Rankin Inlet is an Inuit hamlet on Kudlulik Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada. It is the largest hamlet and second-largest settlement in Nunavut, after the territorial capital, Iqaluit. On the northwestern Hudson Bay, between Chesterfield Inlet and Arviat, it is the regional centre for the Kivalliq Region.
Piita Taqtu Irniq, formerly Peter Irniq, is an Inuk politician in Canada, who served as the second commissioner of Nunavut from April 2000 to April 2005.
Coral Harbour, is a small Inuit community that is located on Southampton Island, Kivalliq Region, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Its name is derived from the fossilized coral that can be found around the waters of the community which is situated at the head of South Bay. The name of the settlement in Inuktitut is Salliq, sometimes used to refer to all of Southampton Island. The plural Salliit, means large flat island(s) in front of the mainland.
Chesterfield Inlet is a hamlet located on the western shore of Hudson Bay, Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut, Canada, at the mouth of Chesterfield Inlet. Igluligaarjuk is the Inuktitut word for "place with few houses", it is the oldest community in Nunavut. The community is served by air, Chesterfield Inlet Airport, and by an annual supply known as sealift.
Cambridge Bay is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada.
Nanulik was a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada.
Rankin Inlet North was a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada.
Rankin Inlet South/Whale Cove was a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada.
Aivilik is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada.
Lorne Kusugak is a Canadian politician, who is Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for the electoral district of Rankin Inlet South. Prior to becoming an MLA, Kusugak was the mayor of Rankin Inlet. Kusugak served as the Nunavut Minister for Community and Government Services, Minister for Energy and the Minister responsible for the Qulliq Energy Corporation.
The 2013 Nunavut general election was held October 28, 2013, to elect 22 members to the 4th Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. In November 2012 the assembly passed the Nunavut Elections Act 2012, stating that the writs for election drop September 23, 2013, and an election be held October 28, 2013, the proclamation was registered November 9, 2012. At the 2013 forum, held on November 15, 2013, Peter Taptuna was selected as the new Premier of Nunavut.
Aggu is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada.
Arviat North-Whale Cove is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada.
Arviat South is an electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada.
Gjoa Haven is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada.
Rankin Inlet South is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada.
Tom Sammurtok is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2013 election. He represented the electoral district of Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet until 2017, when he was defeated by Cathy Towtongie.
Alexander Sammurtok is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in a by-election on February 10, 2014. Sammurtok first ran in the 2013 election, but finished in an exact tie with incumbent MLA Lorne Kusugak in the redistributed district of Rankin Inlet South.
Nunavut electoral district 