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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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...
Final day for candidates to come forward in NWT’s 2023 election
October 20, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...gifted the district, with no need for a formal election to go ahead. The six districts with one candidate so far are: Inuvik Twin Lakes (Lesa Semmler); Kam Lake (Caitlin Cleveland); Monfwi (Jane Weyallon Armstrong); Nunakput (Lucy Kuptana); Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh (Richard Edjericon); and ...
Here’s an updated list of who’s running in the N.W.T. election
October 12, 2023
CBC North - ... Hay River South Rocky Simpson*, Wally Schumann, Vince McKay Inuvik-Boot Lake Denny Rodgers, Diane Archie*, Sallie Ross Inuvik-Twin Lakes Lesa Semmler*, Lenora McLeod Kam Lake Caitlin Cleveland* (Acclaimed) Mackenzie Delta Frederick Blake Jr.*, George Nerysoo, Richard Ross Jr. Monfwi Jane...
Nominations open next week in N.W.T. election, here’s who’s running so far
October 12, 2023
CBC North - ...Reid Hay River North R.J. Simpson* Hay River South Wally Schumann Inuvik Boot Lake Diane Archie* Inuvik Boot Lake Denny Rodgers Inuvik Twin Lakes Lesa Semmler* Kam Lake Caitlin Cleveland* Mackenie Delta Frederick Blake Jr.* Monfwi Jane Weyallon Armstrong* Nahendeh Josh Campbell Nahendeh Les Wright Nunakput...
MLAs push government for new affirmative action plan
October 10, 2023
NNSL Media - ...but in spite of pointed questions in the legislature, the GNWT is mum on if or when a new policy will be implemented. Inuvik Twin-Lakes MLA Lesa Semmler and Yellowknife North MLA Ryland Johnson hammered Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek on the subject during the Oct. 3 sitting of the legislative...
N.W.T.’s premier remembered as unconventional leader, champion for marginalized people
October 7, 2023
CBC North - ...to almost all non-residents. And last year, she apologized in the Legislative Assembly after raising a point of order over Inuvik Twin Lakes MLA Lesa Semmler's remarks related to systemic racism. Semmler said that the massive over-representation of Indigenous children in care in the territory was a...
Inuvik wind project heads to court over claim huge sums are owed
October 3, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...the legal system, so my powers are very limited,” minister responsible Diane Archie said in the territory’s legislature as fellow Inuvik MLA Lesa Semmler called for action to be taken. Onec did not respond to a request for comment. Lawsuits ‘are not an answer’ Semmler wants to know when the...
In final sitting, N.W.T. MLAs to discuss capital budget, evacuations and pass about ‘a dozen bills’
September 27, 2023
CBC North - ...CBC News they are running: Ron Bonnetrouge, MLA for Deh Cho Katrina Nokleby, MLA for Great Slave Richard Edjericon, MLA for Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh Lesa Semmler, MLA for Inuvik-Twin Lakes Caitlin Cleveland, MLA for Kam Lake Frederick Blake Jr., MLA for Mackenzie Delta Jane Weyallon Armstrong, MLA for...
MLAs approve additional $75M for fire suppression
August 28, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...the federal government for support. O’Reilly said he’d like to see funding expanded to people who paid for their own commercial flights, while Lesa Semmler, the MLA for Inuvik Twin Lakes, said $400 is not enough for people who evacuated elsewhere in the North. Premier Caroline Cochrane, who met with...
NWT Wildfires: What you need to know as of 11 a.m. Aug. 24
August 24, 2023
NNSL Media - ...Fibre Link line towards Inuvik and are waiting for the weather to allow them to the site of the damaged line. – [Aug. 22] Inuvik Twin Lakes MLA Lesa Semmler is reporting from her evacuation location in Edmonton that “Tenants who rent in Yellowknife with Northview and are part of their Northview’s...
NWT Wildfires: What you need to know as of 10 a.m. Aug. 23
August 23, 2023
NNSL Media - ...Fibre Link line towards Inuvik and are waiting for the weather to allow them to the site of the damaged line. – [Aug. 22] Inuvik Twin Lakes MLA Lesa Semmler is reporting from her evacuation location in Edmonton that “Tenants who rent in Yellowknife with Northview and are part of their Northview’s...
Diane Archie says she’ll seek re-election in Inuvik
July 13, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...battle to succeed the late Alfred Moses as Inuvik Boot Lake’s MLA in 2019. She received 239 votes with nearest challenger Eugene Rees on 179. Lesa Semmler, Inuvik’s other MLA, has already announced her intention to seek re-election. Polling day is October...
Service gaps at Inuvik’s only dental office challenge residents
June 2, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...has been a struggle in the Northwest Territories and since Covid, dental service has been non-existent in many communities,” Inuvik Twin Lakes MLA Lesa Semmler told the Northwest Territories legislature on Wednesday. “We as a government need to do better. We need to come up with a better plan to provide...