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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
It was once again an incumbent's election as all incumbents but one were reelected in the Northwest Territories.

First time winner Robert Bouchard of Hay River North celebrates with five-time winner from Hay River South, Jane Groenewegen on election night Monday. - Angele Cano/NNSL photo

Michael McLeod's loss to Michael Nadli in the Deh Cho was the biggest surprise of the night. Nadli took the riding with about 64 per cent of the vote.

Perhaps the biggest disappointment of the night was felt not by any one candidate but by Yellowknife candidates as a whole, many of whom sacrificed hours and hours of personal time during their campaigns, only to be met with record voter apathy.

Voter turnout in Yellowknife was abysmal, with reports indicating voter turnout between 29.96 per cent at its lowest, in Frame Lake and 39.96 per cent at its highest, in Great Slave.

The average voter turnout for Yellowknife was 34.1 percent, compared with 57.5 per cent in 2007.

The overall voter turnout for the Northwest Territories will likely be buoyed by the smaller communities, however, with some ridings, such as Inuvik Boot Lake and Monfwi, boasting turnouts of over 80 per cent.

There were a few landslide victories Monday night, notably Bob Bromley, who won in Weledeh with 89 per cent of the vote and Kevin Menicoche, who won in Nahendeh with 77 per cent of the vote.

Meanwhile in Inuvik Boot Lake, merely five votes, or one percentage point, separated leader Alfred Moses from Chris Larocque, mandating a judicial recount.

The Elections and Plebiscites Act dictates that a recount is necessary, "If Š on the official addition, candidates receiving the most votes from any other candidate is less than 2 per cent of the total number of votes cast in the electoral district."

MLA-elects, by district are:

• Deh Cho ­ Michael Nadli (64 per cent of the vote)
• Hay River North ­ Robert Bouchard (48 per cent)
• Hay River South ­ Jane Groenewegen (58 per cent)
• Inuvik Boot Lake ­ Alfred Moses (unconfirmed) (43 per cent)
• Inuvik Twin Lakes ­ Robert C. McLeod (acclaimed)
• Mackenzie Delta ­ Frederick Blake Jr. (31 per cent)
• Nahendeh ­ Kevin Menicoche (77 per cent)
• Monfwi ­ Jackson Lafferty (55 per cent)
• Nunakput ­ Jackie Jacobson (61 per cent)
• Sahtu ­ Norman Yakeleya (60 per cent)
• Thebacha ­ Michael J. Miltenberger (43 per cent)
• Tu Nedhe ­ Tom Beaulieu (acclaimed)
• Frame Lake ­ Wendy Bisaro (55 per cent)
• Great Slave ­ Glen Abernethy (64 per cent)
• Kam Lake ­ David Ramsay (65 per cent)
• Range Lake ­ Daryl Dolynny (39 per cent)
• Weledeh ­ Bob Bromley (89 per cent)
• Yellowknife Centre ­ Robert Hawkins (58 per cent)
• Yellowknife South ­ Bob McLeod (acclaimed)

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