2025 Nunavut general election

2025 Nunavut general election

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22 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
Incumbent Premier P.J. Akeeagok

The 2025 Nunavut general election will be held on or before October 27, 2025, to return the members of the 7th Nunavut Legislature. Since the adoption of a fixed election date law in 2014, ^[1] general elections in Nunavut are held in the last Monday of October in the fourth calendar year following the last elections. ^[2] The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut can be dissolved earlier by the commissioner of Nunavut on the advice of the premier of Nunavut. ^[3]

Background

Unlike most legislatures in Canada, the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut operates on a non-partisan consensus government model. Candidates in territorial elections run as independents rather than being nominated by political parties. The premier and executive council are then selected internally by the MLAs at the first special sitting of the new legislative session. The election will be held using single-member districts, and successful candidates will be determined through the first past the post system.

In July 2025, incumbent Premier P.J. Akeeagok announced he would not seek re-election. ^[4]

Incumbents not standing for re-election

Member of the Legislative Assembly		Electoral District	Date announced
	P.J. Akeeagok [4]	Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu	July 8, 2025

Candidates by district

(X) indicates the incumbent

Aggu

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Aivilik

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Amittuq

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Arviat North-Whale Cove

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Arviat South

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Baker Lake

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Cambridge Bay

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Gjoa Haven

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Hudson Bay

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Iqaluit-Manirajak

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Adam Lightstone (X)
Gwen Healey Akearok
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Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu

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David Akeeagok [a]
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Iqaluit-Sinaa

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Janet Brewster (X)
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Iqaluit-Tasiluk

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Kugluktuk

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Netsilik

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Pangnirtung

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Quttiktuq

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Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet

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Rankin Inlet South

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South Baffin

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Tununiq

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Uqqummiut

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Notes

1. Akeeagok has been the MLA for Quttiktuq since 2017, but is switiching districts to Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu. ^[5]

References

1. "Nunavut MLAs opt for fixed election dates, code of conduct" Archived 2018-02-12 at the Wayback Machine . Nunatsiaq News , February 24, 2014.
2. "Nunavut Elections Act" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
3. Murray, Nick. "Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok survives confidence vote after effort to oust him". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
4. Akeeagok, PJ. "A Message to the People of Nunavut" . Retrieved 9 July 2025.
5. https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/cabinet-minister-david-akeeagok-to-switch-ridings-run-in-iqaluit/