2023 NWT Election
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Robert Hawkins
Candidate in the Yellowknife Centre Yellowknife race.
Robert can be reached at YKcentre@gmail.com, or by calling 867-444-0818.
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N.W.T.’s carbon tax exemption on heating fuel good, but not enough, says former MLA
February 8, 2024
CBC North - ...finance department announced it in a news release at 6 p.m. Tuesday, on the first day of the Legislative Assembly's sitting. Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins told CBC News in an email that he's pleased that the government has acted on the exemption, after pressure from MLAs. "However I think it is fair...
‘Numerous’ NWT residents still waiting for evacuation funding
February 8, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...He also questions what will happen in future evacuations, given the challenges he has faced trying to access financial support. He’s not alone. Robert Hawkins, the MLA for Yellowknife Centre, told the legislature on Tuesday that multiple NWT residents have faced issues receiving evacuation-related funding....
R.J. Simpson elected Premier of the Northwest Territories
December 8, 2023
CKLB 101.9 - ...in cabinet. Seven others also put their names forward: Denny Rogers, Daniel McNeely, Jane Weyallon-Armstrong, Richard Edjericon, Kieron Testart, Robert Hawkins, and Shauna Morgan. This means just four MLAs did not put their names forward for either speaker, premier, or cabinet. The new cabinet ministers...
Live: RJ Simpson is new NWT premier, cabinet also chosen
December 7, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...to sit there listening to a dozen people's 10-minute autobiographies while quietly stewing. I'm sure they're shaking it off better than I might. Robert Hawkins, entering his fourth term in office (but his first after eight years away), says he dreaded, as a regular MLA, the "minister of no." He pledges to...
What your new MLAs say they want for the Northwest Territories
November 28, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...need this income to keep food on the table and pay their bills. Why aren’t we supporting their efforts to rebuild by contracting them directly? Robert Hawkins, Yellowknife Centre The state of the economy is a real concern and it may rise above many other issues for some. However, for others there are...
When the Heart Says No: How does Premier Simpson sound?
November 28, 2023
NNSL Media - ...seem better qualified. Yellowknife ministers Caroline Wawzonek: as I said above, I would be very surprised if she did not return as a minister. Robert Hawkins has three terms of experience and he has worked with the John Howard Society for the last seven years. He lived in Fort Simpson for 10 years and...
20th Legislative Assembly Officially Sworn In
November 24, 2023
My Yellow Knife Now - ... – Kieron Testart for Range Lake – Daniel McNeely for Sahtu – Jay MacDonald for Thebacha – Richard Edjericon for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh – Robert Hawkins for Yellowknife centre, and – Shauna Morgan for Yellowknife North. - Advertisement - Caroline Wawzonek for Yellokwnife South, Jane Armstrong...
Meet the NWT premier and cabinet you told us you want
November 20, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...names selected most for cabinet in our survey are: Caroline Wawzonek RJ Simpson Caitlin Cleveland Lesa Semmler Shane Thompson Shauna Morgan Robert Hawkins But it’s not as simple as that. Two important factors are the geographical distribution of cabinet members and whether the lineup changes...
There’s a line forming to be in the next NWT cabinet
November 17, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...and told Cabin Radio she would be “honoured to be picked” for a role in cabinet, given her experience as an MLA returning for a second term. Robert Hawkins said he was interested in a cabinet role, as did Caitlin Cleveland, Danny McNeely, Jay Macdonald, Richard Edjericon and Caroline Wawzonek, who is...
Yellowknife’s new MLAs make their first group appearance
November 16, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...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, wasn’t present. He said earlier he would be in Behchokǫ̀ for the day. Caroline Wawzonek...
Election 2023: Residents vote for change as seven incumbents ousted
November 15, 2023
CKLB 101.9 - ...Mayor of Fort Smith Jay MacDonald. 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;...
Re-elected MLA Lesa Semmler weighing a run for N.W.T. premiership
November 15, 2023
CBC North - ...at a run for premier and cabinet. The other past MLAs now making a return are Sahtu MLA-elect Daniel McNeely and Yellowknife Centre MLA-elect Robert Hawkins. McNeely told CBC News he'll run for cabinet, but is undecided on a bid for premier. CBC North has contacted both Hawkins and Wawzonek, who have...
Unofficial Election Results Provided by Elections NWT
November 15, 2023
My Yellow Knife Now - ...95 Jay MacDonald 483 Frieda Martselos 416 Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh: Nadine Delorme 33 Richard Edjericon 221 Yellowknife Centre: Ambe Chenemu 225 Robert Hawkins 333 Matt Spence 243 - Advertisement - Yellowknife North: Jon Howe 54 Shauna Morgan 734 Bruce Valpy 350 Three candidates ran unopposed in...
Key takeaways from the 2023 N.W.T. election
November 15, 2023
CBC North - ...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 for Yellowknife Centre after being defeated by Julie Green in 2015. And the acclaimed ridings — Kam Lake, Monfwi and...
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...