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
Extension
12195
Constituency Office

198 Mackenzie Rd
Unit 123
Inuvik NT X0E 0T0
Canada

P.O. Box
3130
Constituency Phone
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Minister of Health and Social Services

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 3)

Minister of Finance.

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Minister of Finance.

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Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Tabled Document 5-19 will be reported as ready for consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill. What is the will of committee? Mr. Norn.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 2)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to recognize my constituency assistant, Loretta Rogers, who travelled with me this week. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 2)

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 5-19(1), Supplementary Estimates (Corporations Expenditures and Borrowing Authorizations), No. 3, 2019-2020, and I would like to report progress, and Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 2)

I now call the Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of the committee? Member for Tu NedheWiilideh.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to deal with the motion I gave notice of earlier today.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 2)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to deal with the motion I gave notice of earlier today.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 2)

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that, on Thursday, December 12, 2019, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that the following Members be appointed to the Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures:

Mr. Kevin O'Reilly, the Member for Frame Lake;

Mr. Rocky Simpson, the Member for Hay River South;

Mr. Jackie Jacobson, the Member for Nunakput;

Mr. Steve Norn, the Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh; and

The Honourable Shane Thompson, the Member for Nahendeh.

And further, that the following Members be appointed to the Standing Committee on Rules...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 2)

Can the Premier advise how the Regular Members will be involved in this and when an action plan could be expected?