Don Morin

Don Morin
7th Premier of the Northwest Territories
In office November 22, 1995 – November 26, 1998
Commissioner	Helen Maksagak
Preceded by	Nellie Cournoyea
Succeeded by	Jim Antoine
MLA for Tu Nedhe
In office October 5, 1987 – December 6, 1999
Preceded by	Eliza Lawrence
Succeeded by	Steven Nitah
Personal details
Born	1954 (age 69–70) Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada[1]
Residence(s)	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Don Albert Morin (born 1954 in Hay River, Northwest Territories[1]) was the seventh premier of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Scandal

The initial complaints that led to the investigations by the ethics commissioner were filed with the Northwest Territories ethics commissioner by MLAs Jane Groenewegen and Jeannie Marie-Jewell. While Premier Morin was being investigated he and his lawyers tried to pressure the ethics commissioner into resigning her post.[2]

Morin was forced to resign as Premier in 1998 after a scathing report was released over conflict of interest allegations involving the illegal shipment of government owned bison to a friend of the premier in 1996.[3] In addition to those allegations he was also under investigation for having awarded a contract to lease to a Government of Northwest Territories Lahm Ridge Tower building to an associate.[4]

After Morin resigned as Premier, senior cabinet minister and Deputy Premier Goo Arlooktoo automatically became acting Premier until Jim Antoine was elected. Morin served the rest of his term as a private member and retired when the legislature dissolved in 1999.

References

1. "Profile of a leader". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
2. Jim Bell (March 27, 1998). "Crawford to Premier: I won't step aside". Nunatsiaq News. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
3. "Inquiry probes shipment of bison to Don Morin's friend". Nunatsiaq News. October 29, 1998. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
4. "MLA makes conflict of interest complaint against Don Morin". Nunatsiaq News. February 20, 1998. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved 2007-09-07.

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Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Preceded by Eliza Lawrence	MLA Tu Nedhe 1987–1999	Succeeded by Steven Nitah
Preceded by Nellie Cournoyea	Premier of the Northwest Territories 1995–1998	Succeeded by Goo Arlooktoo