Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories building was finished in 1993. The design of the current Legislature building was created by Pin/Taylor Architects company from Yellowknife. The current Legislative Assembly is the 18th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. It is the 26th sitting of the territorial assembly since 1870. The territories has fixed election date legislation that ensures elections are held every four years on the first Monday in October. The most recent general election, which was the 23rd general election was held on November 23, 2015. The legislature since 1905 is a non-partisan body and all members run and sit as independents. The seven ministers of
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories 1967 the Carrothers Commission moved the territorial capital from Ottawa to Yellowknife and for the first time elected members represented all parts of the territories. In 1975 the Legislative Assembly became fully elected, and the first elected speaker since 1905, David Searle, presided over the Assembly. Commissioner John Parker gave up his powers of running the executive council and appointed George Braden as leader of the Government and the first Premier since 1905. The model of responsible government that was used this time around was known as Consensus government. The executive council or cabinet forms government while all the regular