Thebacha

Thebacha
Northwest Territories electoral district
	Boundaries of Thebacha
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
MLA	Jay MacDonald
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First contested	1991
Last contested	2023
Region	South Slave Region
Communities	Fort Smith

First contested1991

Last contested2023

Thebacha^[1] is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada. The district encompasses Fort Smith and its immediate surroundings.^[2]

	Name	Elected	Left Office
District created from Slave River
	Jeannie Marie-Jewell	1991	1995
	Michael Miltenberger	1995	2015
	Louis Sebert	2015	2019
	Frieda Martselos	2019	2023
	Jay MacDonald	2023	present

v t e 2023 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Jay MacDonald	483	48.59
	Frieda Martselos (I)	416	41.85
	Connie Benwell	95	9.56
Total votes		994

v t e 2019 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes
	Frieda Martselos	504
	Denise Yuhas	454
	Don Jaque	139
	Louis Sebert	70

2015 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Louis Sebert	401	42.8%
	Michael Miltenberger	363	38.7
	Don Jaque	173	18.5
Total valid ballots / Turnout		937	51%


Candidate	Votes	%
Michael Miltenberger	526
Peter Martselos	426
Jeannie Marie-Jewell	263

Election results

v t e Current Northwest Territories territorial electoral districts
Deh Cho Frame Lake Great Slave Hay River North Hay River South Inuvik Boot Lake Inuvik Twin Lakes Kam Lake Mackenzie Delta Monfwi Nahendeh Nunakput Range Lake Sahtu Thebacha Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh Yellowknife Centre Yellowknife North Yellowknife South
See also: List of elections NWT Legislative Assembly List of NWT legislative bodies

2007 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Michael Miltenberger	531	44.81%^[3]
	Peter Martselos	444	37.47%
	Jeannie Marie-Jewell	197	16.62%
Total valid ballots / Turnout		1,172	83.33%
Rejected ballots		13
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
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Michael Miltenberger	736	65.36%
	Don M. Tourangeau	390	34.64%
Total valid ballots / Turnout		1,126	77.68%
Rejected ballots		5
Source(s) "Official Voting Results 2003 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2008.

1999 Northwest Territories general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Michael Miltenberger	554	49.60%
	Jeannie Marie-Jewell	471	42.17%
	Marilyn Napier	92	8.24%
Total valid ballots / Turnout		1,117	83.90%
Rejected ballots		3
Source(s) "Official Voting Results 1999 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2008.