Glen Korstrom
Northern News Services

NNSL (Nov 03/99) - Candidate nominations are now closed and Yellowknife has 25 candidates in seven ridings.

The city's largest riding is Weledeh, which takes in the area of Old Town and Ndilo, and has 1,403 registered voters.

Incumbent MLA Roy Erasmus is running against Joe Handley, NDP candidate Mark Heyck and Blake Rasmussen in the riding.

In Range Lake, where there are 1,390 voters, the five candidates are Alex Debogorski, Everett Kasteel, Sandy Lee, Dave Ramsay and Roger Russell.

In Yellowknife South, there are 1,322 registered voters so far and there are three candidates: Brenden Bell, NDP candidate Mary Beth Levan and Pat McMahon.

Incumbent MLA Charles Dent is running in Frame Lake, where there are 1,274 voters.

His two competitors are NDP candidate Bill Schram and David Wind.

In Kam Lake, where there are 1,234 voters so far, Beaton Mackenzie is running against NDP candidate Steve Petersen and Tony Whitford.

In the Great Slave riding there are five candidates including Bill Braden, Marie Coe, Roy Desjarlais, Bill Enge and NDP candidate Suzette Montreuil.

The smallest Yellowknife riding is Yellowknife Centre with 1,060 voters so far. The riding also has the fewest candidates with only incumbent MLA Jake Ootes and challenger Bernie Hughes.

Several candidates filed their nomination forms on Nov. 1, just before the 2 p.m. deadline.

Of the 65 candidates NWT-wide, 26 filed their papers on Nov. 1, according to NWT elections co-ordinator of information and training Brian Armstrong.

"A lot of the Yellowknife candidates filed their papers earlier on in the week but there were still a lot who filed just before the cut-off.

The voter's list revision period ends Nov. 8. at 5 p.m.

"People can still swear in and get on the voter's list but if they're not the list by Nov. 8 then they can't vote by proxy and they can't vote by mail-in ballot," Armstrong said.

"They can let us know they want to vote by proxy until Nov. 15."

Proxy voting is when someone votes on behalf of someone else who is out of town.

Mail-in ballots are when elections officials send ballots out to people in other communities or in the south.

University students are one good example of who votes this way.

"They can fill out an application and apply for a special mail-in ballot and we will send them a ballot in the mail which they can mark and send back to us by Dec. 3."

A total of 65 candidates have been nominated to run for election to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly.

The following is a list of the individuals, listed alphabetically by electoral district, who will be candidates in the December 6^th territorial election:

• Deh Cho: Samuel Gargan, Michael McLeod
• Frame Lake: Charles Dent, Bill Schram, David Wind
• Great Slave: Bill Braden, Marie Coe, Roy Desjarlais, Bill Enge, Suzette Montreuil
• Hay River North: Joanne Barnaby, Ron Courtoreille, Paul Delorey, Julien Lefebvre, Jerry Morin, Ken Thomas, Rod Tordoff
• Hay River South: Jane Groenewegen (acclaimed)
• Inuvik Boot Lake: Mary Felice Beckett, Chris Garven, Floyd Roland
• Inuvik Twin Lakes: Roger T. Allen, Glenna Hansen, George Roach
• Kam Lake: Beaton Mackenzie, Steve Petersen, Tony Whitford
• Mackenzie Delta: Grace Blake, David Krutko
• Nahendeh: Jim Antoine, Paul Matthew Gammon, Bill Lafferty
• North Slave: Georgina Franki, Leon Lafferty, George Mackenzie, Alfonz Nitsiza, James Rebesca, James Wah-Shee, Henry Zoe, Isadore Zoe
• Nunakput: Vince R. Steen, Vince Teddy
• Range Lake: Alex M. Debogorski, Everett Kasteel, Sandy Lee, Dave Ramsay, Roger Russell
• Sahtu: Stephen Kakfwi, Winter Lennie
• Thebacha: Jeannie Marie Jewell, J. Michael Miltenberger, Marilyn Napier
• Tu Nedhe: Sabet Biscaye, Steven B. Nitah, Noeline Villebrun, Daniel Walton
• Weledeh: Roy Erasmus, Joe Handley, Mark Heyck, Blake Rasmussen
• Yellowknife Centre: Bernie Hughes, Jake Ootes
• Yellowknife South: Brendan Bell, Mary Beth Levan, Pat McMahon