Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly List 10 other official names:[1] Assemblée législative des Territoires du Nord-Ouest (French) Beba Ɂełígíth Ɂeła Déłtth’ı Kų́é (Chipewyan) ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦ (Inuktitut) K'áowe gogha ełek'éterewe ke łénakedé (North Slavey) Gogha Sombaa Nálée (South Slavey) Ek’ètehtsodǫ Łegehdı̀ Kǫ̀ (Tlicho) Ihumiurviat Malirutaliatigun (Inuinnaqtun) Dagwidįį'è' Tr'igwahtsii Geenjit Nadhat Kat" (Gwichʼin) Legislative Assemblitkut (Inuinnaqtun)
20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly[2]
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Shane Thompson since December 7, 2023
Premier	R.J. Simpson since 8 December 2023
Structure
Seats	19
Political groups	None   Independents (19)
Elections
Last election	November 14, 2023
Next election	TBD
Meeting place
Legislative Building, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Website
www.ntassembly.ca

The Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, or Legislative Council of the Northwest Territories (with Northwest hyphenated as North-West until 1906),^[3][4] is the legislature and the seat of government of Northwest Territories in Canada.^[5] It is a unicameral elected body that creates and amends law in the Northwest Territories. Permanently located in Yellowknife since 1993, the assembly was founded in 1870 and became active in 1872 with the first appointments from the Government of Canada.

Until 2014, the assembly was officially defined under federal law as "Legislative Council". However, under Northwest Territories territorial law, it was defined as "Legislative Assembly". The federal name was changed when the Northwest Territories Act was rewritten in 2014. Under different periods of its history it has alternated names.

Members of the Legislative Assembly are sworn in by the commissioner of the Northwest Territories.