YWCA NWT president Kate Reid says she will seek election in Yellowknife’s Great Slave district this fall, challenging incumbent Katrina Nokleby.
Nokleby, an engineer, has already said she will seek a second term as the district’s MLA. Reid, a former journalist and archivist, announced her plan to run on Wednesday.
“I see my generation staring down what I lived in my childhood growing up in Yellowknife – having to make hard financial decisions and wondering whether you’ll still be able to afford groceries – and I don’t want that for anyone,” Reid, currently a senior policy analyst at the NWT government, said in a press release accompanied by the launch of a Facebook page.
Also president of UNW Local 40, Reid said she would focus on affordable housing, fair wages, a strong local economy and a “vibrant arts and culture scene” if elected.
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Wednesday’s press release stated that Reid was “announcing her decision to run in Great Slave now so she can start a conversation with voters in the district, and begin to include their ideas, issues, questions and solutions in her campaign.”
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The territorial election is set to take place in October.
While candidates cannot formally submit their paperwork until September, people can announce they intend to run at any time.
