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

Lesa Semmler
Inuvik Twin Lakes
Member's Office

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

P.O. Box
1320
Constituency Office

125 Mackenzie Rd
Unit 203
Inuvik NT X0E 0T0
Canada

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

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Thank you. Minister of Justice.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Thank you. Are there any further questions or comments under this section? All right. So please turn to page 299, Justice, community justice, operations expenditure summary, 20232024 Main Estimates, $6,411,000. Does committee agree?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Member for Frame Lake.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Member for Great Slave.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Minister of Justice.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Thank you. Member for Thebacha.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with our governance board in place right now, I'm just wondering, like, I hear the Minister with the answers that we got but what other like, what I'm asking is what is in the Beaufort Delta, we are the highest cost of power. We use the most diesel up there to run. We don't have trees in half the region of the Beaufort Delta. Our barges don't make it in because of, you know, weather and different things so we can't get supplies up there so then we're flying stuff in. All this stuff is going to get passed down. But we have a board that's supposed to be...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Member for Frame Lake.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 143)

Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.