Lesa Semmler’s vacant seat to be filled in November 24 by-election
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Nominations open on October 26, early voting begins on November 3, and election day voting will run from 9am till 8pm.
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Lesa Semmler’s vacant seat to be filled in November 24 by-election
Ollie Williams
Friday October 9, 2026 at 11:07am MT
Lesa Semmler, left, at a ceremony to open an Inuvik transitional housing facility. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio
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Elections NWT says a by-election has been scheduled for November 24 to fill the Inuvik Twin Lakes seat in the territorial legislature vacated by Lesa Semmler.
Semmler resigned as an MLA and health minister in mid-September, stating “it is time for a new chapter.”
Her departure was unusual in that it came only a year from the next territorial election.…
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