Nunakput

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Nunakput
Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg Northwest Territories electoral district
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Boundaries of Nunakput
Territorial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
MLA
 
 		 
Lucy Kuptana
First contested 1983
Last contested 2023
Region Inuvik Region
Communities Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk, Ulukhaktok

Nunakput [1] is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Its name translates to "our land" in Inuvialuktun, [2] and its area covers much of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in Inuit Nunangat. The district consists of Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk and Ulukhaktok. [3]

Contents

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

 Name ElectedLeft Office
District created from Western Arctic
  Nellie Cournoyea 19831995
  Vince Steen 19952003
  Calvin P. Pokiak 20032007
  Jackie Jacobson 20072015
  Herbert Nakimayak 20152019
  Jackie Jacobson 20192023
  Lucy Kuptana 2023present

Election results

2023 election

2023 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes%
Lucy Kuptana 34068.14
Vince Teddy15931.86
Total votes499

2019 election

2019 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes
Jackie Jacobson 231
Herbert Nakimayak143
Annie Steen127
Holly Campbell107
Sheila Nasogaluak101
Alisa Blake48

2015 election

2015 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes%
Herbert Nakimayak 22930.8
Jackie Jacobson 22530.2
Ethel-Jean Gruben17423.4
John Stuart Jr.8110.9
Robert Kuptana354.7
Total valid ballots / Turnout74476%

2011 election

2011 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes
Jackie Jacobson 312
Eddie Dillon199

2007 election

2007 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes%
Jackie Jacobson 26640.92% [4]
Teddy J. Vince15023.08%
Eddie T. Dillon14221.85%
Calvin P. Pokiak 7411.38%
Total valid ballots / Turnout63271.12%
Rejected ballots18
Source(s)
"Official Voting Results 2007 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2008.

2003 election

2003 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes%
Calvin P. Pokiak 28452.50%
Vince Steen 25747.5%
Total valid ballots / Turnout54162.04%
Rejected ballots0
Source(s)
"Official Voting Results 2003 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2008.

1983 election

1983 Northwest Territories general election
CandidateVotes
Nellie Cournoyea Acclaimed [5]

See also

Notes

^  a: In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.

References

  1. ↑ Constituency map of the NWT Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ CBC News (12 August 2011). "Nunakput". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
  3. ↑ "Official Voting Results 2007 General Election" (PDF). Elections NWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2008.
  4. ↑ In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.
  5. ↑ "REPORT OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER ON THE ELECTIONS OF MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 1983" (PDF). Elections NWT. May 1984. Retrieved 7 April 2025.

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