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ENTERPRISE - Winnie Cadieux, a longtime councillor and former mayor in Enterprise, has resigned from the community's municipal council.

Cadieux submitted her resignation on Oct. 23, effective immediately.

"I've got lots of business commitments and things that I have to concentrate on," she said.

"That was the main reason."

Among those business commitments, Cadieux will be returning to operating a restaurant, which she owned and operated for many years. Since 2004, the restaurant had been leased and operated by others as CB's Truck Stop.

"We're trying to get re-established," Cadieux said, adding the restaurant, which will operate under its former name Winnie's, has already begun to serve soup and sandwiches and light breakfasts.

She also owns and operates an associated gift shop and a gas bar.

Cadieux moved to Enterprise in 1984 and became a member of what was then a settlement council in late 1985.

Since then, she has served on council on and off for 20 years, about half of them as mayor.

"I found it challenging and rewarding," she said.

"I enjoyed working for the community."

With her resignation from council, Cadieux also automatically vacates her role with the NWT Association of Communities.

She was vice-president for settlements, hamlets and charter communities.

Cadieux, 57, was elected to a two-year term in 2007 when Enterprise switched its status from a settlement to a hamlet.

She does not rule out a return to politics sometime in the future.

Enterprise has called a by-election for Dec. 16 to replace Cadieux on the seven-person council.

Nominations are now open and close on Nov. 12.