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by 40 votes and placing just shy of second place behind
Hawkins by 4. After leaving public office, Testart became the Manager of Economic Development for the Yellowknives Dene First Nation. During the 2023 Canadian Wildfires crisis that forced most communities to evacuate, he remained as an essential
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under the banner of a would-be "Liberal
Democratic" slate. Ultimately, Testart would abandon the project, scrapping any electoral alliance between candidates, and remained an independent after claiming "there was a concerted campaign of disinformation" that undermined his efforts. The plan itself was
293:, the Northwest Territories leaves the election of its Premier and Cabinet up to MLA's through a secret ballot. Opting to not seek a cabinet post, he criticized the lack of transparency around this voting system, and breaking with tradition, he publicly disclosed his choice for Premier and Cabinet.
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retired after her term as
Premier was complete. He defeated two other candidates, winning 55% of the vote. Testart then ran for Premier of the Northwest Territories against three other candidates. The only candidate who was not previously a cabinet minister, after Shane Thompson dropped out before
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In 2018, Testart introduced an amendment to the territorial
Elections Act to permit the introduction of party politics in the legislative assembly, but his motion received no support from other MLAs and was dropped. In 2019, he planned to organize a group of ideologically aligned MLA candidates in
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the vote, Testart surprisingly overcame fellow
Yellowknife area MLA Caroline Wawzonek, and placed second to Hay River North's R.J. Simpson. Forcing a head-to-head run-off ballot as no candidate initially received a majority of votes, he was ultimately defeated by Simpson on the second ballot.
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In the 18th
Assembly Testart established himself as an advocate for improved government transparency and accountability, becoming a strong critic of the Northwest Territories' consensus government system. Unlike every other province and territory in Canada, aside from
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285:. Shortly thereafter, he entered territorial politics and ran for Kam Lake's seat in the Legislative Assembly, defeating incumbent cabinet minister Dave Ramsay in a two-way contest.
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A sheriff for the territorial
Department of Justice, Testart began his political career when he became a candidate for the
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-yellowknife-evacuation-continues-past-deadline-as-wildfires-encroach/
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Testart returned to the
Legislature after winning the electoral district of Range Lake, which became vacant after
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worker throughout the state of emergency, directing emergency operations for the First Nation communities of
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https://cabinradio.ca/161452/news/politics/testart-and-hawkins-back-as-mlas-morse-and-reid-win-tight-races/
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-secret-vote-premier-cabinet-1.3362772
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741:"Kieron Testart drops out of N.W.T. Liberal race, supports Michael McLeod"
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Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
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281:. However, he ultimately withdrew from the race to endorse
829:"N.W.T. MLA steps back from move toward party politics"
847:"Kam Lake: Incumbent Testart is out, Cleveland is in"
725:"N.W.T. votes 2015 | Yellowknifers opt for change"
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42:Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
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58:November 23, 2015 – September 2, 2019
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299:2019 Northwest Territories general election
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215:University of Lethbridge
1080:People from Yellowknife
933:Current members of the
271:Liberal Party of Canada
173:Liberal Party of Canada
852:Northern News Services
279:2015 federal election
275:Northwest Territories
203:Northwest Territories
731:, November 23, 2015.
647:Total valid ballots
161:consensus government
1048:Membership per the
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544:Abdullah Al-Mahamud
16:Canadian politician
1033:Weyallon Armstrong
266:four years later.
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810:Richard Gleeson,
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311:Caitlin Cleveland
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113:November 14, 2023
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1090:1985 births
635:Dave Ramsay
433:Total votes
199:Yellowknife
119:Preceded by
69:Dave Ramsay
64:Preceded by
1064:Categories
858:August 15,
701:References
606:Candidate
485:Candidate
422:Nicole Sok
409:Aaron Reid
381:Candidate
372:Range Lake
260:Range Lake
226:Occupation
210:Alma mater
89:Range Lake
973:MacDonald
958:Edjericon
953:Cleveland
833:CBC North
816:CBC North
799:CBC North
745:CBC North
729:CBC North
684:Source(s)
98:Incumbent
54:In office
1038:Yakeleya
1028:Wawzonek
1023:Thompson
783:CBC News
597:Kam Lake
476:Kam Lake
244:Canadian
187:Children
151:, Canada
145:Victoria
46:Kam Lake
1018:Testart
1013:Semmler
1008:Rodgers
998:Nerysoo
983:McNeely
968:Kuptana
963:Hawkins
947:Simpson
305:In the
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277:in the
262:in the
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