Nunavut (electoral district)

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
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	31,906
Electors (2011)	16,916
Area (km²)	1,877,787.62
Pop. density (per km²)	0.02
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.

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

The riding has the youngest population in Canada, with a median population age of 23.

Geography

Main article: Geography of Nunavut

With a total area of 2,093,190 km² (808,190 sq mi) Nunavut is the largest electoral district in the world, a distinction previously held by Kalgoorlie in Australia prior to its abolition in 2010.

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.

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 Democratic
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	2008–2011		Leona Aglukkaq	Conservative
41st	2011–present

Election results

Nunavut

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Leona Aglukkaq	3,930	49.85	+15.07
	Liberal	Paul Okalik	2,260	28.62	-0.38
	New Democratic	Jack Hicks	1,525	19.44	-8.18
	Green	Scott MacCallum	160	2.1	-6.27
Total valid votes/Expense limit			7,875	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			56	0.71	–
Turnout			7,931	46.66	–
Eligible voters			16,998	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.73

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Leona Aglukkaq	2,806	34.78	+5.72	$59,574
	Liberal	Kirt Ejesiak	2,359	29.24	-10.74	$59,600
	New Democratic	Paul Irngaut	2,228	27.62	+10.47	$20,095
	Green	Peter Ittinuar	675	8.37	+2.45
Total valid votes/Expense limit			8,068	100.00	$80,098
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.23

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nancy Karetak-Lindell	3,673	39.98	-11.32	$10,669
	Conservative	David Aglukark	2,670	29.06	+14.62	$5,486
	New Democratic	Bill Riddell	1,576	17.15	+1.98	$1,1990
	Marijuana	D. Ed deVries	724	7.88	–	$1,162
	Green	Feliks Kappi	544	5.92	+2.59	$3,950
Total valid votes/Expense limit			9,187	100.00	$74,506
Total rejected ballots			64	0.70
Turnout			9,251	54.10
	Liberal hold				Swing	-13.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nancy Karetak-Lindell	3,818	51.30	-17.71	$18,035
	Independent	Manitok Thompson	1,172	15.74	–	$5,945
	New Democratic	Bill Riddell	1,129	15.17	-3.09	$12,810
	Conservative	Duncan Cunningham	1,075	14.44	+6.24	$16,838
	Green	Nedd Kenney	248	3.33	-1.19	$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	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nancy Karetak-Lindell	5,327	69.01	+23.13	$35,282
	New Democratic	Palluq Susan Enuaraq	1,410	18.26	-5.50
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Sherman	633	8.20	-15.93	$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	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nancy Karetak-Lindell	3,302	45.88	-23.87	$30,212
	Progressive Conservative	Okalik Eegeesiak	1,737	24.13	+3.54	$11,251
	New Democratic	Hunter Tootoo	1,710	23.76	+14.10	$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

Nunatsiaq

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Jack Iyerak Anawak	6,672	69.75	+29.81
	Progressive Conservative	Leena Evic-Twerdin,	1,970	20.59	-2.35
	New Democratic	Mike Illnik	924	9.66	-23.50
Total valid votes			9,566	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Jack Iyerak Anawak	3,356	39.94	+11.04
	New Democratic	Peter Kusugak	2,786	33.15	+4.50
	Progressive Conservative	Sedluk Bryan Pearson	1,928	22.94	-28.52
	Independent	Richard Inukpak Lee	333	3.96
Total valid votes			8,403	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Suluk	2,237	32.49	+24.71
	Liberal	Robert Kuptana	1,990	28.90	-12.90
	New Democratic	Rhoda Innuksuk	1,973	28.65	-18.61
	Independent	Peter Ittinuar	686	9.96
Total valid votes			6,886	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Peter Ittinuar	2,688	47.27	+10.99
	Liberal	James Arvaluk	2,377	41.80	+15.81
	Progressive Conservative	Lyle Stevenson	442	7.77	-18.22
	Rhinoceros	Lloyd Ellsworth	180	3.17
Total valid votes			5,687	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Peter Ittinuar	1,963	37.74
	Liberal	Tagak Curley	1,887	36.27
	Progressive Conservative	Abe Okpik	1,352	25.99
Total valid votes			5,202	100.00

See also

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

References

• "(Code 62001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=62001&Geo2=PR&Code2=62&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 

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