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Speaker Of The Legislative Assembly Of Nunavut
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is the presiding officer of the territorial legislature in Nunavut, Canada. Since 1999 the position has been elected by Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) using a secret ballot. The current speaker is Tony Akoak. The office of the Speaker As the politics of Nunavut are run under a Westminster system, the role of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in Nunavut is very similar to that of the Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada and the Speakers of the various other Canadian legislatures. The Speaker is responsible for enforcing the Rules of the Legislative Assembly, and indeed the responsibilities of this office are also set out by these Rules. The Speaker is also the Chairperson of the Management and Services Board, which is tasked with the administration of the Legislative Assembly Precinct and the Office of the Legislative Assembly. The Speaker is elec ...
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Speaker (politics)
The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerford in the Parliament of England.Lee Vol 28, pp. 257,258. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the powers to discipline members who break the procedures of the chamber or house. The speaker often also represents the body in person, as the voice of the body in ceremonial and some other situations. By convention, speakers are normally addressed in Parliament as 'Mister Speaker', if a man, or 'Madam Speaker', if a woman. In other cultures, other styles are used, mainly being equivalents of English "chairman" or "president". Many bodies also have a speaker '' pro tempore'' (or deputy speaker), designated to fill in ...
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Jobie Nutarak
Jobie Nutarak (May 10, 1947 – April 22, 2006) was a politician from Nunavut in northern Canada. Biography Nutarak was born in Pond Inlet on Baffin Island. He was elected to the district of Tunnuniq in 1999 and was re-elected in 2004. In 2004 he was elected to the position of Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, being the first unilingual Inuktitut speaking person to hold the position. Prior to territorial politics, Nutarak was involved in local and regional education and active with Inuit land claims organizations. Nutarak died while on a snowmobile A snowmobile, also known as a Ski-Doo, snowmachine, sled, motor sled, motor sledge, skimobile, or snow scooter, is a motorized vehicle designed for winter travel and recreation on snow. It is designed to be operated on snow and ice and does not ... hunting trip, leaving behind a wife and five children along with five grandchildren. References External linksJobie Nutarak at the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ...
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Aggu
Aggu ( iu, ᐊᒡᒍ) is a territorial electoral district ( riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The riding consists of part of the community of Igloolik. The district was created prior to the 28 October 2013 general election. The community had been in Amittuq Amittuq ( iu, ᐊᒥᑦᑐᕐᒃ) is a territorial electoral district ( riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The riding consists of the communities of Hall Beach and part of Igloolik Igloolik ( Inuktitut syllabics: , ''Iglu .... Election results 2021 election 2017 election 2013 election References {{coord , 69.391, N, 81.710, W, display=title Electoral districts of Qikiqtaaluk Region 2013 establishments in Nunavut ...
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Simeon Mikkungwak
Simeon Mikkungwak is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2013 election to represent the electoral district of Baker Lake. He was elected as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is the presiding officer of the territorial legislature in Nunavut, Canada. Since 1999 the position has been elected by Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) using a secret ballot. The current ... on May 28, 2019. He resigned from the legislature in February 2020 for family reasons.Beth Brown"Nunavut Speaker resigns to put family health first" CBC North, February 25, 2020. References Living people Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Inuit from the Northwest Territories Inuit politicians People from Baker Lake 21st-century Canadian politicians Inuit from Nunavut Year of birth missing (living people) Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut {{Nunavut-p ...
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Baker Lake (electoral District)
Baker Lake ( iu, ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒃ, Inuinnaqtun: Qamanittuaq) is a territorial electoral district ( riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The riding consists of the community of Baker Lake. The current Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. ... is Simeon Mikkungwak. The Nunavut Electoral Boundaries Commission has recommended the district be renamed Qamani'tuaq, after the Inuktitut name of the community, for the next election, along with minor boundary changes. However, the name appears to have not been changed. Election results 1999 election 2004 election 2008 election 2013 election 2017 election 2020 by-election References External links {{coord, 64, 19, 05, N, 096, 01, 03, W, region:CA-NU_typ ...
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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 his t ...
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George Qulaut
George Quviq Qulaut (born c. 1954) is a Canadian politician elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2013 election, where he served a full term MLA and Speaker representing the Amittuq district. He was born in Igloolik Igloolik ( Inuktitut syllabics: , ''Iglulik'', ) is an Inuit hamlet in Foxe Basin, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, northern Canada. Because its location on Igloolik Island is close to Melville Peninsula, it is often mistakenly thought to be on th ... and represented the electoral district of Amittuq until his defeat in the 2017 election. George joined the Qikiqtani Inuit AssociationQIA in January 2022. He studied at Algonquin College in Ottawa and worked at thIgloolik Eastern Research Centrefor 14 years. He was a QIA Community Director in Igloolik for 9 years, and Chairman of Qikiqtaaluk CorporationQC. References Living people Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Inuit from the Northwest Territories Inuit politicians People fro ...
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Amittuq
Amittuq ( iu, ᐊᒥᑦᑐᕐᒃ) is a territorial electoral district ( riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The riding consists of the communities of Hall Beach and part of Igloolik Igloolik ( Inuktitut syllabics: , ''Iglulik'', ) is an Inuit hamlet in Foxe Basin, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, northern Canada. Because its location on Igloolik Island is close to Melville Peninsula, it is often mistakenly thought to be on th .... The boundary was redrawn for the 28 October 2013 general election. Election results 1999 election 2004 election 2008 election 2013 election 2017 election References External linksWebsite of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut {{coord missing, Nunavut Electoral districts of Qikiqtaaluk Region 1999 establishments in Nunavut ...
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Iqaluit Centre
Iqaluit Centre was a territorial electoral district ( riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The riding consisted of the community of Iqaluit. Hunter Tootoo, former federal Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. ... for this riding until its disestablishment in 2013. Election results 1999 election 2004 election 2008 election References External linksWebsite of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut {{coord, 63.746, N, 68.512, W, display=title Electoral districts of Qikiqtaaluk Region 1999 establishments in Nunavut 2013 disestablishments in Nunavut ...
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Paul Okalik
Paul Okalik ( iu, ᐹᓪ ᐅᑲᓕᖅ, ; 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 Nunavut. Okalik represented the electoral district of Iqaluit West in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut until April 6, 2011 when he announced he would be resigning in order to run for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of Nunavut in the 2011 Canadian federal election. He returned to the Legislative Assembly in 2013 until being defeated in the 2017 general election. Early life Okalik was born on May 26, 1964, in Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut), the youngest of ten children born to Auyaluk and Annie Okalik. He was sent to residential school in Frobisher Bay, now Iqaluit, at 15, returning to Pangnirtung after one year. He began a series of temporary jobs and pursuits including time as an app ...
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Iqaluit West
Iqaluit West was a territorial electoral district ( riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The riding consists of the community of Iqaluit. Its most recent Member of the Legislative Assembly was Paul Okalik who resigned to run in the 2011 Canadian Federal Election. A by-election was held 12 September 2011. In 2008, Okalik defeated Iqaluit Mayor, Elisapee Sheutiapik Elisapee Sheutiapik is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Iqaluit, Nunavut, from 2003 to 2010, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2017 general election. Mayoralty She won the mayoral election in 2003, def ..., in the 2008 provincial election. Election results 1999 election 2004 election 2008 election 2011 by-election References External linksWebsite of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut {{coord , 63.753, N, 68.537, W, display=title Electoral districts of Qikiqtaaluk Region 1999 establishments in Nunavut 2013 disestablishments in Nunavut
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James Arreak
James Arreak (born October 6, 1952) is a territorial and municipal level politician in Canada. He has served as a member of both the Nunavut and Northwest Territories legislatures. Biography Arreak is from Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada. Arreak was elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election. He won the Baffin South electoral district defeating incumbent Ipeelee Kilabuk. He left the legislature less than a year later in 1980. He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of Uqqummiut having won the seat in the 2004 Nunavut election. In June 2006 he was appointed deputy speaker for the Legislative Assembly. In 2008 he was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. He resigned from this position in November 2010 to become Minister of Culture, Language, Elders, and Youth and Minister of Languages in the Cabinet of Nunavut. He was replaced as Speaker by former premier Paul Ok ...
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