Jeannie Marie-Jewell Explained

Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Birth Date:1961 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Constituency:Slave River
Term Start:5 October 1987
Term End:15 October 1991
Term Start1:15 October 1991
Term End1:16 October 1995
Predecessor:Arnold McCallum
Constituency1:Thebacha
Successor1:Michael Miltenberger
Party:Independent

Jeannie Marie-Jewell (born 7 October 1961) is a territorial level politician from northern Canada. She served as the first female Speaker in the history of the Northwest Territories legislature.

Political career

Marie-Jewell was first elected to the Northwest Territories legislature in the 1987 Northwest Territories for the riding of Slave River. She served that district until it was abolished in 1991. She rose to prominence in her first term in office holding a number of cabinet posts. She became Minister of Social Services, Minister of Personnel and Minister Responsible for the Women's Secretariat. She was also the Minister Responsible for the Highway Transport Board and Workers' Compensation Board and Minister for Youth.[1]

Marie-Jewell ran for re-election in the new electoral district of Thebacha in the 1991 Northwest Territories general election. She was elected speaker on 13 December 1993. She served as speaker until 15 December 1994.[2] In 1994 Marie-Jewell filed a complaint with the Northwest Territories ethics commissioner[3] that eventually led to the resignation and inquiry into Premier Don Morin's conflict-of-interest in the shipment of government owned bison being shipped to a ranch in Alberta.[4]

Marie-Jewell was defeated running for re-election in the 1995 Northwest Territories general election by Michael Miltenberger. She ran for her old seat once again in the 1999 Northwest Territories general election but was defeated by Miltenberger again. She again ran against Miltenberger for a third time in the 2007 Northwest Territories general election. She finished last in a field of three candidates with 16.8% of the vote.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CPA Activities: The Canadian Scene . Parliament of Canada . Canadian Parliamentary Review Vol 17 no 1 1994 . 2007-09-07.
  2. Web site: History of Northwest Territories Speaker 1975-present . Northwest Territories Legislature . 2007-09-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060721233740/http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/visitorinfo/factsheets/speaker.html . 21 July 2006 .
  3. Web site: Crawford to Premier: I won't step aside . 27 March 1998 . Nunatsiaq News . Jim Bell . 2007-09-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080612050429/http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/back-issues/week/80327.html#2 . 12 June 2008 . dead .
  4. Web site: Inquiry probes shipment of bison to Don Morin's friend . 29 October 1998 . Nunatsiaq News . 2007-09-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092339/http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut981031/nvt81030_07.html . 29 September 2007 . dead .
  5. Web site: NWT Votes 2007 Thebacha riding profile . . 2007-10-01.