2023 NWT Election
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Lesa Semmler
Candidate in the Inuvik Twin Lakes Inuvik race.
Lesa can be reached at InuvikTwinLakes2023@gmail.com, or by calling 867-678-0779.
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There’s a line forming to be in the next NWT cabinet
November 17, 2023
Cabin Radio - ... 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 rule out an interest in the premier’s job, and told Cabin Radio she would be “honoured to be picked” for a role in cabinet, given her...
Should Shane Thompson be the NWT’s next premier?
November 17, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...he’ll bid to become the next premier, having done the same in 2019 before being defeated by Caroline Cochrane. Inuvik Twin Lakes MLA-elect Lesa Semmler and Yellowknife South’s acclaimed Caroline Wawzonek are also potential contenders. Thompson told Cabin Radio he decided to run for premier after...
Election 2023: Residents vote for change as seven incumbents ousted
November 15, 2023
CKLB 101.9 - ...Testart, and Sahtu’s Daniel McNeely. Just four incumbents defeated their challengers: Hay River North’s R.J. Simpson; Inuvik Twin Lakes’s Lesa Semmler; Nahendeh’s Shane Thompson; and Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh’s Richard Edjericon Three were acclaimed — Caitlin Cleveland of Kam Lake, Jane...
Re-elected MLA Lesa Semmler weighing a run for N.W.T. premiership
November 15, 2023
CBC North - Lesa Semmler didn't have to wait long after polls closed on Tuesday to learn she'd been re-elected to the N.W.T.'s legislative assembly. She also didn't have to wait long before people were then asking the big question: would she run for premier? "Since the election numbers came in, you know, and this...
Unofficial Election Results Provided by Elections NWT
November 15, 2023
My Yellow Knife Now - ...Schumann 238 Pierre Simpson 210 Inuvik Boot Lake: Diane Archie 152 Denny Rodgers 210 Sallie Ross 132 Inuvik Twin Lakes: Lenora McLeod 128 Lesa Semmler 322 Mackenzie Delta: Frederick Blake Jr. 220 George Nerysoo 233 Richard Ross Jr. 176 - Advertisement - Nahendeh: Sharon Allen 149 Josh...
What happened in the NWT election? Get a quick summary
November 15, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...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 Lake and Jane Weyallon Armstrong in Monfwi had been acclaimed earlier, alongside Wawzonek in...
Results start becoming clearer as last numbers roll in
November 14, 2023
NNSL Media - As the results start to roll in, we can start to safely make some calls. One race we can call for sure is in Nunakput as Lucy Kuptana is the MLA-elect for that riding. She looks to have defeated Vince Teddy according to the unofficial results but with all polls reporting, she has a nearly 200-vote lead. R.J. Simpson appears to be in control in Hay River North and Lucy Kuptana looks to be the MLA-elect in Nunakput. Rocky Simpson is also out as Vince McKay is the new MLA-elect in Hay River South.
N.W.T. voters go to polls today in territorial election
November 14, 2023
CBC North - ...election. They'll join 3 others from the last assembly who were acclaimed. Clockwise from top left, the 4 re-elected candidates: R.J. Simpson, Lesa Semmler, Richard Edjericon and Shane Thompson. (CBC) Rodgers told CBC News on Tuesday evening that he planned to "take a nap" if he won, then he'd get...
‘There is no MLA 101.’ Caitlin Cleveland’s advice to the winners
November 14, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...GNWT. That was done through our chair of the accountability and oversight committee, who was Kevin O’Reilly, along with our deputy chair, who was Lesa Semmler, in conjunction with our finance minister, who was Caroline Wawzonek. Those three kind-of carried the torch and the hard work of having to bring...
NWT Election 2023: Lenora McLeod’s Inuvik Twin Lakes interview
November 13, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...with them so we can have a strong health sector for everybody,” she said. More information: Lenora McLeod’s Facebook page Incumbent Lesa Semmler is also running for a second term representing Inuvik Twin Lakes. Despite multiple attempts, an interview with Semmler could not be arranged. NWT...
Inuvik election candidates talk community funding, climate change in online forum
November 9, 2023
CBC North - ...two of the 10 invited candidates. The two candidates were Denny Rodgers, running in Inuvik Boot Lake (against Diane Archie and Sallie Ross), and Lesa Semmler, the incumbent candidate in Inuvik Twin Lakes (running against Lenora McLeod). There were two themes to the forum: community government funding,...
7 races to watch in the N.W.T. election
October 30, 2023
CBC North - ...is a well-known volunteer, former community coach and micro-business owner. She ran in 2019 for the Inuvik-Twin Lakes district, where she lost to Lesa Semmler. Thebacha The Thebacha district will be a three-way race between incumbent Frieda Martselos, and challengers Connie Benwell and Jay Macdonald. ...
The 2023 candidates: Inuvik Twin Lakes
October 28, 2023
CBC North - ...We will add answers as we get them. Responses have been edited for clarity, but reflect the candidates' own words and views. Lenora McLeod Lesa Semmler Lenora McLeod (Submitted) Why are you running for office? I am running for office to have the opportunity to represent our community at the...
Here’s who’s running for election on Nov. 14
October 20, 2023
NNSL Media - ...South Vince McKay Wally Schumann Rocky Simpson Inuvik Boot Lake Diane Archie Denny Rodgers Sallie Ross Inuvik Twin Lakes Lenora McLeod Lesa Semmler Kam Lake Caitlin Cleveland (acclaimed) Mackenzie Delta Frederick Blake Jr. George Nerysoo Richard Ross Jr. Monfwi Jane Armstrong (acclaimed)...
NWT Election 2023: Nominations closed but lists aren’t quite final
October 20, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...contenders are Danny McNeely and Delphine Pierrot. Elsewhere, movement on Friday included the addition of Lenora McLeod to challenge incumbent Lesa Semmler in Inuvik Twin Lakes, while Vince Teddy turned Nunakput into a contest with Lucy Kuptana. Richard Ross Jr joined George Nerysoo and incumbent...