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Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
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<h2 id="current-members">Current members</h2> <p>There are currently 22 seats in the legislature. The <a href="/facts/6th_Nunavut_Legislature/kFPnxIEe">current assembly</a> is the sixth in the territory's history, and had its membership selected in the <a href="/facts/2021_Nunavut_general_election/THIC6oFv">2021 election</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Two electoral districts did not have their results finalized on election night, due to a margin of less than two percent between two candidates, necessitating a <a href="/facts/Judicial_recount/kWkRMJtI">judicial recount</a>. The results of the recount were confirmed by 2 November.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Constituency</th><th>Member<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></th><th>Portfolio<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Aggu/bJGC2wIL">Aggu</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Joanna_Quassa/QgEIy38l">Joanna Quassa</a></td><td>Minister of Culture and Heritage, Minister responsible for <a href="/facts/Qulliq_Energy/HA0kqK5a">Qulliq Energy</a> Corporation, Minister responsible for Languages, Minister responsible for Seniors</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Aivilik/In1H0KMS">Aivilik</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Solomon_Malliki/ufBy1C9c">Solomon Malliki</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Amittuq/5BUFCHgV">Amittuq</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Joelie_Kaernerk/JjuVGhqD">Joelie Kaernerk</a>[A]</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Arviat_North-Whale_Cove/oasavzKw">Arviat North-Whale Cove</a></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Main_(politician)/NWvvHw4I">John Main</a>[B]</td><td>Minister of Health, Minister responsible for Suicide Prevention</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Arviat_South/4BGu2H6w">Arviat South</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Joe_Savikataaq/Go3QrKkB">Joe Savikataaq</a>[B]</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Baker_Lake_(electoral_district)/K9unGUG9">Baker Lake</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Craig_Simailak/E3yoFL89">Craig Simailak</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cambridge_Bay_(electoral_district)/FcWR1DDy">Cambridge Bay</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Pamela_Gross/KD4mdrjv">Pamela Gross</a>[A]</td><td>Deputy Premier, Minister of Education, Minister responsible for Nunavut Arctic College</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gjoa_Haven_(electoral_district)/BqhSlfrM">Gjoa Haven</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Tony_Akoak/Q2oV86gd">Tony Akoak</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Speaker_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_of_Nunavut/GqacUBV8">Speaker</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hudson_Bay_(electoral_district)/1468YsyB">Hudson Bay</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Daniel_Qavvik/Ke95HI06">Daniel Qavvik</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Iqaluit-Manirajak/MP15hyGC">Iqaluit-Manirajak</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Adam_Lightstone/t6z0y5FD">Adam Lightstone</a></td><td>Minister of Finance, Minister of Human Resources, Minister responsible for Workers Safety and Compensation Commission, Minister responsible for the Liquor Licensing Board</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu/cr4bqr9q">Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu</a></td><td><a href="/facts/P.J._Akeeagok/KUSC8hnn">P.J. Akeeagok</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Premier_of_Nunavut/7HKoL4XW">Premier</a>, Minister of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Indigenous Affairs, Minister responsible for Immigration, Minister responsible for the Utility Rate Review Council</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Iqaluit-Sinaa/DP3IIeoC">Iqaluit-Sinaa</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Janet_Brewster/z8V9SdTS">Janet Brewster</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Iqaluit-Tasiluk/bb2HXylT">Iqaluit-Tasiluk</a></td><td><a href="/facts/George_Hickes_(Nunavut_politician)/MdsYJrfy">George Hickes</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kugluktuk_(electoral_district)/RNXrGYcj">Kugluktuk</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Bobby_Anavilok/uE43E3uD">Bobby Anavilok</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Netsilik_(electoral_district)/eTwTvg97">Netsilik</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Inagayuk_Quqqiaq/Kk1Ybuxx">Inagayuk Quqqiaq</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pangnirtung_(electoral_district)/VPd9ptFe">Pangnirtung</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Margaret_Nakashuk/Q1shtv4p">Margaret Nakashuk</a>[B]</td><td>Minister of Family Services, Minister responsible for Status of Women, Minister responsible for Homelessness, Minister responsible for Poverty Reduction</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Quttiktuq/xQRnxNk4">Quttiktuq</a></td><td><a href="/facts/David_Akeeagok/69vVos8K">David Akeeagok</a>[B]</td><td>Minister of Environment, Minister of Justice, Minister responsible for Labour, Minister responsible for Democratic Institutions, Minister responsible for Human Rights Tribunal</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rankin_Inlet_North-Chesterfield_Inlet/vBrn9Pf4">Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Alexander_Sammurtok/8JX1cfXD">Alexander Sammurtok</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rankin_Inlet_South/X9HQwTl3">Rankin Inlet South</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Lorne_Kusugak/CtkDxqcF">Lorne Kusugak</a></td><td>Government House Leader, Minister of Economic Development and Transportation, Minister responsible for the Nunavut Housing Corporation</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/South_Baffin/DRyfH3wV">South Baffin</a></td><td><a href="/facts/David_Joanasie/4TsePUp2">David Joanasie</a>[B]</td><td>Minister of Community and Government Services</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tununiq/GWvoXbh4">Tununiq</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Karen_Nutarak/r1AWGqK4">Karen Nutarak</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Uqqummiut/q7Ts9y9b">Uqqummiut</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mary_Killiktee/MuQXMctJ">Mary Killiktee</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> A After recount B Acclaimed <h2 id="g7-summit-2010">G7 Summit 2010</h2> <p><a href="/facts/G7/P5xVoq5y">G7</a> finance ministers met at the Legislative Building in February 2010 for a two-day meeting.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> Security at the summit was provided by the <a href="/facts/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police/yUUrtrGr">Royal Canadian Mounted Police</a> (RCMP). </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_Nunavut_general_elections/4EmEV4rG">List of Nunavut general elections</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. <ul><li><a href="http://www.assembly.nu.ca">The official website</a></li></ul> <p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Legislative_Assembly_of_Nunavut¶ms=63_45_01_N_068_31_24_W_type:landmark_scale:5000_region:CA-NU&title=Legislative+Assembly+of+Nunavut">63°45′01″N 068°31′24″W / 63.75028°N 68.52333°W / 63.75028; -68.52333 (Legislative Assembly of Nunavut)</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Kay, Christine and Kearsey, Tara, "Royals start tour in Iqaluit" Archived 3 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Northern News Services, 7 October 2002. <a href="http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2002-10/oct7_02q.html" target="_blank">http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2002-10/oct7_02q.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Official Languages Act, SNB 2002, c O-0.5". CanLII. Section 8. Retrieved 8 March 2024. <a href="https://canlii.ca/t/564mx" target="_blank">https://canlii.ca/t/564mx</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. "Fact Sheet Role of Hansard" (PDF). <a href="https://www.assembly.nu.ca/sites/default/files/Role%20of%20Hansard%20-%20English.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.assembly.nu.ca/sites/default/files/Role%20of%20Hansard%20-%20English.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Roundtable: Some Editing Required: Producing Canada's Hansards Vol 38 No 2 – Canadian Parliamentary Review – La Revue parlementaire canadienne". 22 July 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2024. <a href="https://www.revparlcan.ca/en/vol38-no2-roundtable-some-editing-required-producing-canadas-hansards-2/" target="_blank">https://www.revparlcan.ca/en/vol38-no2-roundtable-some-editing-required-producing-canadas-hansards-2/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Official elections results". Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 20 November 2021. <a href="https://www.elections.nu.ca/en/2021-territorial-election" target="_blank">https://www.elections.nu.ca/en/2021-territorial-election</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Joelie Kaernerk won a second term in Amittuq while Pamela Hakongak Gross will be the MLA for Cambridge Bay". 2 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/recounts-two-nunavut-constituencies-confirm-election-winners-1.6234227" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/recounts-two-nunavut-constituencies-confirm-election-winners-1.6234227</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Official elections results". Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 20 November 2021. <a href="https://www.elections.nu.ca/en/2021-territorial-election" target="_blank">https://www.elections.nu.ca/en/2021-territorial-election</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Premier Akeeagok announces cabinet portfolios". Government of Nunavut. Retrieved 20 November 2021. <a href="https://gov.nu.ca/executive-and-intergovernmental-affairs/news/premier-akeeagok-announces-cabinet-portfolios" target="_blank">https://gov.nu.ca/executive-and-intergovernmental-affairs/news/premier-akeeagok-announces-cabinet-portfolios</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"MLAs sworn in by Nunavut commissioner". Nunatsiaq News. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021. <a href="https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/mlas-sworn-in-by-nunavut-commissioner/" target="_blank">https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/mlas-sworn-in-by-nunavut-commissioner/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"G7 leaders enjoy Arctic outing before talks". CBC News. 5 February 2010. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/g7-leaders-enjoy-arctic-outing-before-talks-1.880266" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/g7-leaders-enjoy-arctic-outing-before-talks-1.880266</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>