Nunavut (electoral district)

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 Northwest Territories.

Nunavut
Nunavut electoral district
Nunavut riding in relation to Canada
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Mumilaaq Qaqqaq
New Democratic
District created1976
First contested1979
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]35,944
Electors (2015)18,124
Area (km²)[2]1,877,787.62
Pop. density (per km²)0.02
Census divisionsKitikmeot Region, Keewatin Region, Baffin Region
Census subdivisionsIqaluit, Rankin Inlet, Arviat, Baker Lake, Igloolik, Cambridge Bay, Pangnirtung, Pond Inlet, Kugluktuk, Cape Dorset

The riding covers the entire territory of Nunavut. It is the largest federal electoral district by land area in Canada,[3] and, since the abolition of the Division of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, the largest electoral district represented by a single legislator in the world.[4]

Demographics
According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation[5][6]

Ethnic groups: 86.3% Indigenous, 12.1% White
Languages: 66.8% Inuktitut, 29.1% English, 1.4% French
Religions: 86.0% Christian (50.3% Anglican, 23.9% Catholic, 4.9% Pentecostal, 6.8% Other), 12.9% No religion
Median income (2010): $25,662
Average income (2010): $43,505

The Nunavut riding holds a host of demographic records:

  • Lowest median age:[7] 24.1 years
  • Highest percentage of Indigenous peoples:[8] 85.0%
  • Highest percentage of Inuit: 84.0%
  • Highest percentage of a non-official language as mother tongue:[9] 69.4%
  • Highest percentage of an Indigenous language as mother tongue: 68.0%
  • Highest percentage of Inuktitut as mother tongue: 66.8%
  • Highest percentage of an Indigenous language as home language:[10] 53.0%
  • Highest percentage of Inuktitut as home language: 51.9%


According to the Canada 2016 Census
  • Most common mother tongue languages (2016) : 63.1% Inuktitut, 31.5% English, 1.7% French, 1.4% Inuinnaqtun, 0.4% Tagalog, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% German[11]

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:

Party 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 Member Party
Nunatsiaq
Riding created from Northwest Territories
31st  1979–1980     Peter Ittinuar New Democratic
32nd  1980–1982
 1982–1984     Liberal
 1984–1984     Independent
33rd  1984–1988     Thomas Suluk Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993     Jack Anawak Liberal
35th  1993–1997
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
42nd  2015–2016     Hunter Tootoo Liberal
 2016–2019     Independent
43rd  2019–present     Mumilaaq Qaqqaq New Democratic

Election results
Graph of election results in Nunavut/Nunatsiaq (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Nunavut
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticMumilaaq Qaqqaq3,86140.8+14.2
LiberalMegan Pizzo Lyall2,91830.9-16.2
ConservativeLeona Aglukkaq2,46926.1+1.3
GreenDouglas Roy2062.2+0.7
Total valid votes/Expense limit 9,454100.0
Total rejected ballots 88
Turnout 9,54251.1
Eligible voters 18,665
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +15.35
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalHunter Tootoo5,61947.11+18.41$32,110.96
New DemocraticJack Iyerak Anawak3,17126.58+7.22–
ConservativeLeona Aglukkaq2,95624.78-25.12$36,393.17
GreenSpencer Rocchi1821.53-0.51–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 11,928100.00 $203,887.65
Total rejected ballots 950.79–
Turnout 12,20362.54 –
Eligible voters 19,223
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +21.77
Source: Elections Canada[14][15]
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeLeona Aglukkaq3,93049.85+15.07
LiberalPaul Okalik2,26028.62−0.38
New DemocraticJack Hicks1,52519.44−8.18
GreenScott MacCallum1602.1−6.27
Total valid votes 7,875100.0  
Total rejected ballots 56 0.71
Turnout 7,93146.66
Eligible voters 16,998
Conservative hold Swing +7.73
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeLeona Aglukkaq2,80634.78+5.72$59,574
LiberalKirt Ejesiak2,35929.24−10.74$59,600
New DemocraticPaul Irngaut2,22827.62+10.47$20,095
GreenPeter Ittinuar6758.37+2.45
Total valid votes/Expense limit 8,068100.0   $80,098
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.23
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalNancy Karetak-Lindell3,67339.98−11.32$10,669
ConservativeDavid Aglukark2,67029.06+14.62$5,486
New DemocraticBill Riddell1,57617.15+1.98$11,990
MarijuanaD. Ed deVries7247.88–$1,162
GreenFeliks Kappi5445.92+2.59$3,950
Total valid votes/Expense limit 9,187100.0   $74,506
Total rejected ballots 64 0.70
Turnout 9,25154.10
Liberal hold Swing −12.97
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalNancy Karetak-Lindell3,81851.30−17.71$18,035
IndependentManitok Thompson1,17215.74–$5,945
New DemocraticBill Riddell1,12915.17−3.09$12,810
ConservativeDuncan Cunningham1,07514.44+6.24$16,838
GreenNedd Kenney2483.33−1.19$190
Total valid votes 7,442100.00  
Total rejected ballots 330.44
Turnout 7,47543.86
Liberal hold Swing −16.72
Change for the Conservatives is based on the results of the Progressive Conservatives.
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalNancy Karetak-Lindell5,32769.01+23.13$35,282
New DemocraticPalluq Susan Enuaraq1,41018.26−5.50
Progressive ConservativeMike Sherman6338.20−15.93$6,045
GreenBrian Robert Jones3494.52–$9,304
Total valid votes 7,719100.00  
Total rejected ballots 540.69
Turnout 7,77354.10
Liberal hold Swing +14.32
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalNancy Karetak-Lindell3,30245.88−23.87$30,212
Progressive ConservativeOkalik Eegeesiak1,73724.13+3.54$11,251
New DemocraticHunter Tootoo1,71023.76+14.10$11,918
ReformJohn Turner4476.21–
Total valid votes 7,196100.00  
Total rejected ballots 480.66
Turnout 7,24459.80
Liberal notional hold Swing −13.70

Nunatsiaq
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJack Iyerak Anawak6,68569.79+29.85
Progressive ConservativeLeena Evic-Twerdin1,97020.57−2.37
New DemocraticMike Illnik9249.65−23.51
Total valid votes 9,579100.00  
Liberal hold Swing +16.11
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJack Iyerak Anawak3,35639.94+11.04
New DemocraticPeter Kusugak2,78633.15+4.50
Progressive ConservativeSedluk Bryan Pearson1,92822.94−28.52
IndependentRichard Inukpak Lee3333.96–
Total valid votes 8,403100.00  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +3.27
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeThomas Suluk2,23732.49+24.71
LiberalRobert Kuptana1,99028.90−12.90
New DemocraticRhoda Innuksuk1,97328.65−18.61
IndependentPeter Ittinuar6869.96–
Total valid votes 6,886100.00  
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.
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticPeter Ittinuar2,68847.27+10.99
LiberalJames Arvaluk2,37741.80+15.81
Progressive ConservativeLyle Stevenson4427.77−18.22
RhinocerosLloyd Ellsworth1803.17–
Total valid votes 5,687100.00  
New Democratic hold Swing −2.41
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticPeter Ittinuar1,96337.74
LiberalTagak Curley1,88736.27
Progressive ConservativeAbe Okpik1,35225.99
Total valid votes 5,202100.00  
This riding was created from part of Northwest Territories, where New Democrat Wally Firth was the incumbent.

See also

References
  • "(Code 62001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

Notes
  1. Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. Madeline Redfern on Nunavut's electoral riding, largest in Canada, CBC, October 8, 2015
  4. Durack: the electorate bigger than many countries still finds it hard to get noticed, The Guardian, 14 May 2016
  5. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=62001&Data=Count&SearchText=Nunavut&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
  6. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=62001&Data=Count&SearchText=Nunavut&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1#tabs2
  7. "Age (131) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". www2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  8. "Aboriginal Identity (8), Sex (3) and Age Groups (12) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  9. "2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  10. "First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  11. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=109979&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=888&Temporal=2016,2017&THEME=118&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=
  12. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  13. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  14. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Nunavut, 30 September 2015
  15. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits

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