WHEREAS Section 2(1) of the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act prescribes that an Electoral Boundaries Commission be established within two years after the day fixed for the return of the writs for the 2011 general election;
AND WHEREAS Section 2(2) of the act requires that the commission shall be composed of a chairperson and two other members appointed by the Commissioner on the recommendation of the Legislative Assembly;
AND WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly is prepared to make such a recommendation;
NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that the Northwest Territories Electoral Boundaries Commission, 2012, is hereby established;
AND FURTHER, that the Legislative Assembly recommends to the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories that the Honourable Shannon Smallwood be appointed chairperson, and Mr. Charles Furlong and Mr. Ian McCrea be appointed members, of the Northwest Territories Electoral Boundaries Commission, 2012.
Thank you, Mr. Blake. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Question.
Question has been called.
---Carried
The honourable Member for Hay River North, Mr. Bouchard.
