Premier of the Northwest Territories

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The Premier of the Northwest Territories is the first minister for the Northwest Territories, Canada. They are the territory's head of government and de facto chief executive, although their powers are considerably smaller than that of a provincial premier.

Unlike other Premiers who are appointed by a Lieutenant Governor or Commissioner on account of their leadership of a majority bloc in the legislature, the Premier of the Northwest Territories is directly elected by the non-partisan legislature in accordance with the system of consensus government.

Before 1994, the term Government Leader was used instead, but the title of Premier was retroactively applied back to George Braden in 1980, asthey were informally called premier by members of the Legislative Assembly even though the title was not recognized in law, based on historical precedent. From 1897 - 1905 the title Premier was also used.

The current Premier of the Northwest Territories is Floyd Roland.

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Office of the Premier (Government of the NWT)

Image:Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg	Politics of Northwest Territories v • d • e
Commissioner: Tony Whitford • Former commissioners • Former lieutenant-governors
Deputy Commissioner: Margaret Thom • Former Deputy Commissioners
Premier: Floyd Roland • Former premiers
Executive Council (Cabinet)
Legislature: Current assembly • Former legislatures • Current electoral divisions
Consensus government (1870-1898) (1905-present)
Former Political parties (1898 - 1905): Liberal-Conservative • Liberals • Socialist
Elections: 2003 general election • Plebiscites • Electoral districts
Other provinces and territories: BC • AB • SK • MB • ON • QC • NB • NS • PEI • NL • YT • NT • NU