‘All about collaboration’: John Main emerges as Nunavut’s new premier – Nunatsiaq News

Nov 18, 2025

Winning vote feels ‘surreal,’ Arviat North-Whale Cove MLA says

It was a nearly three-hour-long job interview for John Main and David Akeeagok on Tuesday.

But after 26 questions from their MLA colleagues, Main, the MLA for Arviat North-Whale Cove, emerged victorious as the man who will serve as Nunavut’s seventh premier.

“It feels a bit surreal, to be honest,” Main said in his first comments to reporters Tuesday evening.

“Maybe it’ll sink in in a couple of hours, but I’m just so thankful [for] all the support I’ve gotten from my colleagues.”

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