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

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s or follow-up

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s due to a tied result on election day."2 seats tied, Eva Aariak loses in Nunavut election"

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, October 28, 2013. After the official recount held November 5, 2013, the district of Rankin Inlet South was found to be still tied and

Uqqummiut Uqqummiut (, Inuinnaqtun: Uqqurmiut) is a territorial electoral district ( riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The riding consists of the communities of Clyde River and Qikiqtarjuaq. The Member of the Legislative Assembly ...

was won by two votes."Nunavut recounts produce one winner and one intractable deadlock"
. ''

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'', November 5, 2013.

Change of premier

After the election the

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met to select a new

premier of Nunavut The premier of Nunavut (; Inuinnaqtun: ''Hivuliqti Nunavunmi''; ) is the first minister for the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The premier is the territory's head of government, although their powers are somewhat more limited than those of a pr ...

. Incumbent premier

Eva Aariak Eva Qamaniq Aariak (, ; born January 10, 1955) is a Canadian Inuit, Inuk politician, who was elected in the 2008 Nunavut general election, 2008 territorial election to represent the Electoral district (Canada), electoral district of Iqaluit Ea ...

was defeated in her district on election day, although she had already indicated that she did not wish to stand for a second term as premier.Eva Aariak won't seek 2nd term as Nunavut premier

, September 5, 2013.

Membership in the 4th assembly

A list of members returned in the 2013 general election and subsequent deferred elections.

Members elected in October 2013

Membership changes

Nuqingaq was expelled from the legislature on October 24, 2014, after repeatedly engaging in disorderly and inappropriate conduct, vacating Uqqummiut and resulting in a by-election which was held on February 9, 2015. The by-election was won by

Pauloosie Keyootak Pauloosie Keyootak is a Canadian Inuit, Inuk politician from Qikiqtarjuaq, Broughton Island, Northwest Territories, now Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, representing the electoral district of Uqqummiu ...

."Pauloosie Keyootak elected MLA for Uqqummiut in byelection"

, February 10, 2015. Ugyuk, who was chosen as the Family Services Minister, lost a non-confidence vote on November 7, 2015, during a leadership review of the

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. As a result of the non-confidence vote a motion was made to remove Ugyuk from cabinet. On November 9, prior to discussion on the motion, Ugyuk resigned both from cabinet and as MLA and the motion was withdrawn. A by-election was held in February 2016, and was won by Emiliano Qirngnuq."Emiliano Qirngnuq wins Netsilik byelection by 21 votes"
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'', February 9, 2016.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Nunavut official website
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