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♀ Nellie J. Cournoyea
aliasNellie J. Cournoyea
Record
12991 · 8903

Norwegian-Canadian    Inuit   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Northwest Territories 4 0 4
Birth 4 March 1940
Age 84 years + 1 month
First mandate 1 October 1979 → 44 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 28 years + 6 months ago (15 October 1995)
Special notes
None
 
Nellie J. Cournoyea (1940– )
© Photo 2006 US Mission to Canada — licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Northwest Territories 16 0 11 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NT 12
INDE
 1 Premier 51–55 14 Nov 1991 — 21 Nov 1995 4 0 7

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John W. Steen  m 
 
 
Eligible: 669 Votes: 470 Participation: 70.25% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
9		 Northwest Territories
1 October 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30736(F) — 22 Jan 2023 13:41 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
IND
 1/3 276 58.97% +168 Loser:
IND
 108 23.08% John W. Steen

Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Territorial
10		 Northwest Territories
21 November 1983
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30762(F) — 22 Jan 2023 12:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
IND
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 931 Votes: 707 Participation: 75.94% Candidacies: 2
Territorial
11		 Northwest Territories
5 October 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30789(F) — 22 Jan 2023 12:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
IND
 1/2 489 69.96% +279 Loser:
IND
 210 30.04% Mary Carpenter-Lyons

Service: 4 years 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Territorial
12		 Northwest Territories
15 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30813(F) — 22 Jan 2023 05:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
IND
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years (Oppo.)
Eligible: 951 Votes: 640 Participation: 67.30% Candidacies: 2
Territorial
13		 Northwest Territories
16 October 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30838(F) — 22 Jan 2023 00:47 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
55		 Successor:
IND
 395 62.20% Vince Steen

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN OpenNWT: Politicians
Nellie Cournoyea		 04 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Nellie Cournoyea		 04 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Nellie Cournoyea		 04 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Mar 2024 07:40 (but data presented dynamically)

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