Provincial electoral district in Nunavut, Canada
Kugluktuk [pronunciation? ] (Inuinnaqtun and French: Kugluktuk, Inuktitut : ᖁᕐᓗᕐᒃᑐᕐᒃ [1] ) is the most western territorial electoral district (riding ) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut , Canada.
The riding consists of the community of Kugluktuk in the Kitikmeot Region .
Former Member of the Legislative Assembly for Kugluktuk, Joe Allen Evyagotailak , stepped down 20 August 2008, stating that he wanted to run for the presidency of the Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA).[2] [3] There was not a by-election as the next general election was to be held 27 October 2008, leaving the riding unrepresented at the last session.[3] At that time, Peter Taptuna was elected. He was acclaimed at the subsequent general election , and was later elected premier by the legislature. He did not run in the 2017 general election , and the riding again acclaimed its next MLA, Mila Adjukak Kamingoak . After the resignation of Kamingoak, Calvin Pedersen , grandson of former MLA Red Pedersen , was acclaimed as MLA on 24 July 2020.[4]
Election results
1999 election
1999 Nunavut general election
Name
Vote
%
Donald Havioyak
200
35.15%
Ida Ayalik-McWilliam
194
34.10%
Stanley K. Anablak
125
21.97%
Kevin Bryce Niptanatiak
50
8.78%
Total Valid Ballots
569
100%
Voter Turnout %
Rejected Ballots
2004 election
2008 election
2013 election
2017 election
2020 by-election
2021 election
References
^ "Nunavut Elections Act Office Consolidation, English version". Elections Nunavut . p. 135. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 5, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017 .
^ MLA for Kugluktuk resigns from the Legislative Assembly Archived 2008-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ a b Nunavut MLA Evyagotailak resigns to seek KIA leadership
^ a b "Kugluktuk By-Election". Archived from the original on 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2020-07-25 .
^ "Nunavut general election 2004 Election Results" (PDF) . Elections Nunavut. p. 39. Retrieved 2008-09-24 . [permanent dead link ]
^ Nunavut Votes 2008 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (accessed 2010-01-10).
^ a b Election Results 2013 General Election Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine at Elections Nunavut
^ "2021 General Election Results" (PDF) . Elections Nunavut . Retrieved 2023-12-19 .
External links
Website of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
Current districts (2013–present)
^A Existed under different boundaries prior to 2013^B Unchanged since 1999