The 1999 Nunavut general election was the first general

election An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold Public administration, public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative d ...

in the territory and was held on February 15, 1999, to elect the members of the 1st Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Although Nunavut did not become a territory until April 1, 1999 the election was held early to enable the members to assume their duties on that date. The territory operates on a consensus government system with no

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; the

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is subsequently chosen by and from the MLAs.

Paul Okalik Paul Okalik (, ; born May 26, 1964) is a Canadian politician. He is the first Inuk to have been called to the Nunavut Bar. He was also the first premier of Nunavut. On November 4, 2010, he was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nun ...

was chosen to be

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 ...

Elected

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Nunavut general 1999 in Nunavut February 1999 in Canada

Elected

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