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♂ Joseph L. Handley
aliasJoseph L. Handley
Record
25764 · 8946

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Northwest Territories 2 0 2
Total 2 1 3
Birth 9 August 1943
Age 80 years + 8 months
First mandate 6 December 1999 → 24 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 3 months
 
Mandate ended 16 years + 6 months ago (30 September 2007)
Special notes
None
 
Joseph L. Handley (1943– )
© Photo 2002 Patrick Kane — licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0
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 7 9 23 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NT 15
INDE
 1 Premier 60–64 10 Dec 2003 — 18 Oct 2007 3 10 8

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Dennis F. Bevington  m 
⊕ Sandy Lee  f 
 		 ⊕ Roy Erasmus  m 
 
Eligible: 1,467 Votes: 1,129 Participation: 76.96% Candidacies: 4
Territorial
14		 Northwest Territories
6 December 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30862(F) — 22 Jan 2023 00:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
IND
 1/4 648 57.75% +419 Loser:
IND
 229 20.41% Roy Erasmus

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Territorial
15		 Northwest Territories
24 November 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30881(F) — 21 Jan 2023 23:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
IND
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 10 months 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,212 Votes: 1,212 Participation: 100.00% Candidacies: 4
Territorial
16		 Northwest Territories
1 October 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30900(F) — 21 Jan 2023 19:19 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
IND
 522 43.18% Robert Bromley
Eligible: 29,020 Votes: 15,655 Participation: 53.95% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 Northwest Territories
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6334(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
67
LIB
 3/5 2,872 18.44% -4,268 Winner:
NDP
 7,140 45.84% Dennis F. Bevington

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN OpenNWT: Politicians
Joe Handley		 25 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joe Handley		 25 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Joe Handley		 25 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Mar 2024 20:29 (but data presented dynamically)

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