Richard Nerysoo

Richard Nerysoo
3rd Premier of the Northwest Territories
In office
January 12, 1984  November 5, 1985
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
John Turner
Brian Mulroney
Commissioner John Havelock Parker
Preceded by George Braden
Succeeded by Nick Sibbeston
MLA for Mackenzie Delta
In office
October 1, 1979  October 16, 1995
Preceded by Lyle Trimble
Succeeded by David Krutko
Personal details
Born 1953 (age 6263)
camp on Peel River, Northwest Territories
Nationality Canadian

Richard Nerysoo (born 1953)[1] is a territorial level politician from the Northwest Territories, Canada. He was a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 to 1995 and briefly served as the third Premier and Speaker of the territories.

Political career

Nerysoo served a long career as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories (MLA). He was first elected in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election in the Mackenzie Delta electoral district becoming the youngest MLA in the history of the territories.

Nerysoo was re-elected in the 1983 Northwest Territories general election. He was elected by the Legislative Assembly to serve as the third premier of Northwest Territories. His election as Speaker made him the first Aboriginal in Canada to serve the role. He served as the government leader for a year until 1985. He was re-elected in the 1987 Northwest Territories general election.

History would be made by Nerysoo again when he was elected to be the first Aboriginal Speaker of the Assembly. He would be elected Speaker on October 19, 1989 and serve in that role until November 13, 1991. He was re-elected to a fourth term in the 1991 Northwest Territories general election. Nerysoo was defeated by candidate David Krutko in the 1995 Northwest Territories general election.

In 1996, Nerysoo was elected as President of the Gwich'in Tribal Council and served until 2000. Nerysoo was one of the founding Directors of the Aboriginal Pipeline Group. Nerysoo was the founding member of Gwich'in Council International a body that represents the Gwich'in Nation (NWT, YUKON and Alaska) as Permanent Participants on the Arctic Council.

Nerysoo was elected Chief of the Inuvik Native Band and President of the Nihtat Gwich'in Council in 2003 and served until 2008. He served on the Board of Directors of the Gwich'in Tribal Council. He was selected as the Chief Negotiator on the Access and Benefits Agreements with Imperial Oil Ltd. who represented the Mackenzie Gas Project.

He currently serves as a President of the Gwich'in Tribal Council.

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Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Preceded by
Lyle Trimble
MLA Mackenzie Delta
1979–1995
Succeeded by
David Krutko
Preceded by
George Braden
Premier of the Northwest Territories
19841985
Succeeded by
Nick Sibbeston
Preceded by
Red Pedersen
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories
1989–1991
Succeeded by
Michael Ballantyne
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