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 1248-19(2): Business Incentive Policy
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 127)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm just wondering if and, you know, if the Minister you know, I haven't had this conversation with her but if she can get back or commit to following up if there same as with the BIP content, if they are not following through and they are not using local contractors and they are not you know, if we give contracts to certain organizations, you know, that we hold them accountable, that they do what they say they're going to do, and that if they don't, you know, they go on this deemed ineligible to bid on tenders. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you Minister.

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

Thank you. Minister of Finance.

Committee Motion 321-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2020-2021 Annual Report of the Ombud – Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 127)

Thank you, committee. We have concluded consideration of Committee Report 3419(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 20202021 Annual Report from the Ombud. Member for Kam Lake.

Question 1248-19(2): Business Incentive Policy
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 127)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since there's some time on the clock, I thought I'd ask the Minister responsible for the NWT Power Corporation if she will also look into her department as the Minister of Finance cannot commit for the other Ministers, so I'm going to ask her if she'll commit to review her policies and keep them in line so that we have a one policy for the Northwest Territories as we can say that the deputy ministers that run our departments in our government are the board that make up the NWT Power Corp. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Thank you. Minister.

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

Thank you. Mr. Wind.

Committee Motion 321-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2020-2021 Annual Report of the Ombud – Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 127)

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

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm going to also ask for a commitment that the Minister will, when ensuring when departments are putting "local content," that they are indeed local and they are indeed under defined like, the definitions we have in the BIP. So they're companies that local suppliers. You know, if I can go and I can purchase from them publicly, then they are a local supplier with a local content, if they are a resident there and companies there. So that's what I will ask to make sure that future tenders, if they're given local content and BIP adjustments, that they are and...

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

Thank you. Minister of Finance.