Nunakput
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| File:Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg Northwest Territories electoral district | |||
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| File:NWT Elections Nunakput.svg Boundaries of Nunakput | |||
| Territorial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories | ||
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| First contested | 1983 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Region | Inuvik Region | ||
| Communities | Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk, Ulukhaktok | ||
Nunakput[1] is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Its name translates to "our land" in Inuvialuktun,[2] and its area covers much of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in Inuit Nunangat. The district consists of Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk and Ulukhaktok.[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
[edit | edit source]| Name | Elected | Left Office | ||
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| District created from Western Arctic | ||||
| Nellie Cournoyea | 1983 | 1995 | ||
| Vince Steen | 1995 | 2003 | ||
| Calvin P. Pokiak | 2003 | 2007 | ||
| Jackie Jacobson | 2007 | 2015 | ||
| Herbert Nakimayak | 2015 | 2019 | ||
| Jackie Jacobson | 2019 | 2023 | ||
| Lucy Kuptana | 2023 | present | ||
Election results
[edit | edit source]2023 election
[edit | edit source]| 2023 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Lucy Kuptana | 340 | 68.14 | ||||||
| Vince Teddy | 159 | 31.86 | ||||||
| Total votes | 499 | |||||||
2019 election
[edit | edit source]| 2019 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | |||||||
| Jackie Jacobson | 231 | |||||||
| Herbert Nakimayak | 143 | |||||||
| Annie Steen | 127 | |||||||
| Holly Campbell | 107 | |||||||
| Sheila Nasogaluak | 101 | |||||||
| Alisa Blake | 48 | |||||||
2015 election
[edit | edit source]| 2015 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Herbert Nakimayak | 229 | 30.8 | ||||||
| Jackie Jacobson | 225 | 30.2 | ||||||
| Ethel-Jean Gruben | 174 | 23.4 | ||||||
| John Stuart Jr. | 81 | 10.9 | ||||||
| Robert Kuptana | 35 | 4.7 | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 744 | 76% | ||||||
2011 election
[edit | edit source]| 2011 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | |||||||
| Jackie Jacobson | 312 | |||||||
| Eddie Dillon | 199 | |||||||
2007 election
[edit | edit source]| 2007 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Jackie Jacobson | 266 | 40.92%[4] | ||||||
| Teddy J. Vince | 150 | 23.08% | ||||||
| Eddie T. Dillon | 142 | 21.85% | ||||||
| Calvin P. Pokiak | 74 | 11.38% | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 632 | 71.12% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 18 | |||||||
Source(s)
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2003 election
[edit | edit source]| 2003 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Calvin P. Pokiak | 284 | 52.50% | ||||||
| Vince Steen | 257 | 47.5% | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 541 | 62.04% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 0 | |||||||
Source(s)
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1983 election
[edit | edit source]| 1983 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
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| Candidate | Votes | |||||||
| Nellie Cournoyea | Acclaimed[5] | |||||||
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of Northwest Territories territorial electoral districts
- Canadian provincial electoral districts
Notes
[edit | edit source]^ a: In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Constituency map of the NWT Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.
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External links
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