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, Minister. Ms. Haener.

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

Thank you, Mr. O’Reilly. Minister.

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

Mr. Thompson.

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

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Minister.

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

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Minister.

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

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Minister.

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

We are on page 268. Mr. Testart.

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

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. I have no one further on my list for this page. Mr. Vanthuyne.

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

Thank you, Ms. Haener. Mr. Testart.

Question 259-18(2): Proposed Closure of Court Library
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 23)

I know that there’s a sign-in sheet so when people come into the library, they sign in. I saw the Minister’s comments yesterday talking about how much it costs, how many books were checked out and I know for a fact that when people go to the law library, they don’t all sign in and I know that when people go there, they might look at books and they might not sign them out, they might use those materials there. My concern is that while there might be a reduced cost to the government here, this reduced access to materials is just going to result in the government having to supply these materials...