Lesa Semmler

Member Inuvik Twin Lakes

Minister of Health and Social Services

Lesa Semmler currently serves as the Member representing Inuvik Twin Lakes in the 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, having been re-elected to the position. Born in Yellowknife, NT, and raised in Inuvik, where she still resides, Ms. Semmler has deep roots in the Northwest Territories. 

A Registered Nurse, Ms. Semmler graduated from the Aurora College Northern Nursing Program in 2000 and earned her Community Health Nurse Certification from the Canadian Nurses Association in 2008. With 15 years of frontline nursing experience at the Inuvik Regional Hospital, she focused on Acute Care, Homecare, and Public Health. Her career also included roles as the Manager of Acute Care Services and eventually the Regional Manager of Acute Care Services under the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority. Notably, she served as the Inuvialuit Health System Navigator at the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, assisting Inuvialuit Beneficiaries in navigating the healthcare system. 

Beyond her healthcare career, Ms. Semmler has actively contributed to education and community service. She served on the Inuvik District Education Authority, assuming the role of Chair from 2015 to 2018, and chaired the Beaufort Delta Education Council. Ms. Semmler participated in various working groups at the territorial and national levels, including the Inuit Tuberculosis Elimination Board and the Inuit Midwifery Revitalization. Her commitment to social justice is evident in her voluntary work as a member of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls National Family Advisory Circle, where she worked to ensure northern voices were heard and represented. Lesa Semmler's life and career reflect her passion for healthcare, education, and advocating for the well-being of her community.

Inuvik Twin Lakes Electoral District

Committees

Inuvik Twin Lakes
Member's Office

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

P.O. Box
1320
Email
Email
Phone
(867) 767-9143
Extension
12195
Constituency Office

198 Mackenzie Rd
Unit 123
Inuvik NT X0E 0T0
Canada

P.O. Box
3130
Constituency Phone
867-678-2429
Minister
Email
Email
Minister of Health and Social Services

Statements in Debates

Question 1593-19(2): Housing
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 164)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And, you know, I know this question is not something that I sent over to the Minister, but just looking at my community alone, the Inuvialuit used some of the money that they received from the federal government to homeowners like, Inuvialuit beneficiaries in the ISR, to retrofit, put new windows, new siding, new insulation, windows, doors, roofs, you know, and they used they did it by starting with seniors. And so and looking at our units and the Minister just said that our units are old, they need to be fixed up. How did this department work with some of our...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 164)

Thank you, Member. Minister of Finance.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 164)

Thank you. Minister of Finance.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 164)

Thank you. Minister of Finance.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 164)

Thank you, Member. And I think that would be under operations. And so as this is capital, but I'll give it to the Minister and then since if she has any comments or not, then thank you. Minister.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 164)

Thank you. Member for Deh Cho.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 164)

Thank you. Member for Great Slave.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 164)

Thank you, Members. Please return now to the department summary found at page 55.

Department of Infrastructure, 20242025 Capital Estimates, $201,079,000. Does committee agree?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 164)

Thank you. Mr. Martin

Committee Motion 469-19(2): Tabled Document 973-19(2): 2024-2025 Capital Estimates – Deferral of Estimates, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 164)

Calling Committee of the Whole back to order. Committee, we've agreed to consider Tabled Document 97419(2), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 20232024. Does the Minister of Finance have any opening remarks?