Tragedy would ensue after this election as member-elect Bill Berg died in a plane crash while flying into Yellowknife on October 1, only a few days before the new council was to open.
Only one incumbent was appointed from the previous council that was retired Air Marshal Hugh Campbell.
Abraham Okpik the first Inuit member of the council was dropped due to the election of Simonie Michael.
The final appointee was Lloyd Barber a Dean of Commerce at the University of Saskatchewan.
[2] The appointments were announced on November 9, 1967 by Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Arthur Laing.