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Members of the 15th Assembly

Paul DeloreyHon. Paul Delorey
MLA, Hay River North
Speaker

Paul Delorey was first elected to the 14th Legislative Assembly as the Member for Hay River North on December 6th, 1999. Mr. Delorey was then acclaimed to the 15th Legislative Assembly for a second term of office on October 31, 2003, and on June 1, 2004 Mr. Delorey was elected as Speaker of the 15th Legislative Assembly.

During his tenure in the 14th Legislative Assembly, Mr. Delorey was a Member of the following Standing Committees: Governance and Economic Development, Rules and Procedures, Accountability and Oversight and served as the Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole. In addition, he was a member of the Special Committee on the Implementation of Self-Government and the Sunset Clause.

Prior to his first term of office, Mr. Delorey worked as a locomotive engineer for Raillink Canada. Born in Guysborough, N.S., as the second youngest child in a family of 13, he moved to Hay River in 1968. Two years later, he began work for the Canadian National Railway as a trainperson before advancing to a locomotive engineer.

Mr. Delorey has an extensive history of volunteering and community service. He currently serves as the District Deputy for the Knights of Columbus for the Northwest Territories. He has a total of 20 years of service to the Knights of Columbus organization in the North. He was the local representative for the United Transportation Union for 10 years and sat on the Hay River Recreation Board for two years.

An avid curler, Mr. Delorey has represented the NWT/Yukon at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships in 1987 and represented Canada in the Strathcona Cup Championships in Scotland in 1998. He has coached junior curling for 22 years and is a fully qualified Level 2 coach. He also served as a Director on the NWT Curling Association Board for three years and as the President of the Hay River Curling Club for five years. Mr. Delorey is presently a member of the Governor General's Curling Club of Canada.

Mr. Delorey and his wife Davida have four children, Michelle, Monique, D'arcy, and Katrina. They are also the proud grandparents to four grandchildren.

Contact Information  -  click here for full Assembly Telephone Directory

Speakers Office:
P.O. Box 1320
Yellowknife, NT   X1A 2L9
Tel: (867) 669-2233
Fax: (867) 873-0273
E-mail: paul_delorey@gov.nt.ca

Constituency Office:
Suite 202, 76 Capital Drive
Hay River, NT   X0E 1G2
Tel: (867) 874-6301
Fax: (867) 874-6079