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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Legislative Assembly of Nunavut canonical	11
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliament ⓘ territorial legislature ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
abbreviation	MLA ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
regionServed	Nunavut ⓘ
replaced	Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ surface form: 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 (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nunavut → legislature → Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ⓘ

Iqaluit → territorialGovernmentSeat → Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ⓘ

Premier of Nunavut → legislativeBody → Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ⓘ

Premier of Nunavut → nominatedBy → Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut

Premier of Nunavut → chosenBy → Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ⓘ

Premier of Nunavut → memberOf → Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ⓘ

Premier of Nunavut → reportsTo → Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ⓘ

Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut → reportsTo → Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ⓘ

Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut → relatedTo → Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ⓘ

Commissioner of Nunavut → worksWith → Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ⓘ

Nunavut (local official status in some communities) → hasLegislature → Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ⓘ

subject surface form: Nunavut

Government of Nunavut → legislativeBody → Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ⓘ