- Gender Parity in Nunavut by Jens Dahl On the 26th of May 1997 inhabitants of the soon to be self-governing region of Nunavut voted on so-called electoral gender parity of men and women. The voters were asked to vote yes or no on Should the first Nunavut Legislative Assembly have equal numbers of men and women MLAs, with one man and one woman elected to represent each electoral district _ Yes, ...arcticcircle.uconn.edu/SEEJ/Nunavut/gender.html