Richard Edjericon

Member Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh

Richard Edjericon was first elected to represent the district of Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh in by election during the 19th Assembly in 2022 and was re-elected to the 20th Assembly later the next year.

A descendant of Treaty 8 Chipewyan signator Chief Oliver Edjericon, Richard Edjericon was born and raised in Little Buffalo River near Fort Resolution. He attended Diamond Jenness Secondary High School in Hay River and Akaitcho Hall in Yellowknife.

Obtaining his journeyman carpenter’s certification from Thebacha College in Fort Smith, Mr. Edjericon has nearly four decades of experience as a journeyman certified carpenter working through out the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in residential and commercial construction.

Eventually his work in construction brought him to the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation as the North Slave Maintenance Coordinator. He would also become the General Manager for the Yellowknives Dene First Nation Housing Division.

Mr. Edjericon’s dedication to his community led him to seek the position of Elected Head Chief for Dettah and the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, holding that office from 1999 to 2003. He also became the Acting Grand Chief Spokeperson on behalf of the Akaitcho Chiefs for the Akaitcho Territory Government. He later joined the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board in 2007 and soon became chair, reappointed to this position in 2011.

Mr. Edjericon’s proudest moments include settling boundary disputes, signing political accords, creating fairer nation to nation relationships, and fostering economic development. As MLA he brings with him a passion for a fairer, more prosperous North, and a great depth of knowledge in housing, economics, and politics. He lives in Ndilo with his wife, Aleida.”

Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh Electoral District

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Tu Nedhé - Wiilideh

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Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
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Statements in Debates

Debates of February 23, 2022 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 95)

That concludes my questions. Thank you.

Debates of February 23, 2022 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 95)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for that clarification earlier because I was the chairman for the Impact Review Board, and I've been through that as well, so thank you.

Another question to Mr. Chairman is that now that I guess I want to know how's the department working with the remediation portion? Once they identify this and figure out the costs and that, how's that work going to be let out? Is it going to be done through contracts or can that be done through working with Indigenous governments and that kind of thing? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Debates of February 23, 2022 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 95)

Thank you for your answer. Also, can you tell me exactly how many contaminated sites are there, we're looking at here? I'm assuming you guys did the study, that for the Northwest Territories. The question is to the Minister. Thank you.

Debates of February 23, 2022 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 95)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yeah, and I think thank you for your answer. And you also mentioned that you're also working with the local harvesters as well I'm assuming, and if you are, then you're also working closely with the Indigenous governments as well and to put an end to some of these activities.

I guess, Mr. Chairman, I don't I mean, I'm thinking here is that we got this section is a really interesting section but I just want to say that, you know, as a former Chief, I you know, when I used to go to assemblies and the Minister comes in and they do their speech and we try to ask...

Debates of February 23, 2022 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 95)

Thank you. Well, just reviewing these couple of pages here, including the graphs and that in there, and then also on page 69, it talks about activities. And I guess for me what stands out as we go through this section here is that we talk about wildlife, fish I know it's a little further down but when I went through it, one thing I don't see is that maybe if the Minister could maybe help me out so I understand with your department in terms of downstream users for fish and from the water coming down from Alberta, they say water is life and if it's life then, you know, we all eat the fish. So...

Question 922-19(2): Federal Grants

Debates of February 23, 2022 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 95)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I guess what I wanted to say is thank you for that response, and I'm probably going to spend the next few days probably to understand the budget that's been put before us here as well. But I want to look forward to work with the Minister of Finance as to how we could look at our budgets for the Tu NedheWiilideh riding, and I want to let her know that we have some big issues there. We want housing's a big issue. Affirmative action's a big issue. Hiring policies is something that's been talked about in our region. So it may be within the next day or two I would like to...

Member's Statement on Thanking Constituents

Debates of February 21, 2022 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 93)

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. For my first member's statement, I would like to begin by saying thank you to my constituents of Tu NedheWiilideh. I am humbled and honoured to be elected the new MLA for four communities in my riding, Lutselk'e, Dettah, N'dilo, and Fort Resolution.

In addition, Mr. Speaker, I want to acknowledge all the elected leaders from my constituency: Chief Darryl Marlowe of Lutselk'e; Chief Edward Sangris and Chief Frank Sangris of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation; Chief Louis Balsillie of Deninu K'ue First Nation; and Acting President Arthur Beck of the Fort Resolution Metis...