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Spring election coming Northern News Services Published Monday, March 28, 2011
Nunavummiut will be going to the polls this spring after a vote in the House of Commons Friday triggered an election.
The Conservative minority government fell Friday after an opposition party confidence motion related to contempt accusations against the government was carried by a vote of 156 to 145. Two weeks ago when she was in Iqaluit unveiling an anti-drug strategy, Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq said she will seek re-election but that an election now would be a "disruption." "I will seek re-election. Do I want an election? No," she said. "There's so much more work to be done and I want to continue on that path. It's a disruption, in my mind, when we have so many big and challenging issues to deal with in the North as well as in Canada." In October 2008, Aglukkaq won the riding for the Conservative party with 2,815 votes. Liberal candidate Kirt Ejesiak finished second with 2,349 votes, New Democrat Paul Irngaut got 2,228 votes and Green Party candidate Peter Ittinuar received 669 votes. The first-time MP was appointed Minister of Health, the first Inuk to hold a senior cabinet post. As of press time, there was no word on who will run against Aglukkaq.
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