Don Morin

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

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 70–71) Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada[1]
Residence(s)	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

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.