Frank Carmichael

Frank Carmichael (born c. 1887) was a trapper and a territorial level politician in the Northwest Territories, Canada.[1]

Early life

Carmichael moved to Aklavik, Northwest Territories in 1927 and began working as a trapper.[2]

Political career

Carmichael began his political career when he ran for a seat on the Northwest Territories Council in the 1951 Northwest Territories general election becoming one of the three elected members of the 1st Northwest Territories Legislative Council. He won the new electoral district of Mackenzie West defeating Vivian Roberts, the first woman candidate in Northwest Territories history, and Karl Helmer Walter Gardlund by a wide margin in a high-profile race. His electoral district was abolished due to redistribution in 1954 and he ran in and won the new Mackenzie Delta in the 1954 Northwest Territories general election. He served out his second term and did not return when the Legislature was dissolved in 1957.

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References
  1. Wins Over Yellowknife
  2. Wuttunee, Wanda. In Business - Northern Entrepreneurs for Ourselves. Arctic Institute of North America. p. 149.
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
New district Member of the Legislative Assembly for Mackenzie West
1951–1954		 District Abolished
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Mackenzie Delta
1954–1957		 Succeeded by
Knut Lang


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