Brian Lewis (politician)

Brian W. Lewis
Brian W. Lewis
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
	In office; 1987–1995
Preceded by	Robert H. MacQuarrie
Succeeded by	Jake Ootes
Constituency	Yellowknife Centre
Personal details
Born	September 26, 1936; London, England, United Kingdom
Political party	non-partisan; consensus government
Spouse(s)	Della Bunz, m. 3 Aug 1963
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Wales; University of Toronto
Occupation	educator, author

Brian Wyndham Lewis is a former educator, deputy minister in the Northwest Territories government, elected politician and speaker of the Northwest Territories Legislature.[1]

Lewis and his family first moved to the Northwest Territories in 1963.[2] Lewis was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1987 Northwest Territories general election he won the Yellowknife Centre electoral district. He was re-elected in the 1991 Northwest Territories general election.[3] Lewis ran for the position of speaker but was defeated by Jeannie Marie-Jewell. He became deputy speaker instead.[4] On December 15, 1994 Jewell would resign as speaker and Lewis automatically became Acting Speaker. He held that position until February 15, 1995.[5]

References

Normandin, P.G.; Normandin, A.L. (1994). Guide Parlementaire Canadien. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien. P.G. Normandin. ISBN 9780921925545. ISSN 0315-6168. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
Brian Lewis. "The Development of Responsible Government in the Northwest Territories 1976 - 1998". Volume 21 Number 2 1998. Canadian Parliamentary Review. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
"NWT Votes 2003 Yellowknife Centre Riding Profile". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
"Legislative Reports". Vol 17 no 1 1994. Canadian Parliamentary Review. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
"History of Northwest Territories Speaker 1975-present". Northwest Territories Legislature. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-08.

External links

Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Preceded by Robert H. MacQuarrie	MLA Yellowknife Centre 1987–1995	Succeeded by Jake Ootes
Preceded by Jeannie Marie-Jewell	Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories 1994–1995	Succeeded by Samuel Gargan

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[google-1] Normandin, P.G.; Normandin, A.L. (1994). Guide Parlementaire Canadien. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien. P.G. Normandin. ISBN 9780921925545. ISSN 0315-6168. Retrieved 2015-08-20.

[respgov-2] Brian Lewis. "The Development of Responsible Government in the Northwest Territories 1976 - 1998". Volume 21 Number 2 1998. Canadian Parliamentary Review. Retrieved 2007-09-12.

[profile-3] "NWT Votes 2003 Yellowknife Centre Riding Profile". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2007-09-12.

[legrep-4] "Legislative Reports". Vol 17 no 1 1994. Canadian Parliamentary Review. Retrieved 2007-09-12.

[speaker-5] "History of Northwest Territories Speaker 1975-present". Northwest Territories Legislature. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-08.