John Main selected as Nunavut's premier, marking territory's first non-Inuk leader
John Main was elected premier by secret ballot in Nunavut's consensus government, with 21 of 22 MLAs participating after the territory's October election.
- The seventh Nunavut Legislative Assembly chose John Main as premier at the Nunavut Leadership Forum held in the legislature chamber, which began at 10 a.m.
- Under Nunavut's consensus-style system, which lacks parties, MLAs elect the speaker, premier and executive council by secret ballot at the leadership forum.
- Main prevailed over David Akeeagok, MLA for Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu, and served as minister of Health and minister responsible for the Qulliq Energy Corporation and Suicide Prevention.
- MLAs also chose South Baffin MLA David Joanasie as Speaker, and the premier will assign portfolios among eight cabinet members while the executive council remains a minority.
- Only 21 electorates were represented because the Aggu riding tied, prompting a Dec. 15 by-election, and residents could watch the forum on Bell channel 513, Shaw channel 181, and radio.
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‘All about collaboration’: John Main emerges as Nunavut’s new premier
By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News It was a nearly three-hour-long job interview for John Main and David Akeeagok on Tuesday. But after 26 questions from their MLA colleagues, Main, the MLA for Arviat North-Whale Cove, emerged victorious as the man who will serve as Nunavut’s seventh premier. “It feels a bit surreal, to be honest,” Main said in his first comments to reporters Tuesday evening. “Maybe it’ll sin…
John Main selected as Nunavut's premier, marking territory's first non-Inuk leader (Canada)
John Main was selected as Nunavut's next premier on Tuesday, marking the first time Nunavut will have a non-Inuk leader. Main, a third-term MLA who speaks fluent Inuktitut and served as Nunavut's health minister in the previous assembly, beat out David Akeeagok for the position in a secret ballot vo...
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