Western Arctic

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Western Arctic is a federal electoral district and senate division in Northwest Territories, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.

It is the only electoral district of the territory and is represented in parliament by Dennis Bevington (New Democratic Party) in the 39th Canadian parliament.

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Population, 2001 37,360
Electors 28,619
Area (km2) 1,346,106
Population density (people per km2) 0.03

The district includes all of the Northwest Territories.

The electoral district was created in 1976 from the electoral district of Northwest Territories (1962 - 1976).

The riding's first MP was Progressive Conservative MP David Nickerson who was first elected in 1979 and re-elected twice. In the 1988 election, Nickerson was defeated by Liberal Ethel Blondin-Andrew who went on to serve as the riding's MP for eighteen years, including two years as Minister of State for Northern Development. In 2006, Blondin-Andrew was defeated by New Democrat Dennis Bevington. The earlier riding of Northwest Territories had been represented by New Democrat Wally Firth from 1972 to 1979.


Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democratic Party Dennis Bevington 6,801 42.67% $40,703
     Liberal Ethel Blondin-Andrew 5,643 35.40% $TBA
     Conservative Richard Edjericon 3,200 20.08% $TBA
     Green Alexandre Beaudin 296 1.85% $TBA
Total valid votes 15,940 100%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Residence Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Ethel Blondin-Andrew Yellowknife 5,317 39.44% $58,782
     New Democratic Party Dennis Bevington Fort Smith 5,264 39.05% $39,504
     Conservative Sean Mandeville Yellowknife 2,314 17.16% $16,863
     Green Chris O'Brien Yellowknife 583 4.32% $2,754
Total valid votes 13,478 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 69 0.51%
Turnout 13,547 47.33%
Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Ethel Blondin-Andrew 5,855 45.59% $56,498
     New Democratic Party Dennis Bevington 3,430 26.71% $27,323
     Canadian Alliance Fred Turner 2,273 17.70% $15,406
     Progressive Conservative Bruce McLaughlin 1,687 9.98% $8,374
Total valid votes 12,840 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 72 0.56%
Turnout 12,912 52.24%
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Ethel Blondin-Andrew 5,564 41.63% $56,834
     New Democratic Party Mary Beth Levan 2,579 19.29% $22,393
     Reform Mike Watt 1,966 14.71% $4,546
     Progressive Conservative Bob Dowdall 1,687 12.62% $16,020
     Independent Wally Firth 1,567 11.72% $8,857
Total valid votes 13,363 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 94 0.70%
Turnout 13,457 58.37%


Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Ethel Blondin-Andrew 8,867
     Reform Mansell Grey 2,000
     Progressive Conservative Martin Hanly 1,892
     New Democratic Party Bill Schram 896
     Green Chris O'Brien 325
     Natural Law Lynn Taylor 213


Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Ethel Blondin 5,415
     Progressive Conservative Dave Nickerson 3,657
     New Democratic Party Wayne Cahill 3,207
     Independent Cece McCauley 331
     Independent Ernie Lennie 169


Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Dave Nickerson 5,822
     New Democratic Party Bertha Allen 3,538
     Liberal Lynda Sorenson 3,264


Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Dave Nickerson 3,556
     New Democratic Party Wally Firth 3,537
     Liberal Gary Boyd 3,425


Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Dave Nickerson 4,058
     Liberal David Searle 3,827
     New Democratic Party Georges Erasmus 3,385
     Independent Edward McRae 273

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