John Main

About

John Main is the 7th Premier of Nunavut, elected at the Nunavut Leadership Forum on November 18, 2025 and sworn in on November 20, 2025. He is the first non-Inuk premier of the territory. A third-term member of the Legislative Assembly for Arviat North-Whale Cove, he speaks fluent Inuktitut and served as Minister of Health in the previous assembly. Nunavut has a consensus-government system with no political parties; the premier and cabinet are chosen by secret ballot of all elected members. His stated priorities include Inuit employment, school construction, and the Inuit Nunangat University at Arviat.