1st Nunavut Legislature

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1st Nunavut Legislature
Consensus parliament
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Parliament leaders
Premier Paul Okalik
Members19 seats
Sovereign
Monarch Elizabeth II
Commissioner Helen Mamayaok Maksagak
Peter Irniq
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The 1st Nunavut Legislature lasted from 1999 to 2004. The nineteen members were elected in the 1999 Nunavut general election held 15 February. [1] The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut runs on a consensus style government, members are elected as non-partisan and the assembly meets as a whole to elect a premier, the cabinet and the speaker. The premier hands out the cabinet jobs.

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The cabinet is considered the government and the Regular members are considered the opposition. The make up of the assembly acts as a minority parliament. The cabinet must gain the support of the regular members in order to pass bills. Traditionally the cabinet votes as a block known as cabinet solidarity.

Cabinet ministers

Cabinet ministers
DistrictMemberPosition
Iqaluit West Paul Okalik Premier
Minister of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs
Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
Minister of Justice
Cambridge Bay Kelvin Ng Minister of Finance
Minister of Human Resources
Government House Leader
Nanulik James Arvaluk Minister of Education1
Iqaluit East Ed Picco Minister of Health and Social Services
Minister of Nunavut Power Corporation
Rankin Inlet South/Whale Cove Manitok Thompson Minister of Public Works, Telecommunications and Technical Services

Minister of Education2

Pangnirtung Peter Kilabuk Minister of Sustainable Development
Kugluktuk Donald Havioyak Minister of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth
Minister responsible for the status of women.
  1. James Arvaluk was removed from the cabinet in 2003 after being charged with assault.
  2. Manitok Thompson took over as Minister of Education from 2003 to 2004

Speaker

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
DistrictMemberYears as speaker
Quttiktuq Levi Barnabas 11999 - 2000
Arviat Kevin O'Brien 2000 - 2004
  1. Levi Barnabas was convicted of Sexual Assault in 2000

Members

Members elected in the 1999 general election
DistrictMemberFirst elected / previously elected
Akulliq Ovide Alakannuark 1999
Amittuq Enoki Irqittuq 1999
Arviat Kevin O'Brien 1995
Baker Lake Glenn McLean 1999
Cambridge Bay Kelvin Ng 1993
Hudson Bay Peter Kattuk 1999
Iqaluit Centre Hunter Tootoo 1999
Iqaluit East Ed Picco 1995
Iqaluit West Paul Okalik 1999
Kugluktuk Donald Havioyak 1999
Nanulik James Arvaluk 1991, [a] 1999
Patterk Netser (2003)2003
Nattilik Uriash Puqiqnak 1999
Pangnirtung Peter Kilabuk 1999
Quttiktuq Levi Barnabas 1995
Rebekah Williams (2000)2000
Rankin Inlet North Jack Anawak 1999
Rankin Inlet South/Whale Cove Manitok Thompson 1995
South Baffin Olayuk Akesuk 1999
Tununiq Jobie Nutarak 1999
Uqqummiut David Iqaqrialu 1999

By-election

Members elected in by-elections
DistrictMemberDateReason
Quttiktuq Rebekah Williams December 4, 2000Resignation of Levi Barnabas
Nanulik Patterk Netser September 2, 2003Resignation of James Arvaluk

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Nunavut - Canadian Confederation". Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
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