He defeated former speaker and cabinet minister Jeannie Marie-Jewell to win his first term in office.

[2] Miltenberger ran for a third term in the 2003 general election, he solidified his popularity winning his district with 65% of the vote over challenging candidate Don Torangeau.

[2] He won a fourth term on October 1, defeating current Fort Smith mayor Peter Martselos and Marie-Jewell.

[3] A human rights complaint was filed against Miltenberger in connection with a December 9, 2011, incident in which a trans woman alleged that the Government of the Northwest Territories and Miltenberger denied her access to facilities customarily available to the public – Aurora College - because she is transgender.

[4] In 2013, the Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission found that gender-identity was not a factor in the matter, that there was no connection between Miltenberger's words or actions and the complainant's transgenderism, and that while the complainant was denied access to school facilities, the denial was not related to her gender identity.