2023 NWT Election
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Paulie Chinna
Candidate in the Sahtu All Ridings race.
Paulie can be reached at Bjharley53@gmail.com, or by calling 780-660-2381.
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Daniel McNeely elected Sahtu MLA
November 14, 2023
NNSL Media - ...McNeely is the new MLA for Sahtu after capturing 367 votes with 11 of 14 polls reporting. McNeely topped challengers Dolly Pierrot and outgoing MLA Paulie Chinna to win a closely contested race. By the time the 11th poll was reported and McNeely’s win was clear, Pierrot had 200 votes and Chinna had 225. ...
Results start becoming clearer as last numbers roll in
November 14, 2023
NNSL Media - ...a return to the legislative assembly in Tu-Nedhe-Wiilideh and Danny McNeely will return to the assembly as the MLA for Sahtu, defeating incumbent Paulie Chinna and Dolly Pierrot. Sheryl Yakeleya is the MLA-elect in Dehcho with all polls reporting. She beat three candidates, including incumbent Ron...
N.W.T. voters go to polls today in territorial election
November 14, 2023
CBC North - ...will assign their portfolios. Four of the people who served in cabinet before dissolution are running for reelection: R.J. Simpson, Diane Archie, Paulie Chinna, and Shane Thompson. Caroline Wawzonek was acclaimed in her riding, and Julie Green, the former health minister, is not running again. Follow...
Could the N.W.T.’s next emergency be its lack of leadership?
November 11, 2023
CBC North - ...of her portfolio, handing the important file to her newest cabinet minister. Perhaps the best example of this crisis of confidence is the case of Paulie Chinna, who was stripped of her Municipal and Community Affairs portfolio as soon as it became important to pandemic response. Cochrane handed it back...
Isolated and expensive, the N.W.T.’s Sahtu riding feels squeeze of climate change
November 8, 2023
CBC North - ...will be a challenge for the Sahtu's next MLA. Three people are running in the Nov. 14 election: Daniel McNeely, Delphine Pierrot and incumbent Paulie Chinna. "It's going to be a lot of work. I don't envy them," he...
NWT Election 2023: Read our Sahtu interviews
November 6, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...of the Sahtu can choose between Paulie Chinna, Danny McNeely or Delphine Pierrot in the 2023 territorial election. We’ve interviewed all three candidates, giving each person 15 minutes to discuss their platform, the priorities they’d like to focus on if elected, and the qualities that they...
NWT Election 2023: Danny McNeely’s Sahtu interview
November 6, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...in the Sahtu, pushing to complete construction of the Great Bear River bridge, and addressing high living costs. In 2019, McNeely lost his seat to Paulie Chinna by 2022 votes. “This time around – because of the last four years and a lot of situations that have happened since then – I think we’re...
NWT Election 2023: Delphine Pierrot’s Sahtu interview
November 6, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...her aware of the challenges across the region’s communities. More information: Delphine Pierrot’s Facebook page Danny McNeely and incumbent Paulie Chinna are also running for the seat. NWT Election 2023: Back to Cabin Radio’s election homepage This interview was recorded on November 2, 2023. The...
NWT Election 2023: Paulie Chinna’s Sahtu interview
November 6, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...her last term as Sahtu MLA, Paulie Chinna is standing for re-election with a goal of enhancing “what already exists.” Chinna says the past four years have given her the experience and skills to better serve people. If re-elected, she’ll focus on finding funding for infrastructure projects – and...
7 races to watch in the N.W.T. election
October 30, 2023
CBC North - ...and treaties, resource management, constitutional development and political evolution of the territory. Sahtu Housing minister and incumbent Paulie Chinna will face Daniel McNeely, the Sahtu MLA from 2015 to 2019, once again. As the minister responsible for housing and homelessness, Chinna was...
Here’s who’s running for election on Nov. 14
October 20, 2023
NNSL Media - ... Hillary Deneron Shane Thompson Leslie Wright Nunakput Lucy Kuptana Vince Teddy Range Lake Aaron Reid Nicole Sok Kieron Testart Sahtu Paulie Chinna Daniel McNeely Delphine Pierrot Thebacha Connie Benwell Jay MacDonald Frieda Martselos Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh Nadine Delorme Richard Edjericon ...
NWT Election 2023: Nominations closed but lists aren’t quite final
October 20, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...candidate Paulie Chinna was among the last names added to the list of nominees in this fall’s NWT election before the window for candidates to step forward closed. Chinna, the housing minister, appeared at almost the last moment before the five-day nomination period closed at 2pm on Friday. Other Sahtu...
Here’s an updated list of who’s running in the N.W.T. election
October 12, 2023
CBC North - ...Sharon Allen Nunakput Lucy Kuptana, Vince Teddy Range Lake Aaron Reid, Kieron Testart, Nicole Sok Sahtú Danny McNeely, Delphine Pierrot, Paulie Chinna* Thebacha Connie Benwell, Frieda Martselos*, Jay Macdonald Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh Richard Edjericon*, Nadine Delorme Yellowknife Centre Ambe...
Trudeau talks housing, wildfires, Israel-Gaza in Yellowknife visit
October 12, 2023
CKLB 101.9 - ...in 2025. Trudeau was joined at the announcement by Premier Caroline Cochrane, MP Michael McLeod, Mayor Rebecca Alty, and Minister for Housing NWT Paulie Chinna. Trudeau cited high rents and low vacancy rates in the N.W.T. capital as motivations for the project: In October 2022, the vacancy rate in the...
Prime Minister Trudeau announces $20.8 million affordable housing investment, 50 new homes coming to Yellowknife
October 12, 2023
My Yellow Knife Now - ...held at Somba K’e Park in Yellowknife, the Prime Minister joined NWT MP Michael McLeod, Yellowknife Mayor Rebecca Alty, GNWT Housing Minister Paulie Chinna, and Premier Caroline Cochrane, to announce a new affordable housing complex coming to Yellowknife. “The cost of rent has been going up, vacancy...