Born in Manitoba, the future Premier moved to Yellowknife as a child and was raised there. Caroline Cochrane entered politics and was first elected to the NWT Legislature in 2015.  She was then elected to cabinet and served as Minister Responsible for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation, Minister of Public Works and Services, Minister Responsible for Addressing Homelessness, and  Minister Responsible for the Status of Women.  Later, she added Minister of Education, Culture and Employment to her already impressive political resume north of 60. She became the NWT's 13th premier after defeating three other candidates in a series of secret-ballot votes.

Happy anniversary, Premier Cochrane! caption id="attachment_1311148" align="alignleft" width="275" NWT Premier Caroline Cochrane/caption Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist.  He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy.  A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.