Robert Hawkins
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
In office
November 24, 2003 – 2015
Preceded byJake Ootes
Succeeded byJulie Green
ConstituencyYellowknife Centre
Personal details
Political partynon-partisan
consensus government
Occupationengineering techniologist

Robert Hawkins is an engineering technologist and a former municipal and territorial level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.

Early life

Born in Fredericton New Brunswick, Hawkins moved to Fort Simpson Northwest Territories in 1977 as a child. He then moved to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories in 1987 to finish high school at Sir John Franklin High School where he lived at an Indian Residential School, Akaitcho Hall. He attended his post secondary education at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary, Alberta. Hawkins began his political career when he was elected as a city councillor for Yellowknife City Council (2000-2003). In 2003 he sought election to the territorial legislature, and was elected as the Member for Yellowknife Centre from 2003-2015.

Political career

Hawkins was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature winning the Yellowknife Centre electoral district in the 2003 Northwest Territories general election. He defeated 6 other candidates to take the sought after seat. In 2007, Hawkins pursued re-election and won again with almost 50% of the popular vote, and approximately 20% more than his closest competitor. 2007 Northwest Territories general election. In 2019, Hawkins finished second of six candidates.[1]

On November 14, 2023, Hawkins was once again elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature, the 20th Assembly, making this his 4th term as an MLA.

Election results

2023 Northwest Territories general election: Yellowknife Centre
Candidate Votes%
Robert Hawkins33341.57
Matt Spence24330.34
Ambe Chenemu22528.09
Total votes801
2019 Northwest Territories general election: Kam Lake
Candidate Votes
Caitlin Cleveland262
Robert Hawkins224
Kieron Testart (I)220
Rommel Silverio125
Abdullah Al-Mahamud63
Cherish Winsor61
2015 Northwest Territories general election: Yellowknife Centre
Candidate Votes%
Julie Green49155.1%
Robert Hawkins40044.9%
2011 Northwest Territories general election: Yellowknife Centre
Candidate Votes
Robert Hawkins427
Arlene Hache312
2007 Northwest Territories general election: Yellowknife Centre
Candidate Votes%
Robert Hawkins43046.09%[2]
Sue Glowach25827.65%
Ben McDonald20421.86%
Bryan Sutherland293.11%
Total valid ballots / Turnout 61.34%
Rejected ballots 12
Source(s)
"Official Voting Results 2007 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2008.
2003 Northwest Territories general election: Yellowknife Centre
Candidate Votes%
Robert Hawkins20726.61%
Annemieke Mulders16721.47%
Don Kindt3817.74%
Liz Wyman13016.71%
Daniel A. Wong739.38%
Bob Haywood536.81%
Lena Pedersen101.29%
Total valid ballots / Turnout 1,26361.69%
Rejected ballots 3
Source(s)
"Official Voting Results 2003 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2008.

References

  1. ↑ Burke, Brendan (1 October 2019). "Kam Lake: Incumbent Testart is out, Cleveland is in". Northern News Services. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ↑ In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.


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