 Nunavut electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Boundaries of Uqqummiut | |||
| Territorial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Nunavut | ||
| MLA |
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| District created | 1999 | ||
| First contested | 1999 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
Uqqummiut (Inuktitut: ᐅᕐᒃᑯᒻᒥᐅᑦ,[1] Inuinnaqtun: Uqqurmiut)[1] is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada.
The riding consists of the communities of Clyde River and Qikiqtarjuaq.
The Member of the Legislative Assembly was Samuel Nuqingaq. On 24 October 2014, he was expelled for the legislature and the seat became vacant with a by-election to be held within six months.[2] The by-election was held 9 February 2015 and Pauloosie Keyootak of Qikiqtarjuaq was elected.[3]
Election results
1999 election
| 1999 Nunavut general election | |||
| Name | Vote | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Iqaqrialu | 232 | 42.80% | |
| Tommy Enuaraq | 187 | 34.50% | |
| Pauloosie Paniloo | 123 | 22.70% | |
| Total Valid Ballots | 542 | 100% | |
| Voter Turnout % | Rejected Ballots | ||
2004 election
| 2004 Nunavut general election | |||
| [4] | Name | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Arreak | 148 | 26.87% | |
| Phoebe Palluq Hainnu | 102 | 18.65% | |
| Samuel Nuqingaq | 83 | 15.17% | |
| Stevie Audlakiak | 79 | 14.44% | |
| Lootie Toomasie | 66 | 12.07% | |
| David Iqaqrialu | 60 | 10.97% | |
| Peter Iqalukjuak | 9 | 1.83% | |
| Total Valid Ballots | 547 | 100% | |
| Voter Turnout 90.42% | Rejected Ballots 2 | ||
2008 election
| 2008 Nunavut general election | |||
| Name | Vote | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Arreak | 218 | 40.4 | |
| Loasie Audlakiak | 212 | 39.3 | |
| Igah Hainnu | 110 | 20.4 | |
| Total Valid Ballots | 540 | 100% | |
| Voter Turnout % | Rejected Ballots | ||
2013 election
After the original count both Samuel Nuqingaq and Niore Iqalukjuak were tied with 187 votes each. A recount was held November 5 and Nuqingaq was declared elected with 187 while Iqalukjuak had 185.[5][6]
| 2013 Nunavut general election | |||
| [5] | Name | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Nuqingaq | 187 | 36.7% | |
| Niore Iqalukjuak | 185 | 36.3% | |
| Loseosie Paneak | 62 | 12.2% | |
| Apiusie Apak | 49 | 9.6% | |
| Charlie Kalluk | 26 | 5.1% | |
| Total Valid Ballots | 509 | 100% | |
| Voter Turnout 77.9% | Rejected Ballots 2 | ||
2015 By-election
| 2015 By-election | |||
| [3] | Name | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pauloosie Keyootak | 220 | 42.3% | |
| Niore Iqalukjuak | 195 | 37.5% | |
| James Arreak | 105 | 20.2% | |
| Total Valid Ballots | 520 | 100% | |
| Voter Turnout 70.5% | Rejected Ballots 0 | ||
2017 election
| 2017 Nunavut general election | |||
| Name | Vote | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pauloosie Keyootak | 235 | ||
| Jerry Natanine | 191 | ||
| Johnathan Palluq | 118 | ||
2021 election
| 2021 Nunavut general election[7] | |||
| Name | Vote | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Killiktee | 261 | 63.8 | |
| Sheila Enook | 148 | 36.2 | |
| Total Valid Ballots | 409 | 100% | |
| Voter Turnout 46.6% | Rejected Ballots 1 | ||
References
- 1 2 "Nunavut Elections Act Office Consolidation, English version". Elections Nunavut. p. 135. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 5, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
- ↑ Nunavut MLA expelled from legislature in unanimous vote
- 1 2 Uqqummiut By-Election
- ↑ "Nunavut general election 2004 Election Results" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. p. 49. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
- 1 2 "Results for the constituency of Uqqummiut". Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
- ↑ Nunavut recounts produce one winner and one intractable deadlock
- ↑ "2021 General Election Results" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
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