list of northwest territories premiers

This is a list of the premiers and Commissioners who held governing power in the Northwest Territories, Canada. As the NWT has a consensus government, the premier is elected by and from the members of the legislative assembly, who are not divided into parties. For a full list of commissioners see: List of Northwest Territories commissioners

Name	Term
Frederick W. A. G. Haultain	1897-1905
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Frederick D. White	1905-1919
William Wallace Cory	1919-1931
Hugh H. Rowatt	1931-1936
Dr. Charles Camsell	1936-1946
Dr. Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside	1947-1950
Hugh Andrew Young	1950-1953
Robert Gordon Robertson	1953-1963
Bent Gestur Sivertz	1963-1967
Stuart Milton Hodgson	1967-1979
John Havelock Parker	1979-1980*
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George Braden	1980-1984
Richard Nerysoo	1984-1985
Nick Sibbeston	1985-1987
Dennis Patterson	1987-1991
Nellie Cournoyea	1991-1995
Don Morin	1995-1998
James Antoine	1998-2000
Stephen Kakfwi	2000-2003
Joe Handley	2003-

Note.

Prior to 1897, the Northwest Territories had no premier. From 1905 to 1980, the head of government of the NWT was a commissioner appointed by the Prime Minister. Since 1980, this position is now similar to that of a Lieutenant Governor. As such, this table only lists those Commissioners who held governing power in the territory.

John Havelock Parker was actually Commissioner until 1989, but lost governing power in 1980 to the premier.

Prior to 1994, the NWT head of government was referred to as Government Leader. For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents. *

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