R.J. Simpson

Member Hay River North

Premier
Minister of Executive and Indigenous Affairs
Minister of Justice
Government House Leader

R.J. Simpson was elected to the 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, representing the constituency of Hay River North. On December 7th, 2023, Mr. Simpson was elected Premier of the Northwest Territories.

Mr. Simpson was formerly acclaimed to the 19th Legislative Assembly and first elected into the 18th Assembly in 2015.

Mr. Simpson was Deputy Speaker of the 18th Assembly, Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations, and the Chair of the Special Committee on Transition Matters. Mr. Simpson was also a member of the Standing Committee on Priorities and Planning and the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment.

Mr. Simpson is a lifelong resident of Hay River After graduating from Diamond Jenness Secondary School in 1998 Mr. Simpson went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts from MacEwan University and a law degree from the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Law.

Mr. Simpson has previously worked with the Government of Canada, Northern Transportation Company Ltd, Métis Nation Local 51, and Maskwa Engineering.

While at law school, Mr. Simpson was the President of the Aboriginal Law Students’ Association. He has also served on the board of the Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre in Hay River and volunteered with the Canada-Ghana Education Project.

Hay River North Electoral District

Committees

Hay River North
Member's Office

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

P.O. Box
1320
Email
Email
Phone
867-767-9141
Extension
11120
Constituency Office

62, promenade Woodland, bureau 104
Hay River Nord NT X0E 1G1
Canada

Phone
867-874-6301
Minister
Email
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Premier of the Northwest Territories, Minister of Executive and Indigenous Affairs, Minister of Justice, Government House Leader

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

Thank you, Ms. Haener. Mr. Nadli.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Minister.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

Thank you, Minister. Mr. O’Reilly.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Minister.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

Thank you, Minister. Ms. Green.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

Thank you, Minister. Ms. Green.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne. That might be a question for either page 269 or 267. Shall we move on to 269?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

We will now move on to Court Services. The total activities on page 271, so we will defer that until we discuss the detail on page 272. Page 272, court services, active positions. Comments or questions? Mr. O’Reilly.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 50-18(2): Main Estimates, 2016-2017 and would like to report progress. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Member’s Statement on Environmental Liabilities Associated with Northern Transportation Company Limited
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are all aware of NTCL’s recent financial troubles. It’s a territorial issue. Barging is an essential service for many of the communities up the Mackenzie and in the Arctic. Concerns about the delivery of fuel and other supplies have been addressed by multiple Members in this House. Hay River is the base of operations for NTCL, and because of that we have additional concerns. Taking an educated guess, I would say NTCL probably has more land in Hay River than any other private entity, and probably by a large margin. Much of it is owned, but a fair amount is leased land...