Kieron Testart
MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories for Kam Lake
In office
November 23, 2015 – September 2, 2019
Preceded byDave Ramsay
Succeeded byCaitlin Cleveland
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories for Range Lake
Assumed office
November 14, 2023
Preceded byCaroline Cochrane
Personal details
BornMarch 22, 1985
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Political partyNon-partisan consensus government
Other political
affiliations		Liberal Party of Canada
SpouseColleen Wellborn
Children3
Residence(s)Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Alma materUniversity of Lethbridge (BA)
OccupationPublic Servant, Deputy Sheriff

Kieron Testart is a Canadian politician serving in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 2015 to 2019 and since 2023.[1] He represented the electoral district of Kam Lake until the 2019 election, when he was defeated by Caitlin Cleveland. Testart finished third in the electoral district behind Cleveland and Robert Hawkins. Testart won the Range Lake open seat in the 2023 election.

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 from the plan after it was leaked to the press.[6]

In the 2019 Northwest Territories general election, Testart finished third of six candidates, losing to Caitlin Cleveland.[7]

Election results

2023 Northwest Territories general election: Range Lake
Candidate Votes%
Kieron Testart32655.25
Aaron Reid15526.27
Nicole Sok10918.47
Total votes590
2019 Northwest Territories general election: Kam Lake
Candidate Votes
2015 Northwest Territories general election: Kam Lake
Candidate Votes%
Kieron Testart28058.1
Dave Ramsay20241.9
Total valid ballots 482
Rejected ballots 4
Registered electors / Turnout 1,92325.3
Source(s)
Elections NWT, 2015 Official voting Results

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.
  7. ↑ Burke, Brendan (October 1, 2019). "Kam Lake: Incumbent Testart is out, Cleveland is in". Northern News Services. Retrieved August 15, 2023.


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