Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories

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public body territorial legislature unicameral legislature

The Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories is the unicameral, consensus-based territorial legislature responsible for making laws and governing the Northwest Territories in Canada.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories canonical 10
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (for the Nunavut region) 1
NWT Legislative Assembly 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf public body ⓘ
territorial legislature ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
abbreviation Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NWT Legislative Assembly
appliesToJurisdiction Northwest Territories ⓘ
buildingCompleted 1993 ⓘ
chamber unicameral ⓘ
constitutionalStatus subordinate to Parliament of Canada ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
electoralSystemFeature no political parties in the chamber ⓘ
governmentType consensus government ⓘ
hasCommitteeType special committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 19 ⓘ
hasRole approves territorial budget ⓘ
holds executive accountable ⓘ
makes territorial laws ⓘ
hasSpeakerTitle Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
headOfGovernmentTitle Premier of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
headOfStateRepresentativeTitle Commissioner of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
highestLegislativeAuthorityIn Northwest Territories ⓘ
inception 1876 ⓘ
jurisdiction territorial government ⓘ
languageUsed Chipewyan ⓘ
Cree ⓘ
North Slavey ⓘ
surface form: Dogrib

English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Gwich’in ⓘ
Inuinnaqtun ⓘ
Inuktitut ⓘ
Inuvialuktun ⓘ
North Slavey ⓘ
South Slavey ⓘ
Tłı̨chǫ ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Northwest Territories ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
meetingPlace Northwest Territories Legislative Building ⓘ
Yellowknife ⓘ
surface form: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
meetsIn Yellowknife ⓘ
membersCalled Members of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
partOf Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
precededBy Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
surface form: Council of the Northwest Territories
selectionOfPremier elected by MLAs ⓘ
votingSystem non-partisan consensus system ⓘ
single-member districts ⓘ
website https://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/ ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Territories → legislativeBody → Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan → predecessor → Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Territorial Assembly of the Northwest Territories (for the region now Saskatchewan)
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories → abbreviation → Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NWT Legislative Assembly
Premier of the Northwest Territories → positionHeldIn → Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
Premier of the Northwest Territories → appointedBy → Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
Premier of the Northwest Territories → cooperatesWith → Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
Commissioner of the Northwest Territories → worksWith → Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Nunavut → replaced → Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (for the Nunavut region)
Yellowknife → hasLegislatureBuilding → Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
Government of the Northwest Territories → hasLegislature → Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
Northwest Territories Legislative Building → operator → Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
Northwest Territories Legislative Building → occupant → Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
North-West Legislative Assembly → followedBy → Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ