Kieron Testart

Kieron Testart is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 2015 election.[1] He represented the electoral district of Kam Lake until the 2019 election, when he was defeated by Caitlin Cleveland.

Kieron Testart MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories for Kam Lake
In office November 23, 2015 – September 2, 2019
Preceded by	Dave Ramsay
Succeeded by	Caitlin Cleveland
Personal details
Political party	non-partisan consensus government
Residence	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

An employee of the territorial Department of Justice, Testart was a candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada nomination for Northwest Territories in the 2015 federal election, but withdrew from the race to endorse Michael McLeod.[2]

In 2018, Testart introduced an amendment to the territorial Elections Act to permit the introduction of party politics in the legislative assembly,[3] but his motion received no support from other MLAs and was dropped.[4] In 2019, he planned to organize a group of ideologically aligned MLA candidates in the 2019 Northwest Territories general election into a "Liberal Democratic" slate,[5] but backed off of the plan after it was leaked to the press.[6]

References

1. "N.W.T. votes 2015 | Yellowknifers opt for change". CBC North, November 23, 2015.
2. "Kieron Testart drops out of N.W.T. Liberal race, supports Michael McLeod". CBC North, July 30, 2015.
3. "N.W.T. MLA will introduce bill to allow political parties, scrap consensus gov't". CBC News, October 25, 2018.
4. "Zero support from MLAs for motion to introduce party politics in N.W.T.". CBC North, October 30, 2018.
5. Richard Gleeson, "Leaked document shows N.W.T. MLA leading push for party politics". CBC North, March 5, 2019.
6. Randi Beers, "N.W.T. MLA steps back from move toward party politics". CBC North, August 9, 2019.