Charles Dent (born July 20, 1951 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian politician, is a former radio station manager, a volunteer fire fighter, a former municipal level politician and a long serving cabinet minister in the Northwest Territories territorial government.
Ivor served as mayor of Edmonton 1968-1974 and the first president of the Alberta NDP, founded in 1962.
Dent graduated from the University of Alberta and moved to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, in 1976.
He ran for a third term in office in the 1999 Northwest Territories general election winning just under half of the popular vote.
He ran for his fourth and final term in office in the 2003 Northwest Territories general election.