Joanna Quassa | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Aggu [1] | |
| In office November 19, 2021 [2] –October 27, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Quassa |
| Succeeded by | Edward Attagutaluk |
| Personal details | |
| 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 represented 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] As the final result was tied,a by-election was held on December 15,2025;she lost it to Edward Attagutaluk,placing second. [6]
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.