R.J. Simpson

Member Hay River North

Premier
Minister of Executive and Indigenous Affairs

R.J. Simpson was elected to the 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, representing the constituency of Hay River North. On December 7th, 2023, Mr. Simpson was elected Premier of the Northwest Territories.

Mr. Simpson was formerly acclaimed to the 19th Legislative Assembly and first elected into the 18th Assembly in 2015.

Mr. Simpson was Deputy Speaker of the 18th Assembly, Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations, and the Chair of the Special Committee on Transition Matters. Mr. Simpson was also a member of the Standing Committee on Priorities and Planning and the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment.

Mr. Simpson is a lifelong resident of Hay River After graduating from Diamond Jenness Secondary School in 1998 Mr. Simpson went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts from MacEwan University and a law degree from the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Law.

Mr. Simpson has previously worked with the Government of Canada, Northern Transportation Company Ltd, Métis Nation Local 51, and Maskwa Engineering.

While at law school, Mr. Simpson was the President of the Aboriginal Law Students’ Association. He has also served on the board of the Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre in Hay River and volunteered with the Canada-Ghana Education Project.

Hay River North Electoral District

R.J. Simpson
Hay River North
Member's Office

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

P.O. Box
1320
Email
Email
Phone
867-767-9141
Extension
11120
Constituency Office

62, promenade Woodland, bureau 104
Hay River Nord NT X0E 1G1
Canada

Phone
867-874-6301
Minister
Email
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Premier of the Northwest Territories, Minister of Executive and Indigenous Affairs, Minister of Justice, Government House Leader

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Premier McLeod.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Agreed. Moving on to page 31, which I believe is an information item supplementing the previous page. Are there any questions on page 31? Seeing none. Moving on to page 32, another information item, corporate management, active positions. Any questions or comments? Seeing none. Moving on to page 34, Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, implementation, operations expenditure summary. Are there any comments or questions on this page? Seeing none, Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, implementation, operations expenditure summary, activity total, $553,000.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Moving on to page 42, negotiations, active positions, information item only. Are there any questions, comments? None. We'll move on to page 43, lease commitments and other information items. Are there any questions? Ms. Green.

Question 153-18(2): Deferred Maintenance with respect to H.H. Williams Hospital Building
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Thank you for that answer and again, I do appreciate the Minister coming by. I'd just like to make a final comment, that if that building does have to come down, I'm glad that both Minister Abernethy has reserved that space so that they can expand and that Minister Cochrane sees the value in sort of a seniors' area or long-term care area where we can have other complimenting facilities.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Premier McLeod.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne. I'll give Premier McLeod a chance to respond to the comments if he wishes.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Minister Abernethy.

Question 153-18(2): Deferred Maintenance with respect to H.H. Williams Hospital Building
Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll be quick, about a minute here. Yesterday I spoke about the long-term care issue in Hay River. Minister Cochrane was nice enough to come and tour the site yesterday while she was in Hay River and we discussed the uses for the old hospital, the possibility of expanding the current plan. Just very quickly, and because there's been a lot of people wanting to re-use that old hospital building I want to get the numbers out there and I was wondering if Minister Cochrane has numbers as to the cost of deferred maintenance on the old building; the cost of replacing the...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Premier McLeod.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne. Premier McLeod.