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Levi Barnabas
MLA for Quttiktuq, NT
In office
1995–1999
Preceded byLudy Pudluk
Succeeded byRiding dissolved
MLA for Quttiktuq, NU
In office
1999–2000
Preceded byRiding created
Succeeded byRebekah Williams
MLA for Quttiktuq, NU
In office
2004–2008
Preceded byRebekah Williams
Succeeded byRon Elliott
Personal details
BornJanuary 24, 1964 (1964-01-24) (age 60)
Igloolik, Nunavut
Political partynon-partisan
consensus government

Levi Barnabas (born January 24, 1964) is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories in 1995 and served until Nunavut was created in 1999. Barnabas served as the first Speaker in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.

Biography

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In 1999 he was elected to the 1st Legislative Assembly of Nunavut but had to resign in August 2000 after being convicted of sexual assault.[1] The conviction came at the same time as James Arvaluk was charged with assault against his girlfriend. He pleaded guilty and resigned. The two scandals rocked the new government, and caused a substantial drop in positive public opinion. The resignation led to the first by-election in Nunavut history.

Barnabas ran in the December 2000 by-election but was defeated by Rebekah Williams. He ran again in the 2004 Nunavut election in a hotly contested race and defeated Williams by doubling her vote count.

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Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
Preceded by

New Position

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
1999-2000
Succeeded by

Kevin O'Brien


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