Dennis Bevington
Dennis Bevington | |
|---|---|
 Bevington in December 2006 | |
| Member of Parliament for Northwest Territories (Western Arctic; 2006–2014) | |
| In office January 23, 2006 – October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Ethel Blondin-Andrew |
| Succeeded by | Michael McLeod |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dennis Fraser Bevington March 27, 1953 Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada |
| Party | New Democratic |
| Spouse | Joan Bevington |
| Profession | Administrator, businessman, manager |
Dennis Fraser Bevington (born March 27, 1953) is a Canadian politician from the Northwest Territories, and was the member of Parliament for the riding of Northwest Territories from 2006 until 2015. Born in Fort Smith, he served as mayor from 1988 to 1997. During Bevington's term at the head of council, Fort Smith recognized the Chipewyan and Cree languages, making the town officially quadrilingual.
A businessman, Bevington has long been active on environmental issues. In the 2000 federal election he ran as the NDP candidate for Western Arctic, but lost by 18% to incumbent Ethel Blondin-Andrew. Bevington ran again in the 2004 election, losing to Blondin-Andrew by only 53 votes, one of the closest races of the election. Bevington succeeded in unseating Blondin-Andrew in the 2006 election, with a margin of 1,158 votes. On October 19, 2015, Bevington was defeated for re-election by Liberal candidate Michael McLeod.[1]
Bevington fought for years to have the name of the riding changed from Western Arctic to Northwest Territories.[2] Starting in 2008, Bevington tabled three private member's bills titled "An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Western Arctic", all dying on the order paper.[3] The task was more difficult as the riding name had been specified directly in the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, rather than in the representation orders governing other riding names. Bevington finally succeeded in having the name change incorporated into a bill that changed several other riding names in 2014.[4][5]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2015 Canadian federal election: Northwest Territories | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Michael McLeod | 9,172 | 48.34 | +29.90 | $71,207.71 | |||
| New Democratic | Dennis Bevington | 5,783 | 30.48 | –15.36 | $37,599.86 | |||
| Conservative | Floyd Roland | 3,481 | 18.35 | –13.76 | $75,298.47 | |||
| Green | John Moore | 537 | 2.83 | –0.23 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 18,973 | 99.45 | – | $214,028.20 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 104 | 0.55 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 19,077 | 63.36 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 30,110 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +22.63 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Western Arctic | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Dennis Bevington | 7,140 | 45.84 | +4.39 | $52,113.22 | |||
| Conservative | Sandy Lee | 5,001 | 32.11 | –5.52 | $89,189.32 | |||
| Liberal | Joe Handley | 2,872 | 18.44 | +4.86 | $64,438.99 | |||
| Green | Eli Purchase | 477 | 3.06 | –2.44 | $3,562.98 | |||
| Animal Alliance | Bonnie Dawson | 87 | 0.56 | – | $1,214.76 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 15,577 | 99.50 | – | $87,785.74 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 78 | 0.50 | +0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 15,655 | 53.95 | +6.24 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 29,020 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +4.96 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election: Western Arctic | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Dennis Bevington | 5,669 | 41.45 | –0.71 | $39,369.13 | |||
| Conservative | Brendan Bell | 5,146 | 37.63 | +17.79 | $84,014.56 | |||
| Liberal | Gabrielle Mackenzie-Scott | 1,858 | 13.58 | –21.40 | $37,149.36 | |||
| Green | Sam Gamble | 752 | 5.50 | +3.40 | $9,009.53 | |||
| First Peoples National | Noeline Villebrun | 252 | 1.84 | – | $2,738.15 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 13,677 | 99.59 | – | $84,911.89 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 56 | 0.41 | +0.08 | |||||
| Turnout | 13,733 | 47.71 | –8.51 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 28,787 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –9.06 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election: Western Arctic | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Dennis Bevington | 6,802 | 42.16 | +3.10 | $40,702.82 | |||
| Liberal | Ethel Blondin-Andrew | 5,643 | 34.98 | –4.47 | $55,964.50 | |||
| Conservative | Richard Edjericon | 3,200 | 19.84 | +2.67 | $47,767.02 | |||
| Green | Alexandre Beaudin | 338 | 2.10 | –2.23 | $187.69 | |||
| Independent | Jan H. Van der Veen | 149 | 0.92 | – | $17,661.32 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 16,132 | 99.67 | – | $78,979.50 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 54 | 0.33 | –0.17 | |||||
| Turnout | 16,186 | 56.22 | +8.89 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 28,792 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.79 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12][13][14] | ||||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election: Western Arctic | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Ethel Blondin-Andrew | 5,317 | 39.45 | –6.15 | $57,738.20 | |||
| New Democratic | Dennis Bevington | 5,264 | 39.05 | +12.34 | $33,603.74 | |||
| Conservative | Sean Mandeville | 2,314 | 17.17 | –10.52 | $15,898.08 | |||
| Green | Chris O'Brien | 583 | 4.33 | – | $2,754.92 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 13,478 | 99.50 | – | $76,846.23 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 68 | 0.50 | –0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 13,546 | 47.33 | –4.91 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 28,619 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –9.24 | ||||||
| Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[15][16][17] | ||||||||
| 2000 Canadian federal election: Western Arctic | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Ethel Blondin-Andrew | 5,855 | 45.60 | +3.96 | $56,498 | |||
| New Democratic | Dennis Bevington | 3,430 | 26.71 | +7.41 | $27,323 | |||
| Alliance | Fred Turner | 2,273 | 17.70 | +2.99 | $15,406 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Bruce McLaughlin | 1,282 | 9.98 | –2.64 | $8,374 | |||
| Total valid votes | 12,840 | 99.44 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 72 | 0.56 | –0.14 | |||||
| Turnout | 12,912 | 52.24 | –6.13 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 24,716 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −1.73 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[18][19] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Liberal's Michael McLeod wins Northwest Territories". CBC News. October 19, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- ↑ "Western Arctic to Northwest Territories: MP calls for riding name change". CBC News. CBC. June 25, 2008. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Private Member's Bill C-332". LEGISinfo. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
- ↑ Bill C-37, An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts and to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (S.C. 2014, c. 19).
- ↑ Parliament of Canada. "Northwest Territories (Northwest Territories) 2014-". History of Federal Ridings since 1867. Consulted 2014-08-27.
- ↑ "Forty-Second General Election 2015 — Poll-by-poll Results: Northwest Territories". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2015.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2015). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2015 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
- ↑ "Forty-First General Election 2011 — Poll-by-poll Results: Western Arctic". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2011.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2011). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2011 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
- ↑ "Fortieth General Election 2008 — Poll-by-poll Results: Western Arctic". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2008.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2008). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2008 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Western Arctic, Northwest Territories (2006)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ "Thirty-Ninth General Election 2006 — Poll-by-poll Results: Western Arctic". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2006.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2006). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2006 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Western Arctic, Northwest Territories (2004)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ "Thirty-Eighth General Election 2004 — Poll-by-poll Results: Western Arctic". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2004.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2004). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2004 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Western Arctic, Northwest Territories (2000)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2000). Thirty-Seventh General Election, 2000: Official Voting Results (Report). Ottawa: Elections Canada. ISBN 0-662-65518-4.