Photo: Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.0Northwest Territories, which takes in Hay River, is held by Rebecca Alty (Liberal Party of Canada)
1 of the 1 MPs from the Northwest Territories belong to the Liberal Party of Canada. No provincial riding is named for Hay River, as no open boundary file exists for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories that we could find. In the census’s list of municipalities, Hay River is a town. Mayors and councillors in the Northwest Territories aren’t on any open list, so Hay River’s council goes unnamed here.
Three governments, and who does what
Hay River, a town in Northwest Territories, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
ntassembly.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Hay River has no upper-tier council: Region 5, its census division, exists for statistics only.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Hay River, from the most recent elections.
- 1Hay River councilTown
- 2Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories–
- 3House of CommonsNorthwest Territories
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Hay River votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Hay River council | 21 October 2024 | – |
| Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories | 14 November 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The open federal catalogue ends at 2021; the 2025 results sit on elections.ca under terms that bar commercial use. In the Northwest Territories, the last round of municipal elections came on 21 October 2024. The Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories was last elected on 14 November 2023, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
ntassembly.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Rebecca Alty represents Northwest Territories in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Northwest Territories · Liberal Party of Canada
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada1
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Rebecca Alty was mayor of Yellowknife before coming to Ottawa. April 2025 was Rebecca Alty’s first election to the House of Commons. On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Northwest Territories would have gone to the Liberal Party of Canada with 38%, and Rebecca Alty kept it for them in 2025.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
Northwest Territories returned Michael McLeod (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021
Counts for Northwest Territories within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map.
In 2021, 47% of electors cast a ballot in Northwest Territories, under the national 63%. The 2021 count in Northwest Territories put Michael McLeod (Liberal Party of Canada) first at 38%, with Kelvin Kotchilea (New Democratic Party) 829 votes back. The 2019 result had favoured Michael McLeod as well, at 40%.
All 5 candidates in Northwest Territories, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael McLeod | Liberal Party of Canada | 5,387 | 38.2% |
| Kelvin Kotchilea | New Democratic Party | 4,558 | 32.3% |
| Lea Anne Mollison | Conservative Party of Canada | 2,031 | 14.4% |
| Jane Groenewegen | Independent | 1,791 | 12.7% |
| Roland Laufer | Green Party of Canada | 328 | 2.3% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Hay River is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
electionsnwt.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Not on this page. Party control (Canadian councils are mostly elected without parties, and the open lists record none), council budgets, and band councils.
- Election results. Elections Canada redrew the ridings in 2023 and re-tallied the 2021 ballots onto the new map from polling divisions; that estimate, and the official 2019 and 2021 counts on the old map, are what you see.
- Which riding. The 2021 Census homes of a place’s residents fix its ridings, and one is shown once it holds 5% of them.
- Who holds each seat. Each MP’s name and party are Wikidata’s statements for the 45th Parliament, read in November 2026.
Questions about how Hay River is run
Who is the MP for Hay River?
Hay River is in Northwest Territories, represented by Rebecca Alty (Liberal Party of Canada).
Which party won Hay River in the 2021 federal election?
Michael McLeod won Northwest Territories for the Liberal Party of Canada in 2021; the riding is now Northwest Territories, held by Rebecca Alty.
Who is the MLA for Hay River?
Use the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories’s own list: every MLA is there by riding, though Hay River isn’t placed in one here.
Who heads the council in Hay River?
Hay River, a town, lists its council on its own pages; no open list names the head here.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).