Commissioner of Nunavut provinces, but, they represent the Government of Canada not the monarch therefore, they are not viceroys. Commissioner of Nunavut The Commissioner of Nunavut (; Inuinnaqtun: "Kamisinauyuq Nunavunmut"; ) is the Government of Canada's representative in the territory of Nunavut. The current commissioner since June 23, 2015 is Nellie Kusugak, the fifth since the establishment of Nunavut in 1999. The commissioner is appointed to represent the Canadian federal government and performs many of the same duties of lieutenant governors in Canadian provinces, such as swearing in members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut and approving territorial legislation. However, unlike a lieutenant
States and territories of Australia States and territories of Australia States and territories of Australia (officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia) is a federation of six states, together with ten federal territories. The Australian mainland consists of five of the six federated states and three of the federal territories (the "internal" territories). The state of Tasmania is an island about south of the mainland. The remaining seven territories are classified for some purposes as "external" territories. All states and the two largest internal territories are partially self-governing, as well as being represented in the federal parliament; the other territories are administered by the federal