OTTAWA - Two former cabinet ministers are competing to be Nunavut's next premier.

David Akeeagok and John Main made their pitches to fellow MLAs this morning after David Joanasie was elected Speaker.

Akeeagok was first elected in 2017 and has held nearly every major cabinet role at different times in the years since.

Main — who speaks fluent Inuktitut and was health minister in the previous government — would become the first non-Inuk premier in Nunavut's history if he's chosen.

Under Nunavut's consensus-style system of government, which has no political parties, MLAs vote among themselves to elect a premier and up to eight cabinet ministers.

Nunavummiut went to the polls on Oct. 27 in an election that saw the lowest voter turnout in the territory's history.

This report by The Canadi

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