1960 Northwest Territories general election explained

The 1960 Northwest Territories general election took place on September 19, 1960.[1]

In this election three members of the general public were randomly chosen and appointed to the council.

Appointed members

4th Northwest Territories Council
MemberNew/Re-appointed
D.M. CollicanNew
Wilfred BrownRe-appointed
L.A. DesrochersNew
H.M. JonesNew
I. Norman SmithNew

Elected members

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

4th Northwest Territories Council
DistrictMember
Mackenzie DeltaKnut Lang[2]
Mackenzie NorthE.J. Gall
Mackenzie RiverJohn Goodall
Mackenzie SouthA.P Carey

Notes and References

  1. Sabin, Jerald Jeffrey Devlin (2016). CONTESTED COLONIALISM: THE RISE OF SETTLER POLITICS IN YUKON AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (PhD thesis), pp 152. University of Toronto.
  2. Book: Dacks, Gurston . Devolution and Constitutional Development in the Canadian North . 1990-12-15 . McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP . 978-0-7735-8151-7 . 30 . en.