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November 26, 1982

Yes! The result was close, but decisive. A high voter turn-out in Nunavut, and a Yes vote among Dene and Métis helped overcome a large number of No votes cast by voters in predominately non-aboriginal communities in the West. Voters in Cambridge Bay and Coppermine, however, voted against division, citing concerns about the location of the boundary and uncertainty over the future status of their Inuvialuit neighbours.

82 per cent of East favour division

Nunatsiaq News

IQALUIT — Fifty six per cent of those NWT residents who voted in the April 14 plebiscite are in favour of dividing the Northwest Territories into western and eastern sections, along a boundary yet to be determined.

The results, however, vary widely from east to west. Voter turnout in the East was very high, and 82 per cent of those who did vote favoured division.

In the West, turnout was poor, and in many centres, notably those with a high non-native population, voters rejected the idea of division.

Only those people who have lived in the Northwest Territories for at least three years were eligible to vote (18, 962 compared with 20,264 in the 1979 territorial election).

Afew small polling stations had not yet reported in by press time, but they are too small to affect the overall results.

The final decision on whether to divide the NWT and where the boundary will be rests with the federal cabinet.

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