5th Nunavut Legislature explained

#:5th
Type:Consensus
Members:22
Jurisdiction:NU
Status:inactive
Term-Begin:November 17, 2017
Term-End:October 25, 2021
Pm:Paul Quassa (until June 14, 2018)
Joe Savikataaq
Viceroy:Eva Aariak

The 5th Nunavut Legislature began after the 2017 general election on October 30. The election returned 22 non-partisan members. In March 2019 the riding of Tununiq was vacated by the death of Joe Enook.[1]

Change of premier

After the election, the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut met on November 17, 2017 to select Paul Quassa as the premier of Nunavut. Incumbent premier Peter Taptuna did not seek re-election.

Members

RidingMemberNotes[2]
Speaker, former premier
In cabinet but stripped of portfolios[3] [4]
Premier
Simeon Mikkungwak (resigned February 25, 2020)
Craig Simailak (elected August 24, 2020)
Cabinet
Cabinet
Cabinet
Mila Adjukak Kamingoak (resigned April 3, 2020)
Calvin Pedersen (elected August 24, 2020)
Cabinet
Cabinet
Cabinet
Joe Enook (died in office March 29, 2019)
David Qamaniq (from September 16, 2019)
Enook was speaker at the time of his death

Notes and References

  1. News: 'Nunavut has lost a great MLA': Speaker Joe Enook dead at 61. Murray. Nick. CBC News. 30 March 2019. 30 March 2019.
  2. https://assembly.nu.ca/members/mla Members of the Legislative Assembly
  3. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunanvut-minister-stripped-of-portfolio-1.5755057 Nunavut MLA doesn't regret Facebook post criticizing Black women for having abortions
  4. Web site: The Honourable Patterk Netser . 2020-10-11 . 2020-10-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201018064415/https://assembly.nu.ca/honourable-patterk-netser . dead .