Nunavik regional government councillors elect new chair – Nunatsiaq News
November 25, 2015
“It was time for change and new ideas”
KUUJJUAQ — Nunavik’s Kativik Regional Government councillors elected the regional government’s first new chairperson in a decade on Nov. 24.
Jennifer Watkins, a Kuujjuaq municipal councillor and health board administrator, surprised many when she won a two-way race against the incumbent, Maggie Emudluk, who had held that position since 2005.
The regional council cast 14 ballots for Watkins and 11 for Emudluk.
“You could tell it was time for change and new ideas,” Watkins said following the election, although she said that she hadn’t expected to win.
