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The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is the legislative assembly for the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The seat of the Assembly is the Legislative Building of Nunavut in Iqaluit.
Kitikmeot Region is an administrative region of Nunavut,Canada. It consists of the southern and eastern parts of Victoria Island with the adjacent part of the mainland as far as the Boothia Peninsula,together with King William Island and the southern portion of Prince of Wales Island. The regional centre is Cambridge Bay.
The 1999 Nunavut general election was the first general election in the territory and was held on 15 February 1999,to elect the members of the 1st Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.
Taloyoak or Talurjuaq,formerly known as Spence Bay until 1 July 1992,although the body of water on which it is situated continues to be known as Spence Bay —same as the body of water on which Iqaluit is situated continues to be known as Frobisher Bay —is located on the Boothia Peninsula,in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut,Canada. The community is served only by air and by annual supply sealift. Taloyoak,the northernmost community in mainland Canada,in Inuktitut means "large blind",referring to a stone caribou blind or a screen used for caribou hunting. The community is situated 460 km (290 mi) east of the regional centre of Cambridge Bay,1,224 km (761 mi) northeast of Yellowknife,Northwest Territories.
Akulliq was a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut,Canada.
Amittuq is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut,Canada.
Cambridge Bay is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut,Canada.
Nattilik was a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut,Canada.
Tununiq is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut,Canada.
Uqqummiut is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut,Canada.
Nunavut is the largest,easternmost,and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1,1999,via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act,which provided this territory to the Inuit for self-government. The boundaries had been drawn in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada's political map in half a century since the province of Newfoundland was admitted in 1949.
Jeannie Ugyuk is a Canadian Inuk politician,who was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Nattilik in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2010 by-election. At that time the riding of Nattilik encompassed the communities of Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak,Nunavut. She became the second woman,along with Premier Eva Aariak,to sit in the 3rd Nunavut Legislature.
Netsilik is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut,Canada.
Rankin Inlet South is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut,Canada.
The 4th Nunavut Legislature began after the 2013 general election on October 29. The election returned 20 of the 22 non-partisan members,with the results in two seats pending judicial recounts or follow-up by-elections due to a tied result on election day. After the official recount held November 5,2013,the district of Rankin Inlet South was found to be still tied and Uqqummiut was won by two votes.
The 2017 Nunavut general election was held on October 30,2017 to return the members of the 5th Nunavut Legislature. The fifth general election held since the creation of the territory in 1999,it was the first election held under Nunavut's new fixed election dates law,which requires elections to be held no more than four years after the prior election.
The 2021 Nunavut general election was held on October 25,2021,to return the members of the 6th Nunavut Legislature. Since the adoption of a fixed election date law in 2014,general elections in Nunavut are held in the last Monday of October in the fourth calendar year following the last elections. The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut can be dissolved earlier by the Commissioner of Nunavut on the advice of the Premier of Nunavut.
Inagayuk Joseph Quqqiaq is a Canadian Inuk politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2021 Nunavut general election. He represents the electoral district of Netsilik.
References
- ↑ Netsilik By-Election Results
- ↑ "Emiliano Qirngnuq wins Netsilik byelection by 21 votes". Nunatsiaq News , February 9, 2016.
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