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.

Aliases (3)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public body → territorial legislature → unicameral legislature →
abbreviation	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 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 → 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, Northwest Territories →
meetsIn	Yellowknife →
membersCalled	Members of the Legislative Assembly →
partOf	Government of the Northwest Territories →
precededBy	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 (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ("NWT Legislative Assembly") →	abbreviation
Premier of the Northwest Territories →	appointedBy
Premier of the Northwest Territories →	cooperatesWith
Northwest Territories →	legislativeBody
Premier of the Northwest Territories →	positionHeldIn
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan ("Territorial Assembly of the Northwest Territories (for the region now Saskatchewan)") →	predecessor
Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ("Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (for the Nunavut region)") →	replaced
Commissioner of the Northwest Territories →	worksWith