Richard Edjericon elected as new representative in Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh byelection

Voters in a Northwest Territories riding have chosen a new member of the legislative assembly after their previous representative resigned.

Richard Edjericon won the seat with 186 votes of 439 mail-in ballots cast in the Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh riding, which represents about 1,400 people in the territory’s southeast.

A byelection was called last November after Steve Norn resigned ahead of a vote to expel him for breaking COVID-19 isolation rules.

Norn ran in the byelection, receiving 70 votes and placing third out of six candidates.