Weledeh Explained

Weledeh^{[1] [2]} (or Yellowknife - Weledeh^[3]) was a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

It was one of seven districts that represent Yellowknife, and included the more rural communities of Dettah and N'Dilo.^[4]

The riding was dissolved for the 2015 election, with the Yellowknife portion transferred to a new district of Yellowknife North and the Dettah-N'Dilo portion merged with Tu Nedhe to create the new district of Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh.^[5]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

	Name	Elected	Left Office	Joe Handley	1999	2007	Bob Bromley	2007	2015

Election results

2011 election

2011 Northwest Territories general election
	Name	Vote	%	Bob Bromley	624		Mark Bogan	79

2007 election

2007 Northwest Territories general election
^[6]	Name	Vote	%	Bob Bromley	522	43.07%	Andy Wong	409	33.75%	Jonas Sangris	244	20.13%	Carol Morin	34	2.81%
Total Valid Ballots		1,209	9.75%
Voter Turnout 80.11%	Rejected Ballots 3

2003 election

2003 Northwest Territories general election
^[7]	Name	Vote	%	Joe Handley	Acclaimed

1999 election

1999 Northwest Territories general election
^[8]	Name	Vote	%	Joe Handley	648	57.75%
Roy Erasmus	229	20.41%
Blake Rasmussen	123	10.96%
Mark Heyck	122	10.87%
Total Valid Ballots		1,122	100%
Voter Turnout 76.96%	Rejected Ballots 7

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories

Notes and References

1. http://www.electionsnwt.ca/maps/Yellowknife_Weledeh_Electoral_Map.pdf Weledeh constituency map
2. http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/_live/pages/wpPages/members16thassembly.aspx Members of the Legislative Assembly
3. http://www.cbc.ca/nwtvotes2007/ridings/ Northwest Territories Votes 2007
4. http://www.electionsnwt.ca/maps/Yellowknife_Entire_Electoral_Map.pdf Map of the Yellowknife constituencies
5. 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"
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.