Richard Edjericon
Canadian politician
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Richard Edjericon is a Canadian politician in the Northwest Territories. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in a 2022 by-election, representing the electoral district of Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh.[1] Edjericon previously ran for the seat in the 2019 election, placing second behind to Steve Norn.[2]
Richard Edjericon | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories | |
| Assumed office February 21, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Norn |
| Constituency | Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh |
| Personal details | |
| Party | non-partisan consensus government |
Edjericon is a former chief of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, during which he signed the Akaitcho Framework Agreement. Previously, he was also a member of the band council for ten years and was the band housing manager. He has also served six years as the chair of the Mackenzie Valley Impact Review Board.[3] Edjericon has lived in Ndilǫ since 1993.[4]
Election results
| 2023 Northwest Territories general election: Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Richard Edjericon (I) | 221 | 87.01 | ||||||
| Nadine Delorme | 33 | 12.99 | ||||||
| Total votes | 254 | |||||||
| Northwest Territories territorial by-election, 2022: Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh Expulsion of Steve Norn | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | |||||||
| Richard Edjericon | 186 | |||||||
| Mary Rose Sundberg | 99 | |||||||
| Steve Norn | 70 | |||||||
| Ernest Betsina | 62 | |||||||
| Nadine Delorme | 12 | |||||||
| Clinton Unka | 10 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 439 | |||||||
| 2019 Northwest Territories general election: Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Steve Norn | 206 | 36 | ||||||
| Richard Edjericon | 128 | 23 | ||||||
| Lila Fraser Erasmus | 115 | 21 | ||||||
| Paul Betsina | 102 | 18 | ||||||
| Nadine Delorme | 8 | 1 | ||||||
| Total valid votes / Turnout | 557 | 68.51 | ||||||
| 2015 Northwest Territories general election: Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Tom Beaulieu | 410 | 69.85 | ||||||
| Richard Edjericon | 177 | 30.15 | ||||||
| Total valid votes | 587 | |||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 822 | 71.41 | ||||||
