Inuvik Boot Lake

Inuvik Boot Lake
Northwest Territories electoral district
	Boundaries of Inuvik Boot Lake
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
MLA	Denny Rodgers
;
First contested	1999
Last contested	2023
Region	Inuvik Region
Communities	Inuvik

Inuvik Boot Lake is a

electoral district^[1] for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories

, Canada.

Together with

Inuvik; both were created in 1999 from the previous monolithic Inuvik riding.^[2]

Geography

Inuvik Boot Lake borders Inuvik Twin Lakes to the northwest, west and southwest, bounded by Centennial Street, Reliance Street, Franklin Road, Distributor Street and Water Street. Inuvik Boot Lake is named for Boot Lake in the south of the electoral district.^[3]

History

The 2011 election marked the first time that voters in Inuvik Boot Lake actually voted in a territorial election since the 1999 election, as in both 2003 and 2007 the only candidate was Floyd Roland, who was returned by acclamation.^[3]^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Name	Elected	Left Office
Floyd Roland	1999	2011
Alfred Moses	2011	2019
Diane Thom	2019	2023
Denny Rodgers	2023	present

Election results

2023 election

v t e 2023 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Denny Rodgers	210	42.51
	Diane Archie (I.C.)	152	30.77
	Sallie Ross	132	26.72
Total votes		494

2019 election

v t e 2019 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes
	Diane Thom	239
	Eugene Rees	179
	Desmond Loreen	94
	Jimmy Kalinek	47

2015 election

2015 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Alfred Moses	366	88.6%
	Desmond Z. Loreen	47	11.4%
Total valid ballots / Turnout		413	43%

2011 election

2011 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes
	Alfred Moses	216
	Chris Larocque	211
	Grant Gowans	63
	Paul Voudrach	18

2007 election

In this election, no other candidate registered to run for this riding, so Floyd Roland was returned by acclamation.

2007 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes
	Floyd Roland	Acclaimed
Source(s) "Official Voting Results 2007 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

2003 election

In this election, no other candidate registered for this riding, so Floyd Roland was returned by acclamation.

2003 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes
	Floyd Roland	Acclaimed
Source(s) "Official Voting Results 2003 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

1999 election

In the 1999 election, the main issue territory-wide was the question of native self-government and control over the

consensus government

model, so no political parties exist; although some groups have attempted to revive a partisan legislature, to date such attempts have failed.

1999 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Floyd Roland	350	83.33%
	Mary Beckett	50	11.90%
	Chris Garven	20	4.76%
Total valid ballots / Turnout		420	69.90%
Rejected ballots		5
Source(s) "Official Voting Results 1999 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

References

^ Inuvik Boot Lake constituency map^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Map of the Inuvik constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
^ ^a ^b Districts: Inuvik Boot Lake^{[permanent dead link]}, Elections NWT, 2004-01-20 (accessed 2010-01-10).
^ Results of the Northwest Territories 2003 election Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, p.1., Summary of Votes Cast by Electoral District. Elections NWT (accessed 2010-01-10).

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories

68°21′09″N 133°42′12″W / 68.3524°N 133.7033°W / 68.3524; -133.7033

[1] Inuvik Boot Lake constituency map^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Map of the Inuvik constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-01-23.

[electionsnwtmap-3] Districts: Inuvik Boot Lake^{[permanent dead link]}, Elections NWT, 2004-01-20 (accessed 2010-01-10).

[2003results-4] Results of the Northwest Territories 2003 election Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, p.1., Summary of Votes Cast by Electoral District. Elections NWT (accessed 2010-01-10).

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