Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Rebecca Alty (Liberal Party of Canada) holds Northwest Territories, the riding that includes Inuvik
1 of the 1 MPs from the Northwest Territories belong to the Liberal Party of Canada. Locally, Inuvik is run as a town. Who leads Inuvik’s council isn’t on an open record: there’s no open list of councils in the Northwest Territories. No provincial riding is named for Inuvik, as no open boundary file exists for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories that we could find.
Three governments, and who does what
Inuvik, 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.
The census places Inuvik in Region 1, a division that governs nothing; no county council sits above the town’s.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Inuvik, from the most recent elections.
- 1Inuvik 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 Inuvik votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Inuvik 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. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories on 14 November 2023.
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
Before Ottawa, Rebecca Alty served as mayor of Yellowknife. The 2025 general election sent Rebecca Alty to the Commons for the first time. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Northwest Territories puts the Liberal Party of Canada first at 38%; Rebecca Alty held it for the party 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
Michael McLeod kept Northwest Territories for the 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.
At 47%, fewer of Northwest Territories voted in 2021 than Canada as a whole (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. In 2019, Michael McLeod had won the same riding with 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 Inuvik 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
- Election results. Ridings changed in 2023: the 2019 and 2021 results are on the old map, and the 2021 vote on today’s map is Elections Canada’s own estimate from polling divisions.
- Not on this page. Who controls the council by party (the open lists give none, and most Canadian councils sit without parties), budgets and band councils.
- Who holds each seat. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
- Which riding. The 2021 Census homes of a place’s residents fix its ridings, and one is shown once it holds 5% of them.
Questions about how Inuvik is run
Who is the MP for Inuvik?
For Inuvik, it’s Rebecca Alty (Liberal Party of Canada), who holds Northwest Territories.
Which party won Inuvik in the 2021 federal election?
The Liberal Party of Canada, with Michael McLeod in Northwest Territories; since 2025 Rebecca Alty represents Northwest Territories.
Who is the MLA for Inuvik?
Use the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories’s own list: every MLA is there by riding, though Inuvik isn’t placed in one here.
Who heads the council in Inuvik?
Ask the municipality itself: Inuvik, a town, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
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).