Nunavut to elect new government Monday as former premier steps down
IQALUIT, Nunavut — A total of 72 candidates in Nunavut’s general election will be nervously watching the returns in Monday’s vote, but the territory’s sitting premier won’t be one of them.
Peter Taptuna became the first premier in the young territory’s history to voluntarily step aside after a single term.
“I’m 2,300 kilometres away from home,” said Taptuna, whose commute from the capital of Iqaluit to his house in Kugluktuk takes two days.
“Our 40th anniversary is coming up in January and (my wife and I) decided there’s many, many things we want to do as a couple.”