WHEREAS section 3(1) of the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act prescribes that an Electoral Boundaries Commission be established within two years after the day fixed for the return of the writs for the 2003 general election;
AND WHEREAS section 2(2) of the act requires that the commission shall be composed of a chairperson and two other members appointed by the Commissioner, on the recommendation of the Legislative Assembly;
AND WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly is prepared to make such a recommendation;
NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that the Legislative Assembly recommends to the Commissioner that the Honourable Justice John Z. Vertes be appointed chairperson, and Mr. Eddie Erasmus and Mr. Rod O'Brien be appointed members, of the Northwest Territories Electoral Boundaries Commission, 2005.