Legislative Assembly of Nunavut

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parliament territorial legislature unicameral legislature

The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is the unicameral, consensus-based territorial parliament responsible for making laws and governing the Canadian territory of Nunavut.

Aliases (1)

Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliament → territorial legislature → unicameral legislature →
abbreviation	MLA (for members) →
budgetaryAuthority	controls territorial appropriations for Nunavut →
buildingOpened	1999 →
coatOfArmsUsed	Coat of arms of Nunavut →
committees	standing and special committees of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut →
constitutionalStatus	territorial legislature under the authority of the Parliament of Canada →
country	Canada →
createdBy	Nunavut Act → Nunavut Land Claims Agreement →
electoralDistrictType	single-member districts →
firstElectionDate	1999-02-15 →
governmentType	consensus government →
hasPoliticalParties	no →
headOfGovernmentTitle	Premier of Nunavut →
higherHouse	none →
inception	1999-04-01 →
jurisdiction	Nunavut →
languageOfWork	English → French → Inuktitut →
legislativeChamber	unicameral →
legislativeProcess	consensus decision-making without political parties →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Iqaluit →
lowerHouse	not applicable →
meetingBuilding	Legislative Building of Nunavut →
meetingPlace	Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada →
membersTitle	Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut →
numberOfElectoralDistricts	22 →
oversightMechanism	question period →
parentOrganization	Government of Nunavut →
presidingOfficerTitle	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut →
regionServed	Nunavut →
replaced	Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (for the Nunavut region) →
role	approves territorial budgets → enacts territorial legislation for Nunavut → oversees the Government of Nunavut →
seats	22 →
selectionOfPremierMethod	elected by MLAs in a leadership forum →
selectionOfSpeakerMethod	elected by MLAs →
symbol	mace of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut →
termLength	approximately four years →
votingSystem	first-past-the-post →
website	https://www.assembly.nu.ca →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut → Premier of Nunavut →	reportsTo
Premier of Nunavut →	chosenBy
Premier of Nunavut →	legislativeBody
Nunavut →	legislature
Premier of Nunavut →	memberOf
Premier of Nunavut ("Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut") →	nominatedBy
Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut →	relatedTo
Iqaluit →	territorialGovernmentSeat
Commissioner of Nunavut →	worksWith