Debates of October 27, 2011 (day 1)
MOTION 2-17(1): APPOINTMENT OF PREMIER, CARRIED
WHEREAS Subsection 61(1) of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act requires that there shall be an Executive Council of the Northwest Territories;
AND WHEREAS the Executive Council shall be comprised of a Premier chosen by the Legislative Assembly and persons appointed by the Commissioner on the recommendation of the Legislative Assembly;
NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that the Member for Yellowknife South, the Honourable Robert R.A. McLeod, is hereby chosen to be Premier and a member of the Executive Council of the Northwest Territories.
The motion is on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Question.
Question has been called.
---Carried
---Applause
The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to deal with the motion I gave notice of earlier today.
---Unanimous consent granted.