Preceded by first member Role Politician | Name Paul Delorey Occupation curler | |
Born May 3, 1949 (age 75) Guysborough, Nova Scotia ( 1949-05-03 ) Political party non-partisanconsensus government | ||
Paul Alfred Delorey (born May 3, 1949) is a Canadian professional curler, a retired territorial level politician and former speaker of the Northwest Territories (NWT) Legislature.
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Curling
Delorey is an avid and professional curler. He represented the NWT/Yukon at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships in 1987. In 1994 Team Paul Delorey finished fifth place at the Canadian North Arctic Briar.
He was also on Team 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. Delorey is a member of the Governor General's Curling Club of Canada.
Politics
Delorey was elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the new electoral district of Hay River North for the 1999 Northwest Territories general election. He was re-elected to his second term by acclamation in the 2003 Northwest Territories general election. Delorey was elected to be the current Speaker of the Northwest Territories Legislature on June 1, 2004. He was re-elected in the 2007 Northwest Territories general election.