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Lesa Semmler
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Assumed office
October 1, 2019
Preceded by Robert C. McLeod
Constituency Inuvik Twin Lakes
Member of the Executive Council of the Northwest Territories
Assumed office
December 12, 2023
Personal details
Born 1976 (age 47–48)
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Political party non-partisan consensus government
Residences Inuvik, Northwest Territories

Lesa Semmler (born ca. 1976) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 2019 election. She represents the electoral district of Inuvik Twin Lakes.

Prior to her election to the legislature, she worked for the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation as their Health Navigator working on numerous health files at the local regional and national level. She was the Nurse manager prior to her work with IRC at the Inuvik Regional Hospital. She has also been an activist on the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, as she was raised primarily by her great-grandparents after her mother was murdered by her common law partner when she was just eight years old.

Election results

Northwest Territories general election, 2023: Inuvik Twin Lakes
Party Candidate Votes %
consensus Lesa Semmler (I) 322 71.56
consensus Lenora McLeod 128 28.44
Total votes 450
Northwest Territories general election, 2019: Inuvik Twin Lakes
Party Candidate Votes
consensus Lesa Semmler 470
consensus Sallie Ross 106
consensus Donald Hendrick 41
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