Frederick Blake, Jr.

Frederick Sonny Blake, Jr.

Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Incumbent
Assumed office October 3, 2011
Preceded by	David Krutko
Constituency	Mackenzie Delta

Frederick Sonny Blake, Jr. is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Mackenzie Delta.

Arctic Red River

Blake was Chief for the Arctic Red River Band.^[1]

Political career

Blake ran for public office in the 2011 Northwest Territories general election as a candidate in the Mackenzie Delta electoral district. The election was hotly contested due to the opening created by incumbent speaker David Krutko stepping down. Blake defeated four other candidates, including former Northwest Territories Commissioner Glenna Hansen, to win his first term in office.

He has also served as Gwich'in Chief in the community of Tsiigehtchic.

References

↑ "Gwich'in Self-Government Negotiations". Gwich'in Tribal Council. Retrieved October 3, 2011.

External links

Current members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories

B. McLeod Abernethy Beaulieu Blake Cochrane-Johnson Green Lafferty R. McLeod McNeely Moses Nadli Nakimayak O'Reilly Schumann Sebert Simpson Testart Thompson Vanthuyne

Membership per the Northwest Territories general election, 2015.

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