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

Committee Motion 516-19(2): Committee Report 52-19(2): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly - Regular Member committee Membership, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 167)

Thank you, Member. This is debate on the motion but there's not questions. We don't have witnesses. So Member for Hay River North.

Committee Motion 524-19(2): Committee Report 52-19(2): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly- Strangers, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 167)

To the motion.

Committee Motion 538-19(2): Committee Report 75-19(2), Report on the Review of the Rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, No 2, Concurrence, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 167)

The motion is in order. To the motion.

Committee Motion 513-19(2): Tabled Document 973-19(2), Capital Estimates 2024-2025, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 167)

Thank you. Committee, do you have any comments? Member for Frame Lake.

Committee Motion 520-19(2): Committee Report 52-19(2), Report on the Review of the Rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly: Committee Reports, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 167)

Thank you. To the motion. Member for Hay River North.

Committee Motion 530-19(2): Committee Report 75-19(2): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, No 2, Deemed Read, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 167)

Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Committee Motion 545-19(2): Committee Report 75-19(2), Report on the Review of the Rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, No 2, Point of Privilege No. 6, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 167)

The motion is in order. To the motion.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 167)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, this bill, I believe, is very important. The reason why I think it's very important is there's probably not many of you that sat in a room with a child waking up, postanesthetic, after oral surgery. In my first career coming out of the nursing program, being a frontline nurse on the floor, that was one of my duties, was to when we had dental day, was we would try to get as many kids through the operating room as possible to deal with the teeth that are rotting in their head. You know, these are twoyearolds, and sometimes they're back again when they're eight...

Committee Motion 515-19(2): Tabled Document 52-19(2): Report on the Review of the Rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly: Statutory Officers’ Annual Reporting, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 167)

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

Carried

Member for Nunakput.

Committee Motion 524-19(2): Committee Report 52-19(2): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly- Strangers, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 167)

Thank you. To the motion. Member for Kam Lake.