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2017 Nunavut General Election
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 in Canada, fixed election dates law, which requires elections to be held no more than four years after the prior election. Unlike most federal or provincial elections in Canada, elections to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut are conducted on a non-partisan consensus government model, in which all candidates run as independent politician#Canada, independents rather than being nominated by List of political parties in Canada, political parties. The Premier of Nunavut, premier and Executive Council of Nunavut, executive council are then selected internally by the MLAs at the first special sitting of the legislature. Candidates As of the close of nominations on September 29, 2017, three MLAs, Steve Mapsalak, Keith Peters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Assembly Of Nunavut
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. Prior to the creation of Nunavut as a Canadian territory on 1 April 1999, the 1999 Nunavut general election was held on 15 February to determine the 1st Nunavut Legislature. The Legislative Assembly was opened by Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, on 7 October 2002, during her Golden Jubilee tour of Canada. In her speech the Queen stated: "I am proud to be the first member of the Canadian Royal Family to be greeted in Canada's newest territory." Prior to the opening of the Legislative Building in October 1999 the members met in the gymnasium of the Inuksuk High School. The Hansard of the assembly is published in Inuktitut ( syllabics) and English, making the territory one of three Canadian jurisdictions to produce a bilingual Hansard, along with the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mila Adjukak Kamingoak
Mila Adjukak Kamingoak is a Canadian politician, who represents the electoral district of Kugluktuk in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut as of October 30, 2017. Kamingoak was the only candidate to register in her district by the close on September 29 of nominations for the 2017 general election, and was thus acclaimed directly to office. She had previously intended to run and challenge Premier Peter Taptuna, but was acclaimed to the position as the former had dropped out. Kamingoak formerly worked on the campaign of her uncle Charlie Evalik; the president of the Kitikmeot Inuit Association, of whom her other uncle Stanley Anablak currently serves as the president of. Her brother in law PJ Akeeagok serves as the president of Qikiqtani Inuit Association. She resigned her seat on April 3, 2020, citing family reasons. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Joanasie
David Joanasie (born June 22, 1983) is a Canadian Inuk politician from Cape Dorset, Nunavut. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2013 election. He represents the electoral district of South Baffin. Education David attended school at Kinngait and learned Inuktitut up until third grade. He graduated from Peter Pitseolak High School in 2001 and was interested in mathematics. He eventually earned a certificate in business communication from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax and a diploma from Algonquin College. Career Pre-legislative assembly Before his election, he was the Communications Manager of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association and worked for the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. Elections He was elected twice to serve in the 5th Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. He was re-elected to represent the constituency of South Baffin. He was also elected to serve in the Executive Council on November 17, 2017. He was sworn into office on November 21, 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeannie Ehaloak
Jeannie Hakongak Ehaloak is a Canadian Inuk politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2017 general election."'I'm finally feeling rested': Recount confirms Jeannie Ehaloak's election in Cambridge Bay" , November 5, 2017. She represented the electoral district of from 2017 to 2021. Prior to her election to the legislature, Ehaloak served as mayor of |
Pat Angnakak
Pat Angnakak is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2013 election and reelected in 2017. She represented the electoral district of Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu until 2021; she resigned her seat in the legislature in August 2021 in order to run as a Liberal Party of Canada candidate in the 2021 Canadian federal election, but was defeated by Lori Idlout of the New Democratic Party. Angnakak at one point served as the territory's Minister of Healthcare and has advocated for increased government accountability and services for employees experiencing workplace harassment, as well as in healthcare issues such as poverty, lack of social issues services, and emergency medicine infrastructure. Originally from in Cape Dorset and Pangnirtung, Angnakak speaks both English and Inuktitut and has served on several boards and associations related to community development. Politics and views After being elected to the 4th Legislative Assembly in 2013, An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Akeeagok
David Akeeagok is a Canadian Inuk politician from Grise Fiord, Nunavut. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2017 general election. He represents the electoral district of Quttiktuq, and serves as Nunavut's Deputy Premier, Ministry offices of Economic Development and Transportation, Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission, the Liquor Commission, the Liquor Licensing Board. His nephew, P.J. Akeeagok, is the current 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 .... References Inuit politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Inuit people 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Inuit from the Northwest Territories Inuit from Nunavut Members of the Executive Council o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Enook
Joe Enook (1957 – March 29, 2019) was a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the district of Tununiq in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in a by-election on September 12, 2011."Enook, Ell, Oshutapik win Nunavut byelections" , September 12, 2011. He was re-elected in 2013 and 2017. In 2017, he was acclaimed as , the office he held until his death in March 2019. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patterk Netser
Patterk Netser is a Canadian Inuk politician, who was the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Nanulik in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut from 2003 to 2008, and was reelected to the legislature in 2017 to represent the new district of Aivilik. He was stripped of his ministerial portfolios after sharing his anti-Black Lives Matter and anti-abortion views on Facebook in mid-to late 2020. Netser was born in Coral Harbour, Nunavut. Prior to becoming an MLA, Netser was involved in local and territorial education as a member of the Coral Harbour District Education Authority and the regional education board. Nester was elected to the 1st Nunavut Legislature in a by-election in September 2003. During the fall sitting, the Assembly debated the proposed ''Human Rights Act 2003''. Sexual orientation was one of the prohibited grounds of discrimination in the proposed act. Nestor opposed the inclusion of sexual orientation, and brought a motion to strike the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Towtongie
Q. Cathy Towtongie is a Canadian Inuk politician from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2017 general election to represent the electoral district of Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet. Prior to her election to the legislature, Towtongie served two terms as president of Nunavut Tunngavik from 2001 to 2004 and from 2010 to 2016. In this role, she faced criticism when she publicly objected to Iqaluit City Council's decision to raise a rainbow flag during the 2014 Winter Olympics in protest against the Russian gay propaganda law. In 2020 she faced further criticism when she objected to the use of the word two-spirit in a motion on missing and murdered Indigenous women by fellow MLA Elisapee Sheutiapik, arguing that the concept was not a part of Inuit culture. The criticism included an open letter from actress Anna Lambe, calling on the legislature to censure Towtongie for her comments. In 2021, just a few days before the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Savikataaq
Joe Savikataaq (born ) is a Canadian politician who served as the fifth premier of Nunavut from 2018 to 2021. He was elected premier on June 14, 2018 by the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, after his predecessor Paul Quassa lost a no-confidence vote. Politics Savikataaq was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2013 election and represents the electoral district of Arviat South. He was re-elected in the same district in 2017. Savikataaq served in numerous political positions since entering politics. These include Deputy Premier of Nunavut, Minister of Economic Development and Transportation of Nunavut, Minister of Community and Government Services of Nunavut, and Minister of Energy of Nunavut. Savikataaq was elected as premier on June 14, 2018. He was re-elected in the 2021 election. P.J. Akeeagok was selected to become premier in the Nunavut Leadership Forum on November 17, 2021 defeating Savikataaq.Trevor Knight"MLA candidates on the issues: P. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iqaluit
Iqaluit is the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is the territory's largest community and its only city, and the northernmost city in Canada. It was known as Frobisher Bay from 1942 to 1987, after the large bay on the coast on which the city is situated. Its traditional Inuktitut name was restored in 1987. In 1999, Iqaluit was designated the capital of Nunavut after the division of the Northwest Territories into two separate territories. Before this event, Iqaluit was a small city and not well known outside the Canadian Arctic or Canada, with population and economic growth highly limited. This is due to Iqaluit's isolation and heavy dependence on expensive imported supplies, as the city, like the rest of Nunavut, has no road or rail connections to the rest of Canada, and has ship connections for only part of the year. Iqaluit has a polar climate, influenced by the cold deep waters of the Labrador Current just off Baffin Island, which makes the city cold, altho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC North
CBC North (; ; ) is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio and television service for the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon of Northern Canada as well as Eeyou Istchee and Nunavik in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec. History The genesis of CBC North began in 1923 when the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals established a radiotelegraph system linking Dawson City and Mayo in Yukon with Alaska, British Columbia, and Alberta. Other settlements in Northern Canada were soon connected, forming the Northwest Territories & Yukon (NWT&Y) Radio System. While the original purpose of the NWT&Y Radio System was to provide a means of communication among military personnel and commercial interests in far-flung corners of remote Northern Canada, the system came to be used for the transmission of general information and entertainment to the civilian population as well. Over the subsequent three decades, this ancillary role of the NWT&Y Radio System led to the developmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
