Joanna Quassa | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Aggu (pending judicial recount [1] | |
| Assumed office November 19, 2021 [2] | |
| Preceded by | Paul Quassa |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | non-partisan consensus government |
| Residence(s) | Igloolik,Nunavut |
Joanna Quassa is a Canadian Inuk politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2021 Nunavut general election. [3] She represents the electoral district of Aggu.
She is the sister-in-law of her predecessor Paul Quassa, [4] and previously served as mayor of Igloolik. [5]
She ran for election to the assembly in the 2025 election and received the largest number of votes in the Aggu electoral district but with less than 2 per cent difference between her and Erasmus Ivvalu,triggering a judicial recount. [1]
A judge will conduct a judicial recount of the ballots cast in this constituency. This is required because the number of votes between the two candidates is within 2% of the total votes cast.