Paul Delorey | |
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MLA for Hay River North | |
In office 1999–2011 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Robert Bouchard |
Personal details | |
Born | Paul Alfred Delorey May 3, 1949 Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Died | January 1, 2021 | (aged 71)
Political party | Consensus government |
Occupation | curler |
Paul Alfred Delorey (May 3, 1949 – January 1, 2021)[1] was a Canadian curler, territorial level politician, and speaker of the Northwest Territories (NWT) Legislature.[2]
Delorey was an avid curler. He represented the NWT/Yukon at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships in 1987. In 1994, Team Paul Delorey finished in fifth place at the Canadian North Arctic Briar.[3]
He was on Team Canada in the Strathcona Cup Championships in Scotland in 1998. He has coached junior curling for 22 years and was 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 was a member of the Governor General's Curling Club of Canada.[citation needed]
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 Speaker of the Northwest Territories Legislature on June 1, 2004.[4] He was re-elected in the 2007 Northwest Territories general election.