Kelvin Ng
Kelvin Ng | |
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MLA for Kitikmeot, NT | |
In office 1995–1999 | |
Preceded by | Ernest Bernhardt |
Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
MLA for Cambridge Bay, NU | |
In office 1999–2004 | |
Preceded by | first member |
Succeeded by | Keith Peterson |
Personal details | |
Born | Vancouver, British Columbia | November 10, 1958
Political party | non-partisan consensus government |
Kelvin Ng (born November 10, 1958) is a former territorial and municipal level politician in Canada who was elected in both the Nunavut Legislature and Northwest Territories Legislature.[1]
Ng began his political career on the municipal level. He has served on municipal council and as Mayor of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.
Ng ran for a seat in the 1995 Northwest Territories general election. He defeated incumbent MLA Ernest Bernhardt to win the Kitikmeot electoral district. Ng served one term in the Northwest Territories Legislature, becoming a cabinet Minister in the government. His district was abolished in 1999 when Nunavut was created from the Northwest Territories.
Ng ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the first general election held in 1999. Ng won the Cambridge Bay electoral district, and was appointed to the cabinet as the first Minister of Finance for the territory. He served one term before retiring in 2004 at the dissolution of the legislature to devote more time to his family.
References
[edit]- ^ Lumley, E. (1999). The Canadian Who's who. University of Toronto Press. ISSN 0068-9963. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
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