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 320-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2020-2021 Annual Report of the Ombud – Public Release of Statutory Officer Annual Reports, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 127)

Thank you. To the motion.

Question 1245-19(2): Housing Contracts
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 127)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of NWT Housing Corporation. Will the Minister commit to review the process it went through from posting the tender 6074 to awarding it? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 127)

Thank you. Minister of Finance.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 127)

Thank you. Mr. Wind.

Committee Motion 319-19(2): Committee Report 34-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2020-2021 Annual Report of the Ombud – Review and Amendment of Ombud Act, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 127)

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

Carried

Mr. Johnson.

Question 1242-19(2): Business Incentive Policy
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 127)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So Mr. Speaker, will this Minister, you know, review with her clients, like if we have contractors that have ongoing bidding and they're not utilizing local content but they say they are, is there a way to do a review of local contractors that have been doing this and not following this process? I just you know, I can't go back to my community and tell these local contractors who live and pay taxes in the North that being BIPed is nothing, it doesn't mean anything, because that's what we're saying, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 127)

Thank you. Are there any further questions, comments, under the Office of the Chief Information Officer?

All right, seeing none. Finance, Office of the Chief Information Officer, infrastructure investments, $3,380,000. Does committee agree? Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 127)

Committee the Department of Finance begins on page 32. We will defer the departmental totals and review the estimates by activity summary, beginning at page 33 with the Office of the Chief Information Officer with information items on page 34.

Finance, Office of the Chief Information Officer, infrastructure investments, $3,380,000. Does committee agree? Member for Yellowknife North.

Committee Motion 319-19(2): Committee Report 34-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2020-2021 Annual Report of the Ombud – Review and Amendment of Ombud Act, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 127)

Thank you the motion is in order. To the motion. Member for Yellowknife North.

Question 1242-19(2): Business Incentive Policy
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 127)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, how can a company who is not BIPed and one who is not BIPed because, according to the BIP policy, would not qualify them to be BIPed, still get awarded a contract with BIP adjustments? This doesn't make sense to me. You know, if the Minister can explain to me where this policy exists. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.