Dave Ramsay | |
Birth Date: | March 18, 1970 |
Birth Place: | Saint John, New Brunswick |
Residence: | Yellowknife, NT |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories |
Constituency: | Kam Lake |
Term Start: | November 24, 2003 |
Term End: | November 23, 2015 |
Predecessor: | Tony Whitford |
Successor: | Kieron Testart |
Party: | Independent |
Dave Ramsay (born March 18, 1970, in Saint John, New Brunswick) is a Yellowknife businessman and politician.
Ramsay first ran for a seat in the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly in the 1999 Northwest Territories general election in the electoral district of Range Lake. He was defeated by candidate Sandy Lee finishing a close second. He would run again in the 2003 Northwest Territories general election this time in the electoral district of Kam Lake. He defeated two other candidates with nearly 50% of the vote to win his first term in office.[1]
Ramsay was reelected to a second term in the 2007 general election. He won a third term in the 2011 election and was chosen for cabinet on the formation of the 17th Assembly, serving as Minister of Transport.