Elections Nunavut

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Elections Nunavut
ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ
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Agency overview
Formed2003
JurisdictionElections and plebiscites in Nunavut
Headquarters41 Sivulliq Avenue, Rankin Inlet [1]
Employees5
Annual budget$2.83 million (2017-2018) [2]
Agency executive
  • Dustin Fredlund, Chief Electoral Officer
Website www.elections.nu.ca

Elections Nunavut is an independent agency that oversees elections and plebiscites in Nunavut, including:

Contents

The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut appoints the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), who is the head of Elections Nunavut. It is headquartered in Rankin Inlet. The CEO appoints a returning officer and assistant returning officer in each Nunavut constituency to oversee the election process in that constituency. A returning officer represents Elections Nunavut in each of the 22 constituencies. [3]

Services

Elections Nunavut's main services are to:

Elections Nunavut has a commitment to provide user-friendly resources and information in plain language, and offers services in English, French, Inuinnaqtun and Inuktitut (syllabics).

History

Elections Nunavut started its work in 2000, following the first Nunavut general election in 1999. In 2017 municipal elections were passed over to Elections Nunavut from the Nunavut government's Community and Government Services Department. [6]

Legislative Assembly of Nunavut

The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is a public government and operates on the consensus model. [7] [8] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) belong to no political party and voting isn't based on party politics. Nunavummiut (the people of Nunavut) elect each of their MLAs as an independent representative. The MLAs vote for and form the government from among themselves.

Soon after each general election the MLAs elect one of their Members to be Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and another to be Premier of Nunavut. They also elect from among themselves the Members of Cabinet that form the government. The Cabinet are a minority in the Legislature, so the majority of MLAs must agree upon and approve any legislative decision.

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References

  1. ↑ "Contact Us". Elections Nunavut. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
  2. ↑ "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. 25 June 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
  3. 1 2 Macleod, Cate (5 March 2020). "By-election date for Baker Lake announced | Government of Nunavut". www.gov.nu.ca. Iqaluit, Nunavut: Government of Nunavut. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. ↑ News, Nunatsiaq (17 March 2020). "Many mourn death of Nunavut municipal leader Bob Leonard". Nunatsiaq News. Retrieved 20 March 2020.{{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  5. ↑ "Nunavut Elections Act, SNu 2002, c 17". CanLII . Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Brown, Beth (28 October 2019). "Kenny Bell is Iqaluit's new mayor as municipal elections held across Nunavut". CBC News. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "How does Nunavut's consensus government work?". CBC News. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "Consensus Government | Government of Nunavut". www.gov.nu.ca. Government of Nunavut. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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