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{{Short description|Single house of legislature of Nunavut}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox legislature
 | name          = Legislative Assembly of Nunavut<br />{{lang|iu|ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᐊ}}<br />{{lang|ikt|Nunavut Maligaliurvia}}<br />{{lang|fr|Assemblée législative du Nunavut}}
 | coa_pic       =Coat of arms of Nunavut.svg
 | coa_res       = 
 | session_room  = Interior Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.JPG
 | legislature   = [[6th Nunavut Legislature]]
 | house_type    = Unicameral
 | foundation    = 1999
 | preceded_by   = [[Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories]]
 | leader2_type  = [[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut|Speaker]]
 | leader2       = [[Tony Akoak]]
 | party2        = non-partisan
 | election2     = 2021
 | leader1_type  = [[Premier of Nunavut|Premier]]
 | leader1       = [[P.J. Akeeagok]]
 | party1        = non-partisan
 | election1     = 2021
 | members       = 22
| structure1         = Nunavut_Legislative_Assembly_22_Members_Plan.svg
| structure1_res     = 250px
| political_groups1  = 
Non-aligned assembly
([[Consensus government|Consensus]] based)
*{{legend|#808080|Members (22)}}
 | election3     = 2013
 | last_election1 = [[2021 Nunavut general election|25 October 2021]]
 | next_election1 = [[2025 Nunavut general election|On or before 27 October 2025]]
 | meeting_place = Legislative Chamber<br />[[Legislative Building of Nunavut|Legislative Building]], [[Iqaluit]], [[Nunavut]], Canada
 | website       = {{URL|https://www.assembly.nu.ca|assembly.nu.ca}}
}}

The '''Legislative Assembly of Nunavut''' is the [[legislative assembly]] for the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|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 [[2002 royal tour of Canada|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."<ref>Kay, Christine and Kearsey, Tara, [http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2002-10/oct7_02q.html "Royals start tour in Iqaluit"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603120711/http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2002-10/oct7_02q.html |date=3 June 2013 }}. [[Northern News Services]], 7 October 2002.</ref>

Prior to the opening of the Legislative Building in October 1999 the members met in the [[gym]]nasium of the [[Inuksuk High School]].

The [[Hansard]] of the assembly is published in [[Inuktitut]] ([[Inuktitut syllabics|syllabics]]) and English,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rules of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut |url=https://assembly.nu.ca/sites/default/files/2023-02/Rules-of-LA-of-Nun-2021-EN_0.pdf |access-date=March 8, 2024 |website=Legislative Assembly of Nunavut |page=52 |quote=A printed transcript, known as ''Hansard'' ... is produced, edited, printed and distributed, in '''Inuktitut and English''', under the authority of the Speaker. (emphasis added)}}</ref> making the territory one of three Canadian jurisdictions to produce a [[Multilingualism|bilingual]] Hansard, along with the [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Languages Act, SNB 2002, c O-0.5 |url=https://canlii.ca/t/564mx |access-date=March 8, 2024 |website=[[CanLII]] |at=Section 8}}</ref> and both houses of the [[Parliament of Canada]] in [[Ottawa]], Ontario.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |title=Fact Sheet Role of Hansard |url=https://www.assembly.nu.ca/sites/default/files/Role%20of%20Hansard%20-%20English.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-22 |title=Roundtable: Some Editing Required: Producing Canada's Hansards Vol 38 No 2 – Canadian Parliamentary Review – La Revue parlementaire canadienne |url=https://www.revparlcan.ca/en/vol38-no2-roundtable-some-editing-required-producing-canadas-hansards-2/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The territory operates by [[consensus government]]; there are no political parties. Approximately two weeks after an election, the newly elected legislature meets in a special session called the Nunavut Leadership Forum to select the [[Executive Council of Nunavut|Executive Council]], or cabinet.

Members of the Legislative Assembly are [[Oath of office|sworn in]] by the [[commissioner of Nunavut]].

==Current members==
[[File:Mace of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.JPG|thumb|[[Ceremonial mace]] of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut]]

There are currently 22 seats in the legislature. The [[6th Nunavut Legislature|current assembly]] is the sixth in the territory's history, and had its membership selected in the [[2021 Nunavut general election|2021 election]].<ref name=results/> Two electoral districts did not have their results finalized on election night, due to a margin of less than two percent between two candidates, necessitating a [[judicial recount]]. The results of the recount were confirmed by 2 November.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/recounts-two-nunavut-constituencies-confirm-election-winners-1.6234227 |title=Joelie Kaernerk won a second term in Amittuq while Pamela Hakongak Gross will be the MLA for Cambridge Bay|date=2 November 2021|access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency
!Member<ref name=results>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.nu.ca/en/2021-territorial-election |title=Official elections results|publisher=[[Elections Nunavut]]|access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
!Portfolio<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gov.nu.ca/executive-and-intergovernmental-affairs/news/premier-akeeagok-announces-cabinet-portfolios |title=Premier Akeeagok announces cabinet portfolios|access-date=20 November 2021|publisher=Government of Nunavut}}</ref>
|-
| [[Aggu]] || [[Joanna Quassa]] ||Minister of Culture and Heritage, Minister responsible for [[Qulliq Energy]] Corporation, Minister responsible for Languages, Minister responsible for Seniors
|-
| [[Aivilik]] || [[Solomon Malliki]] ||
|-
| [[Amittuq]] || [[Joelie Kaernerk]]{{ref label|2021|A|A}} ||
|-
| [[Arviat North-Whale Cove]] || [[John Main (politician)|John Main]]{{ref label|2021|B|B}} ||Minister of Health, Minister responsible for Suicide Prevention
|-
| [[Arviat South]] || [[Joe Savikataaq]]{{ref label|2021|B|B}} ||
|-
| [[Baker Lake (electoral district)|Baker Lake]] || [[Craig Simailak]] ||
|-
| [[Cambridge Bay (electoral district)|Cambridge Bay]] || [[Pamela Gross]]{{ref label|2021|A|A}} || Deputy Premier, Minister of Education, Minister responsible for Nunavut Arctic College
|-
| [[Gjoa Haven (electoral district)|Gjoa Haven]] || [[Tony Akoak]] ||[[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut|Speaker]]<ref name=MLAswin>{{cite web|url=https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/mlas-sworn-in-by-nunavut-commissioner/ |title=MLAs sworn in by Nunavut commissioner|date=19 November 2021 |access-date=20 November 2021|publisher=[[Nunatsiaq News]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hudson Bay (electoral district)|Hudson Bay]] || [[Daniel Qavvik]] ||
|-
| [[Iqaluit-Manirajak]] || [[Adam Lightstone]] ||Minister of Finance, Minister of Human Resources, Minister responsible for Workers Safety and Compensation Commission, Minister responsible for the Liquor Licensing Board
|-
| [[Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu]] || [[P.J. Akeeagok]] ||[[Premier of Nunavut|Premier]], Minister of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Indigenous Affairs, Minister responsible for Immigration, Minister responsible for the Utility Rate Review Council
|-
| [[Iqaluit-Sinaa]] || [[Janet Brewster]] ||
|-
| [[Iqaluit-Tasiluk]] || [[George Hickes (Nunavut politician)|George Hickes]] ||
|-
| [[Kugluktuk (electoral district)|Kugluktuk]] || [[Bobby Anavilok]] ||
|-
| [[Netsilik (electoral district)|Netsilik]] || [[Inagayuk Quqqiaq]] ||
|-
| [[Pangnirtung (electoral district)|Pangnirtung]] || [[Margaret Nakashuk]]{{ref label|2021|B|B}} ||Minister of Family Services, Minister responsible for Status of Women, Minister responsible for Homelessness, Minister responsible for Poverty Reduction
|-
| [[Quttiktuq]] || [[David Akeeagok]]{{ref label|2021|B|B}} ||Minister of Environment, Minister of Justice, Minister responsible for Labour, Minister responsible for Democratic Institutions, Minister responsible for Human Rights Tribunal
|-
| [[Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet]] || [[Alexander Sammurtok]] ||
|-
| [[Rankin Inlet South]] || [[Lorne Kusugak]] ||Government House Leader, Minister of Economic Development and Transportation, Minister responsible for the Nunavut Housing Corporation
|-
| [[South Baffin]] || [[David Joanasie]]{{ref label|2021|B|B}} ||Minister of Community and Government Services
|-
| [[Tununiq]] || [[Karen Nutarak]] ||
|-
| [[Uqqummiut]] || [[Mary Killiktee]] ||
|}

==Notes==
: {{note label|2021|A|A}} After recount
: {{note label|2021|B|B}} Acclaimed

==G7 Summit 2010==
[[G7]] finance ministers met at the Legislative Building in February 2010 for a two-day meeting.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/g7-leaders-enjoy-arctic-outing-before-talks-1.880266 |title=G7 leaders enjoy Arctic outing before talks |publisher=[[CBC News]] |date=5 February 2010}}</ref> Security at the summit was provided by the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP).

==See also==
* [[List of Nunavut general elections]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Legislative Assembly of Nunavut}}
*[http://www.assembly.nu.ca The official website]

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