Baffin Central

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Baffin Central (formerly Central Baffin) was an electoral district of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The district consisted of Pangnirtung, Cape Dyer, Broughton Island (Qikiqtarjuaq), Cape Hooper, Dewar Lakes and Clyde River.

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The district was created under the name of Central Baffin in the 1975 Northwest Territories general election before it was renamed to Baffin Central in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

 Name ElectedLeft Office
District created as Central Baffin
  Ipeelee Kilabuk 19751979
District renamed to Baffin Central
  James Arreak 19791980
  Ipeelee Kilabuk 19801983
  Pauloosie Paniloo 19831987
  Ipeelee Kilabuk 19871991
  Rebecca Mike 19911995
  Tommy Enuaraq 19951999
District dissolved into Pangnirtung and Uqqummiut

Election results

1983 election

1983 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes%
Pauloosie Paniloo 30751.77%
Iola Metuq28648.23%
Total valid ballots / Turnout59375.52%
Rejected ballots30
Source(s)
"Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election of Members to the Council of the Northwest Territories 1983" (PDF). Elections NWT. May 1984. Retrieved 2025-04-04.

1980 by-election

James Arreak resigned his seat on April 1, 1980. Election took place on September 15, 1980. Ipeelee Kilabuk regained his seat after losing to Arreak a year ago.

Northwest Territories territorial by-election, 1980
CandidateVotes%
Ipeelee Kilabuk 22145.38%
Iola Metuq15431.62%
Stevie Audlakiak11223.00%
Total valid ballots / Turnout48764.27%
Rejected ballots4

1979 election

1979 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes%
James Arreak 19436.19%
Ipeelee Kilabuk 18334.14%
Stevie Audlakiak15929.67%
Total valid ballots / Turnout53670.05%
Rejected ballots2

1975 election

1975 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes%
Ipeelee Kilabuk 23647.39%
Bernadett Brintnell11122.29%
Oolahnee Dialla8817.67%
Jacopie Koksiak6312.65%
Total valid ballots / Turnout49871.65%
Rejected ballots5

See also