1st Nunavut Legislature

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1st Legislature
Consensus parliament
Parliament leaders
Premier	Paul Okalik
Members	19 seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Commissioner	Helen Mamayaok Maksagak Peter Irniq

The 1st Nunavut Legislature lasted from 1999 to 2004. The nineteen members were elected in the 1999 Nunavut general election held 15 February.^[1] The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut runs on a consensus style government, members are elected as non-partisan and the assembly meets as a whole to elect a premier, the cabinet and the speaker. The premier hands out the cabinet jobs.

The cabinet is considered the government and the Regular members are considered the opposition. The make up of the assembly acts as a minority parliament. The cabinet must gain the support of the regular members in order to pass bills. Traditionally the cabinet votes as a block known as cabinet solidarity.