Parliamentary Relatives: A Northern Family’s Tradition of Service

On March 3, 2023, history was made in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut when Iqaluit-Tasiluk MLA and Deputy Speaker George Hickes took the Chair for a day in the absence of the Speaker.

Iqaluit-Sinaa MLA Janet Pitsiulaaq Brewster noted the historic nature of the occasion during her Member’s Statement, in which she drew the attention of the House to the likelihood that a former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, also named George Hickes, would be watching the day’s livestreamed proceedings from his home in Winnipeg.

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