Caroline Wawzonek Explained

Caroline Wawzonek
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Term Start:October 1, 2019
Predecessor:Bob McLeod
Constituency:Yellowknife South
Party:non-partisan consensus government

Caroline Wawzonek is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 2019 election.[1] She represents the electoral district of Yellowknife South, and was elected to Premier Caroline Cochrane's cabinet by the new cohort of territorial MLAs on October 24, 2019.[2]

After being acclaimed to the 20th Legislative Assembly in 2023, Wawzonek returned to the Executive Council as Deputy Premier, Minister of Finance, Minister of Infrastructure, and the Minister Responsible for the NWT Power Corporation.

Notes and References

  1. Ollie Williams, "Only Nahendeh left to elect MLA, 18 others are elected". Cabin Radio, October 1, 2019.
  2. Ollie Williams, "Here's who will be in Caroline Cochrane's NWT cabinet". Cabin Radio, October 24, 2019.