Three women and one man have thrown their respective headgear into the ring in hopes of being the NWT’s next sole representative in the House of Commons.
Canadians go to the polls on April 28, after Prime Minister Mark Carney triggered a snap election in Ottawa on Sunday.
Michael McLeod was the NWT’s MP since winning his bid in the 2015 Canadian federal election, unseating NDP MP Dennis Bevington. McLeod announced his retirement last summer.
Here are the candidates confirmed to date, in alphabetical order:
Yellowknife Mayor Rebecca Alty is the Liberal Party’s NWT candidate in the 2025 general election. (Photo courtesy of the candidate via Facebook.)
Rebecca Alty, Yellowknife
Formerly in corporate communications, Alty was first elected as a city councillor in 2012 and then as mayor in 2018.
Key issues: Housing; infrastructure; economy; reconciliation; mental health; and alcohol/drug addictions.
Angela Davidson is the Green Party’s NWT candidate in the 2025 federal election. (Photo courtesy of Green Party.)
Angela Davidson, Campbell River, B.C.
Davidson, also known as Rainbow Eyes, is a member of the Da’naxda’xw-Awaetlala First Nation and is a high-profile defender of ancient forests on Vancouver Island.
Key issues: Affordable housing; agriculture; (CBC reports) fostering unity and creating inclusion for people who have previously felt excluded by party politics.
Kimberly Fairman is the Conservative Party’s NWT candidate for the 2025 federal election. (Photo courtesy of CPC.)
Kimberly Fairman, Yellowknife
Fairman, who is Inuk, worked as the executive director of the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research prior to the election.
Key issues: Cost of living; economy; housing; hunters’ rights; supporting local businesses.
Kelvin Kotchilea is the NDP’s NWT candidate in the 2025 general election. (Photo courtesy of the candidate via Facebook.)
Kelvin Kotchilea, Yellowknife
Kotchilea is a Tłı̨chǫ citizen, who grew up in Behchokǫ̀. For most of his GNWT career, he has been with the Department of Environment and Climate Change.
Key issues: Cost of living, infrastructure, clean energy projects; housing and advancing reconciliation.
CKLB will be sending a questionnaire out later this week to all candidates with questions of interest for our Indigenous listeners in communities across the NWT. If you have any topics you would like us to consider, send your suggestion to: news@cklbradio.com Those questionnaires will be posted in their entirety on CKLB.com.
In addition, that questionnaire will be accompanied by an offer for each candidate to appear by themselves on our Denendeh Sunrise show with host Roy Dahl. Those 8 a.m. appearances will last about 15 to 20 minutes and will be live streamed and archived.
CKLB also asks candidates’ campaigns to please add news@cklbradio.com to your email distribution lists. We want to ensure The Voice of Denendeh has plenty of information to share with our broadcast listeners and those who follow online.
