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MLA and ministers' compensation shows broad range

The latest instalment of compensation and expenses pertaining to MLAs and government ministers revealed total earnings ranging between $52,343 for Iqaluit-Manirajak MLA Adam Lightstone and $95,350 for then-deputy premier Joe Savikataaq during the five-month reporting period from Nov. 6, 2017-March 31, 2018.

Joe Savikataaq was the highest-earning legislator during the Nov. 6, 2017-March 31, 2018 reporting period, for which compensation and expenses were tabled in the legislative assembly earlier this week. photo courtesy of the Government of Nunavut

Travel and living allowances ranged from a low of $5,948 for Quttiktuq MLA David Akeeagok to a high of $14,400 for Hudson Bay MLA Allan Rumbolt.

Contituency funding, including expenses to operate a constituency office, varied from $29,054 for Jeannie Ehaloak in Cambridge Bay up to $80,359 for Adam Lightstone in Iqaluit.

For constituency travel budgets, 11 MLAs didn't claim any expenses. Akeeagok had the highest total at $11,136.