This is a list of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies dates and legislative sessions from 1870–present. The current capital is Yellowknife since 1967. There have been twenty-seven legislatures since becoming a territory in 1870. Temporary North-West Council 1870 – 1876 1st Council of the Northwest Territories 1876 – 1888 1st North-West Legislative Assembly 1888 – 1891 2nd North-West Legislative Assembly 1891 – 1894 3rd North-West Legislative Assembly 1894 – 1898 4th North-West Legislative Assembly 1898 – 1902 5th North-West Legislative Assembly 1902 – 1905 2nd Council of the Northwest Territories 1905 – 1951 1st Northwest Territories Legislative Council 1951 – 1954 2nd Northwest Territories Legislative Council 1954 – 1957 3rd Northwest Territories Legislative Council 1957 – 1961 4th Northwest Territories Legislative Council 1961 – 1964 5th Northwest Territories Legislative Council 1964 – 1967 6th Northwest Territories Legislative Council 1967 – 1970 7th Northwest Territories Legislative Council 1970 – 1975 8th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 1975 – 1979 9th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 1979 – 1983 10th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 1983 – 1987 11th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 1987 – 1991 12th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 1991 – 1995 13th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 1995 – 1999 14th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 1999 – 2003 15th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 2003 – 2007 16th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 2007 – 2011 17th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 2011 – 2015 18th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 2015 – 2019 19th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 2019 – present See also List of Northwest Territories general elections History of Northwest Territories capital cities References Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies Legislative Assemblies