Nunavut (electoral district)

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Nunavut

Nunavut electoral district
Nunavut riding in relation to Canada
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Leona Aglukkaq Conservative
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2008
Demographics
Population (2006)	29,474
Electors (2006)	17,088
Area (km²)	2,093,190
Pop. density (per km²)	0.01
Census divisions	Kitikmeot Region, Keewatin Region, Baffin Region
Census subdivisions	Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet, Arviat, Baker Lake, Igloolik, Cambridge Bay, Pangnirtung, Pond Inlet, Kugluktuk, Cape Dorset

Nunavut is a federal electoral district in Nunavut, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Nunatsiaq, its predecessor that covered the same area, was a federal electoral district in Northwest Territories, that was represented in the House of Commons from 1979 to 1997.

Nunavut is the only electoral district in the territory.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Nunavut 4.2 Nunatsiaq 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups: 85.2% Aboriginal (mainly Inuit), 14.8% Non-aboriginal
Languages: 26.0% English, 1.5% French, 70.8% Other, 1.7% Multiple languages
Religions: 66.7% Protestant, 23.3% Catholic, 3.2% Other Christian, 6.2% No religious affiliation
Average income: $26,924

[edit] Geography

With a total area of 2,093,190 km² (808,199 sq mi)^[1] Nunavut is the largest electoral district in Canada, and the second largest in the world, after Kalgoorlie, Australia.^[2]

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 1976 as "Nunatsiaq" riding from parts of Northwest Territories riding. It was replaced by "Nunavut" in 1996.

In 1999, the district's boundaries were redefined in the Nunavut Act, the law governing the creation of Nunavut as a separate jurisdiction from the Northwest Territories.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Northwest Territories prior to 1976
Nunatsiaq
31st	1979-1980		Peter Ittinuar	New Democrat
32nd	1980-1982
	1982-1984			Liberal
33rd	1984-1988		Thomas Suluk	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993		Jack Anawak	Liberal
35th	1993-1997
Nunavut
36th	1997-2000		Nancy Karetak-Lindell	Liberal
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-2008
40th	2008-		Leona Aglukkaq	Conservative

[edit] Election results

[edit] Nunavut

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Leona Aglukkaq	2,806	34.78%	+5.72%
	Liberal	Kirt Ejesiak	2,359	29.24%	-10.74%
	New Democrat	Paul Irngaut	2,228	27.62%	+10.47%
	Green	Peter Ittinuar	675	8.37%	+2.45%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nancy Karetak-Lindell	3,673	39.98%	-11.32%
	Conservative	David Aglukark Sr.	2,670	29.06%	+14.62%
	New Democrat	Bill Riddell	1,576	17.15%	+1.98%
	Marijuana	D. Ed deVries	724	7.88%	+7.88%
	Green	Feliks Kappi	544	5.92%	+2.59%
Total valid votes			9,187	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			64	0.70%
Turnout			9,251	54.10%
	Liberal hold				Swing	-13.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nancy Karetak-Lindell	3,818	51.30%		$18,035
	Independent	Manitok Thompson	1,172	15.74%		$5,945
	New Democrat	Bill Riddell	1,129	15.17%		$12,810
	Conservative	Duncan Cunningham	1,075	14.44%		$16,838
	Green	Nedd Kenney	248	3.33%		$190
Total valid votes			7,442	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			33	0.44%
Turnout			7,475	43.86%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nancy Karetak-Lindell	5,327	69.01%		$35,282
	New Democrat	Palluq Susan Enuaraq	1,410	18.26%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Sherman	633	8.20%		$6,045
	Green	Brian Robert Jones	349	4.52%		$9,304
Total valid votes			7,719	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			54	0.69%
Turnout			7,773	54.10%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nancy Karetak-Lindell	3,302	45.88%		$30,212
	Progressive Conservative	Okalik Eegeesiak	1,737	24.13%		$11,251
	New Democrat	Hunter Tootoo	1,710	23.76%		$11,918
	Reform	John Turner	447	6.21%
Total valid votes			7,196	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			48	0.66%
Turnout			7,244	59.80%

[edit] Nunatsiaq

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jack Iyerak Anawak	6,672
	Progressive Conservative	Leena Evic-Twerdin,	1,970
	New Democrat	Mike Illnik	924

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jack Iyerak Anawak	3,356
	New Democrat	Peter Kusugak	2,786
	Progressive Conservative	Sedluk Bryan Pearson	1,928
	Independent	Richard Inukpak Lee	333

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Suluk	2,237
	Liberal	Robert Kuptana	1,990
	New Democrat	Rhoda Innuksuk	1,973
	Independent	Peter Ittinuar	686

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Peter Ittinuar	2,688
	Liberal	James Arvaluk	2,377
	Progressive Conservative	Lyle Stevenson	442
	Rhino	Lloyd Ellsworth	180

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Peter Ittinuar	1,963
	Liberal	Tagak Curley	1,887
	Progressive Conservative	Abe Okpik	1,352

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Nunatsiaq (1976–1996) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Nunavut (1996–1999) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Nunavut (1999– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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