reid, Kieron Testart, Robert Hawkins and Shauna Morgan will join Caitlin Cleveland and Caroline Wawzonek as Yellowknife’s latest set of MLAs. Morse and Morgan are former city councillors. Reid was president of the YWCA NWT and a union local. Testart and Hawkins are each ex-MLAs making...
What happened in the NWT election? Get a quick summary
November 15, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...no races required a judicial recount. Comfortable wins included Shauna Morgan in Yellowknife North, Robert Hawkins in Yellowknife Centre, Kieron Testart in Range Lake, Lucy Kuptana in Nunakput, Richard Edjericon in Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh and Lesa Semmler in Inuvik Twin Lakes. Caitlin Cleveland in Kam...
Results start becoming clearer as last numbers roll in
November 14, 2023
NNSL Media - ...results but with all polls reporting, she has a nearly 200-vote lead. Shauna Morgan looks like she has Yellowknife North all wrapped up, as does Kieron Testart in Range Lake. R.J. Simpson appears to be in control in Hay River North and Lucy Kuptana looks to be the MLA-elect in Nunakput. Richard Edjericon is...