Tu Nedhe Explained

Tu Nedhe^[1] was a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The district consists of Fort Resolution and Lutselk'e.

The riding was dissolved for the 2015 election, merging with the district of Weledeh to create the new district of Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

	Name	Elected	Left Office	Eliza Lawrence	1983	1987	Don Morin	1987	1999	Steven Nitah	1999	2003	Bobby J. Villeneuve	2003	2007	Tom Beaulieu	2007	2015

Election results

2015 election

Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh
	Name	Vote	%	Tom Beaulieu	410	71.1
Richard Edjericon	177	28.9
Total Valid Ballots		587	100%
Turnout			71%

**Beaulieu was previously member for the abolished district of Weledeh

2011 election

2011 Northwest Territories general election
	Name	Vote	%	Tom Beaulieu	Acclaimed

2007 election

2007 Northwest Territories general election
^[3]	Name	Vote	%	Tom Beaulieu	252	52.72%	Steve Ellis	175	36.61%	Raymond Simon	26	5.44%	Bobby J. Villeneuve	12	2.51%	Andrew Butler	6	1.26%	James W. McPherson	6	1.26%
Total Valid Ballots		477	99.79%
Voter Turnout 90.87%	Rejected Ballots 1

2003 election

2003 Northwest Territories general election
^[4]	Name	Vote	%	Bobby J. Villeneuve	106	23.71%
Steven Nitah	82	18.34%
James Marlow	80	17.90%
Robert G. Sayine	55	12.30%
Maurice E. Boucher	49	10.96%
Wilfred M. Simon	44	9.84%
Felix Lockhart	31	6.94
Total Valid Ballots		447	100%
Voter Turnout 93.56%	Rejected Ballots 3

1999 election

1999 Northwest Territories general election
^[5]	Name	Vote	%	Steven Nitah	210	43.21%
Sabet Biscaye	167	34.36%
Daniel Walton	80	16.46
Noel Villebrun	29	5.97%
Total Valid Ballots		486	100%
Voter Turnout 81.26%	Rejected Ballots 4

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories

Notes and References

1. http://www.electionsnwt.ca/images/constituency_map.gif Constituency map of the NWT
2. https://norj.ca/2014/06/mlas-vote-to-merge-tu-nedhe-and-weledeh-despite-opposition/ "MLAs vote to merge Tu Nedhe and Weledeh, despite opposition"
3. Web site: Official Voting Results 2007 General Election . Elections NWT . 2008-02-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080411063925/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2007Eng.pdf . 2008-04-11.
4. Web site: Official Voting Results 2003 General Election . Elections NWT . 2008-02-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080411063907/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2003Eng.pdf . 2008-04-11.
5. Web site: Official Voting Results 1999 General Election . Elections NWT . 2008-02-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080411063937/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElections1999Eng.pdf . 2008-04-11.