Arviat North-Whale Cove

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Arviat North-Whale Cove
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Boundaries of Arviat North-Whale Cove
Coordinates: 62°13′48″N95°03′00″W / 62.230°N 95.050°W / 62.230; -95.050
Territorial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
MLA
 
 		 
John Main
District created2013
First contested 2013
Last contested 2021

Arviat North-Whale Cove (Inuktitut : ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓ−ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ, [1] French : Arviat Nord-Whale Cove, [1] Inuinnaqtun: Arviat Tununga-Tikiraryuaq) [1] is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. [2]

Contents

The riding consists of part of the community of Arviat and Whale Cove. The district was created prior to the 28 October 2013 general election. The communities were previously in Arviat and Rankin Inlet South/Whale Cove. [3]

Election results

2017 election

2017 Nunavut general election
Name Vote%
 John Main408
 George Kuksuk115

2013 election

2013 Nunavut general election
[4] Name Vote%
  George Kuksuk 16034.6%
 Elizabeth Copland14631.6%
 David Kritterdlik7115.4%
 Amauyak Netser6614.3%
 Joseph Ivitaaruq Kaviok194.1%
Total Valid Ballots462100%
Voter Turnout 75%Rejected Ballots 6

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nunavut Elections Act Office Consolidation, English version". Elections Nunavut. p. 135. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 5, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  2. ↑ Nunavut Constituencies Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Report of the 2011 Nunavut Electoral Boundaries Commission" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
  4. ↑ Results for the constituency of Arviat North-Whale Cove Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine at Elections Nunavut
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