| David Simailak | |
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MLA for Baker Lake
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| Assumed office 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Glenn McLean |
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| Political party | non-partisan consensus government |
David Simailak from Baker Lake is is currently the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of Baker Lake having won the seat in the 2004 Nunavut election. The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is located in Iqaluit, and is the territory's Parliament. Baker Lake is a territorial electoral district ( riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. Glenn McLean is a former territorial level politician in Canada. Consensus government is a non-partisan democratic System of government in use in two Canadian territories. Qamani’tuaq ("where the river widens" renamed Baker Lake in 1761 ( Inuktitut syllabics:ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ A Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an Electoral district to the Legislature or Legislative An electoral district (also known as a Constituency or a riding in the Canadian English political Jargon) is a geographically-based Baker Lake is a territorial electoral district ( riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The Canadian territory of Nunavut conducted its second general Election on February 16, 2004, to elect the 19 members of Simailak was the Minister of Finance and the Minster Responsible for the Liquor Licensing Board.
Prior to becoming an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Simailak was the mayor of Baker Lake and vice-chair of the Nunavut Power Corporation. The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is located in Iqaluit, and is the territory's Parliament. In 2001 two years after the 1999 creation of Canada 's Nunavut Territory the Nunavut Power Corporation (a Crown corporation) was established