Brian W. Lewis | |
Birth Date: | 26 September 1936 |
Birth Place: | London, England, United Kingdom |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories |
Constituency: | Yellowknife Centre |
Term Start: | 1987 |
Term End: | 1995 |
Predecessor: | Robert H. MacQuarrie |
Successor: | Jake Ootes |
Alma Mater: | University of Wales University of Toronto |
Party: | non-partisan consensus government |
Spouse: | Della Bunz, m. 3 Aug 1963 |
Children: | 4 |
Occupation: | educator, author |
Brian Wyndham Lewis is a former educator, deputy minister in the Northwest Territories government, elected politician and speaker of the Northwest Territories Legislature.[1]
Lewis and his family first moved to the Northwest Territories in 1963.[2] Lewis was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1987 Northwest Territories general election he won the Yellowknife Centre electoral district. He was re-elected in the 1991 Northwest Territories general election.[3] Lewis ran for the position of speaker but was defeated by Jeannie Marie-Jewell. He became deputy speaker instead.[4] On December 15, 1994 Jewell would resign as speaker and Lewis automatically became Acting Speaker. He held that position until February 15, 1995.[5]