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Canada's New Territory Gets Premier

IQALUIT, Northwest Territories (AP) - An Inuit lawyer who has never held
office before was chosen Friday to be the first premier of Nunavut, the
Arctic region that will become Canada's newest territory next month.
Paul Okalik, 34, was chosen in secret balloting by the 19 members of the
Nunavut legislature. The lawmakers, 15 of them Inuit, were elected last
month and will be sworn in on April 1 when Nunavut is officially created
out of the eastern 60 percent of the Northwest Territories.
Okalik is from Iqaluit, the capital-to-be, and attracted attention earlier
this year by becoming the first Inuit to get admitted to the bar in Canada
and then return home to pursue a career.
Nunavut has no political parties in territorial elections. Members of the
legislature choose the premier and Cabinet from among themselves and will
govern by consensus.
About 85 percent of Nunavut's 27,000 people are Inuit. 

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