Nunavut (electoral district)

Nunavut
Nunavut electoral district
	Nunavut riding in relation to Canada
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Lori Idlout ; New Democratic
;
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)	36,858
Electors (2021)	18,665
Area (km²)	1,836,993.78
Pop. density (per km²)	0.02
Census division(s)	Kitikmeot Region, Kivalliq Region, Baffin Region
Census subdivision(s)	List of communities in Nunavut including unorganised regions

Last updated April 01, 2025

Nunavut is a federal electoral district in Nunavut, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Before 1997, it was known as Nunatsiaq, and was one of two electoral districts in the Northwest Territories.

The riding covers the entire territory of Nunavut. It is the largest federal electoral district by land area in Canada,^[2] and since the abolition of the Division of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, it is the second largest electoral district in the world after Yakutsk in Russia.^[3] It is also the world's northernmost single-member constituency, Greenland electing two members to the Danish Folketing and using proportional representation for its own Inatsisartut.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census; 2013 representation^[1]

Ethnic groups: 85.8% Indigenous, 10.6% White, 1.5% Black
Languages: 52.2% Inuktitut, 33% English, 1.4% French
Religions: 73.5% Christian (39.1% Anglican, 22.5% Catholic, 4% Pentecostal), 24.9% No religion
Median income (2020): $37,600
Average income (2020): $57,200

The Nunavut riding holds a host of demographic records:^[4]

Lowest median age: 25.6 years
Highest percentage of Indigenous peoples: 85.8%
Highest percentage of Inuit: 84.3%
Highest percentage of a non-official language as mother tongue: 54.9%
Highest percentage of an Indigenous language as mother tongue: 52.9%
Highest percentage of Inuktut (Inuit languages) as mother tongue: 52.9%
Highest percentage of Inuktitut as mother tongue: 52.2%
Highest percentage of a non-official language as home language: 42.2%
Highest percentage of an Indigenous language as home language: 41.5%
Highest percentage of Inuktut (Inuit languages) as mother tongue: 41.4%
Highest percentage of Inuktitut as home language: 41.2%

History

The riding was created in 1976 as "Nunatsiaq" from parts of the Northwest Territories riding. It was renamed "Nunavut" in 1996.

In 1999, the district's boundaries were redefined in the Nunavut Act, the law governing the creation of Nunavut as a separate jurisdiction from the Northwest Territories.

The boundaries of this riding were not changed in the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

	Association name	CEO	HQ address	HQ city
Conservative	Conservative Party of Canada Nunavut Electoral District Association	Julie-Anne Miller	Post Office Box 1841	Iqaluit
Liberal	Nunavut Federal Liberal Association	Michel Potvin	Post Office Box 714	Iqaluit
New Democratic	Nunavut New Democratic Party Electoral District Association	Bethany Scott	Post Office Box 11380	Iqaluit

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Nunatsiaq Riding created from Northwest Territories
31st	1979–1980	Peter Ittinuar	New Democratic
32nd	1980–1982		New Democratic
	1982–1984		Liberal
	1984–1984		Independent
33rd	1984–1988	Thomas Suluk	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Jack Anawak	Liberal
35th	1993–1997	Jack Anawak	Liberal
Nunavut
36th	1997–2000	Nancy Karetak-Lindell	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011	Leona Aglukkaq	Conservative
41st	2011–2015	Leona Aglukkaq	Conservative
42nd	2015–2016	Hunter Tootoo	Liberal
42nd	2016–2019	Hunter Tootoo	Independent
43rd	2019–2021	Mumilaaq Qaqqaq	New Democratic
44th	2021–2025	Lori Idlout	New Democratic

Election results

Nunavut

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
The 2025 general election will be held on April 28.
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Arreak
	New Democratic	Lori Idlout
	Green	Brennan Wauters
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: CBC North ^[5] / Elections Canada As of March 31,2025^[update] no candidates are registered with Elections Canada.^[6]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lori Idlout	3,427	47.7	+6.9
	Liberal	Pat Angnakak	2,578	35.9	+5.0
	Conservative	Laura Mackenzie	1,184	16.5	−9.6
Total valid votes			7,189	98.93
Total rejected ballots			78	1.07	−0.15
Turnout			7,267	34.1	−17.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+1.0
Source: Elections Canada ^[7]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mumilaaq Qaqqaq	3,861	40.8	+14.2	$5,618.37
	Liberal	Megan Pizzo Lyall	2,918	30.9	-16.2	$41,679.84
	Conservative	Leona Aglukkaq	2,469	26.1	+1.3	$88,289.32
	Green	Douglas Roy	206	2.2	+0.7	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			9,454	100.0
Total rejected ballots			88
Turnout			9,542	51.1
Eligible voters			18,665
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+15.35
Source: Elections Canada ^[8]^[9]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Hunter Tootoo	5,619	47.11	+18.41	$32,110.96
	New Democratic	Jack Iyerak Anawak	3,171	26.58	+7.22	–
	Conservative	Leona Aglukkaq	2,956	24.78	-25.12	$36,393.17
	Green	Spencer Rocchi	182	1.53	-0.51	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			11,928	100.00		$203,887.65
Total rejected ballots			95	0.79	–
Turnout			12,203	62.54	–
Eligible voters			19,223
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+21.77
Source: Elections Canada ^[10]^[11]

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leona Aglukkaq	3,930	49.85	+15.07
	Liberal	Paul Okalik	2,260	28.62	−0.38
	New Democratic	Jack Hicks	1,525	19.44	−8.18
	Green	Scott MacCallum	160	2.1	−6.27
Total valid votes			7,875	100.0
Total rejected ballots			56	0.71
Turnout			7,931	46.66
Eligible voters			16,998
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.73

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Leona Aglukkaq	2,806	34.78	+5.72	$59,574
	Liberal	Kirt Ejesiak	2,359	29.24	−10.74	$59,600
	New Democratic	Paul Irngaut	2,228	27.62	+10.47	$20,095
	Green	Peter Ittinuar	675	8.37	+2.45
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,068	100.0		$80,098
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.23

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nancy Karetak-Lindell	3,673	39.98	−11.32	$10,669
	Conservative	David Aglukark	2,670	29.06	+14.62	$5,486
	New Democratic	Bill Riddell	1,576	17.15	+1.98	$11,990
	Marijuana	D. Ed deVries	724	7.88	–	$1,162
	Green	Feliks Kappi	544	5.92	+2.59	$3,950
Total valid votes/expense limit			9,187	100.0		$74,506
Total rejected ballots			64	0.70
Turnout			9,251	54.10
	Liberal hold		Swing		−12.97

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nancy Karetak-Lindell	3,818	51.30	−17.71	$18,035
	Independent	Manitok Thompson	1,172	15.74	–	$5,945
	New Democratic	Bill Riddell	1,129	15.17	−3.09	$12,810
	Conservative	Duncan Cunningham	1,075	14.44	+6.24	$16,838
	Green	Nedd Kenney	248	3.33	−1.19	$190
Total valid votes			7,442	100.00
Total rejected ballots			33	0.44
Turnout			7,475	43.86
	Liberal hold		Swing		−16.72
Change for the Conservatives is based on the results of the Progressive Conservatives.

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nancy Karetak-Lindell	5,327	69.01	+23.13	$35,282
	New Democratic	Palluq Susan Enuaraq	1,410	18.26	−5.50
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Sherman	633	8.20	−15.93	$6,045
	Green	Brian Robert Jones	349	4.52	–	$9,304
Total valid votes			7,719	100.00
Total rejected ballots			54	0.69
Turnout			7,773	54.10
	Liberal hold		Swing		+14.32

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nancy Karetak-Lindell	3,302	45.88	−23.87	$30,212
	Progressive Conservative	Okalik Eegeesiak	1,737	24.13	+3.54	$11,251
	New Democratic	Hunter Tootoo	1,710	23.76	+14.10	$11,918
	Reform	John Turner	447	6.21	–
Total valid votes			7,196	100.00
Total rejected ballots			48	0.66
Turnout			7,244	59.80
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		−13.70

Nunatsiaq

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Iyerak Anawak	6,685	69.79	+29.85
	Progressive Conservative	Leena Evic-Twerdin	1,970	20.57	−2.37
	New Democratic	Mike Illnik	924	9.65	−23.51
Total valid votes			9,579	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		+16.11

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Iyerak Anawak	3,356	39.94	+11.04
	New Democratic	Peter Kusugak	2,786	33.15	+4.50
	Progressive Conservative	Sedluk Bryan Pearson	1,928	22.94	−28.52
	Independent	Richard Inukpak Lee	333	3.96	–
Total valid votes			8,403	100.00
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+3.27

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Suluk	2,237	32.49	+24.71
	Liberal	Robert Kuptana	1,990	28.90	−12.90
	New Democratic	Rhoda Innuksuk	1,973	28.65	−18.61
	Independent	Peter Ittinuar	686	9.96	–
Total valid votes			6,886	100.00
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+18.80
Independent candidate Peter Ittinuar lost 37.31 percentage points from the 1980 election, when he ran as a New Democrat.

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Peter Ittinuar	2,688	47.27	+10.99
	Liberal	James Arvaluk	2,377	41.80	+15.81
	Progressive Conservative	Lyle Stevenson	442	7.77	−18.22
	Rhinoceros	Lloyd Ellsworth	180	3.17	–
Total valid votes			5,687	100.00
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−2.41
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v t e 1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Peter Ittinuar	1,963	37.74
	Liberal	Tagak Curley	1,887	36.27
	Progressive Conservative	Abe Okpik	1,352	25.99
Total valid votes			5,202	100.00
This riding was created from part of Northwest Territories, where New Democrat Wally Firth was the incumbent.

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[2] Madeline Redfern on Nunavut's electoral riding, largest in Canada, CBC, October 8, 2015

[3] Durack: the electorate bigger than many countries still finds it hard to get noticed, The Guardian , 14 May 2016

[2021_stat_facts-4] "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Comprehensive download files Canada, provinces and territories". www2.statcan.gc.ca. August 5, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2025.

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[6] "Who are the candidates in my electoral district? Nunavut (Nunavut)". Elections Canada . Retrieved March 31, 2025.

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[8] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

[9] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2019.

[10] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Nunavut, 30 September 2015

[11] Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits

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