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Nunavut (electoral district)

Nunavut
Nunavut electoral district
Nunavut, Canada.svg
Nunavut riding in relation to Canada
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
Mumilaaq Qaqqaq
New Democratic
District created1976
First contested1979
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]35,944
Electors (2015)18,124
Area (km²)[2]1,877,787.62
Pop. density (per km²)0.02
Census division(s)Kitikmeot Region, Keewatin Region, Baffin Region
Census subdivision(s)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 House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Before 1997, it was known as Nunatsiaq, and was one of two electoral districts in Northwest Territories.

The riding covers the entire territory of Nunavut. It is the largest federal electoral district by land area in Canada,[3] and, since the abolition of the Division of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, the largest electoral district represented by a single legislator in the world.[4]

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation[5][6]

Ethnic groups: 86.3% Indigenous, 12.1% White
Languages: 66.8% Inuktitut, 29.1% English, 1.4% French
Religions: 86.0% Christian (50.3% Anglican, 23.9% Catholic, 4.9% Pentecostal, 6.8% Other), 12.9% No religion
Median income (2010): $25,662
Average income (2010): $43,505

The Nunavut riding holds a host of demographic records:

  • Lowest median age:[7] 24.1 years
  • Highest percentage of Indigenous peoples:[8] 85.0%
  • Highest percentage of Inuit: 84.0%
  • Highest percentage of a non-official language as mother tongue:[9] 69.4%
  • Highest percentage of an Indigenous language as mother tongue: 68.0%
  • Highest percentage of Inuktitut as mother tongue: 66.8%
  • Highest percentage of an Indigenous language as home language:[10] 53.0%
  • Highest percentage of Inuktitut as home language: 51.9%


According to the Canada 2016 Census
  • Most common mother tongue languages (2016) : 63.1% Inuktitut, 31.5% English, 1.7% French, 1.4% Inuinnaqtun, 0.4% Tagalog, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% German[11]

History

The riding was created in 1976 as "Nunatsiaq" from parts of the Northwest Territories riding. It was renamed "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.

The boundaries of this riding were not changed in the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Riding Associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

Party Association Name CEO HQ Address HQ City
Conservative Conservative Party of Canada Nunavut Electoral District Association Julie-Anne Miller Post Office Box 1841 Iqaluit
Liberal Nunavut Federal Liberal Association Michel Potvin Post Office Box 714 Iqaluit
New Democratic Nunavut New Democratic Party Electoral District Association Bethany Scott Post Office Box 11380 Iqaluit

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Nunatsiaq
Riding created from Northwest Territories
31st  1979–1980 Peter Ittinuar New Democratic
32nd  1980–1982
 1982–1984 Liberal
 1984–1984 Independent
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  2011–2015
42nd  2015–2016 Hunter Tootoo Liberal
 2016–2019 Independent
43rd  2019–present Mumilaaq Qaqqaq New Democratic

Election results

Graph of election results in Nunavut/Nunatsiaq (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Nunavut

2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Mumilaaq Qaqqaq 3,861 40.8 +14.2 $5,618.37
Liberal Megan Pizzo Lyall 2,918 30.9 -16.2 $41,679.84
Conservative Leona Aglukkaq 2,469 26.1 +1.3 none listed
Green Douglas Roy 206 2.2 +0.7 $0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 9,454 100.0
Total rejected ballots 88
Turnout 9,542 51.1
Eligible voters 18,665
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +15.35
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Hunter Tootoo 5,619 47.11 +18.41 $32,110.96
New Democratic Jack Iyerak Anawak 3,171 26.58 +7.22 –
Conservative Leona Aglukkaq 2,956 24.78 -25.12 $36,393.17
Green Spencer Rocchi 182 1.53 -0.51 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 11,928 100.00 $203,887.65
Total rejected ballots 95 0.79 –
Turnout 12,203 62.54 –
Eligible voters 19,223
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +21.77
Source: Elections Canada[14][15]
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 7,875 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 56 0.71
Turnout 7,931 46.66
Eligible voters 16,998
Conservative hold Swing +7.73
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% 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 8,068 100.0   $80,098
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.23
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% 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 $11,990
Marijuana D. Ed deVries 724 7.88 – $1,162
Green Feliks Kappi 544 5.92 +2.59 $3,950
Total valid votes/Expense limit 9,187 100.0   $74,506
Total rejected ballots 64 0.70
Turnout 9,251 54.10
Liberal hold Swing −12.97
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% 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
Liberal hold Swing −16.72
Change for the Conservatives is based on the results of the Progressive Conservatives.
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% 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
Liberal hold Swing +14.32
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% 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
Liberal notional hold Swing −13.70


Nunatsiaq

1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Iyerak Anawak 6,685 69.79 +29.85
Progressive Conservative Leena Evic-Twerdin 1,970 20.57 −2.37
New Democratic Mike Illnik 924 9.65 −23.51
Total valid votes 9,579 100.00  
Liberal hold Swing +16.11
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +3.27
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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  
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +18.80
Independent candidate Peter Ittinuar lost 37.31 percentage points from the 1980 election, when he ran as a New Democrat.
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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  
New Democratic hold Swing −2.41
1979 Canadian federal election
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  
This riding was created from part of Northwest Territories, where New Democrat Wally Firth was the incumbent.

See also

References

  • "(Code 62001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

Notes

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. ^ Madeline Redfern on Nunavut's electoral riding, largest in Canada, CBC, October 8, 2015
  4. ^ Durack: the electorate bigger than many countries still finds it hard to get noticed, The Guardian, 14 May 2016
  5. ^ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=62001&Data=Count&SearchText=Nunavut&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
  6. ^ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=62001&Data=Count&SearchText=Nunavut&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1#tabs2
  7. ^ "Age (131) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". www2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  8. ^ "Aboriginal Identity (8), Sex (3) and Age Groups (12) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  9. ^ "2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  10. ^ "First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  11. ^ https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=109979&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=888&Temporal=2016,2017&THEME=118&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=
  12. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  13. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  14. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Nunavut, 30 September 2015
  15. ^ Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits

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