Nunavut (electoral district)

Nunavut
Nunavut electoral district
Nunavut riding in relation to Canada
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Lori Idlout
Liberal
District created1976
First contested1979
Last contested2025
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]36,858
Electors (2021)18,665
Area (km²)[1]1,836,993.78
Pop. density (per km²)0.02
Census division(s)Kitikmeot Region, Kivalliq Region, Baffin Region
Census subdivision(s)Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet, Arviat, Baker Lake, Igloolik, Cambridge Bay, Pond Inlet, Pangnirtung, Kinngait, Kugluktuk


Nunavut is a federal electoral district covering the entire territory of 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 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, since Greenland elects two members to the Danish Folketing and uses proportional representation for its own Inatsisartut.

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Nunavut
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:

Party Association name CEO HQ city
Conservative Conservative Party of Canada Nunavut Electoral District Association Allen Hayward Iqaluit
Liberal Nunavut Federal Liberal Association Ranbir S. Hundal Iqaluit
New Democratic Nunavut New Democratic Party Electoral District Association Nikolai G. Sittman 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  2019–2021     Mumilaaq Qaqqaq New Democratic
44th  2021–2025 Lori Idlout
45th  2025–2026
 2026–present     Liberal

Election results

Nunavut

2025 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Lori Idlout 2,853 37.26 –10.41 $50,461.81
Liberal Kilikvak Kabloona 2,812 36.72 +0.86 $60,292.85
Conservative James T. Arreak 1,992 26.02 +9.55 $14,525.05
Total valid votes/expense limit 7,657 98.84 – $125,501.31
Total rejected ballots 90 1.16 +0.06
Turnout 7,747 35.36 +2.26
Eligible voters 21,912
New Democratic hold Swing –5.64
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]


2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Lori Idlout 3,277 46.55 +5.71 $64,249.91
Liberal Pat Angnakak 2,578 36.62 +5.75 $46,353.02
Conservative Laura Mackenzie 1,184 16.82 –9.30 $3,673.40
Total valid votes/expense limit 7,039 98.90 – $108,435.17
Total rejected ballots 78 1.10 +0.18
Turnout 7,117 33.10 –14.55
Eligible voters 21,499
New Democratic hold Swing +5.73
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Mumilaaq Qaqqaq 3,861 40.84 +14.26 $5,331.45
Liberal Megan Pizzo Lyall 2,918 30.87 –16.24 $29,996.72
Conservative Leona Aglukkaq 2,469 26.12 +1.34 $16,176.33
Green Douglas Roy 206 2.18 +0.65 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 9,454 99.08 – $103,762.32
Total rejected ballots 88 0.92 +0.13
Turnout 9,542 47.65 –11.72
Eligible voters 20,025
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +15.25
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Hunter Tootoo 5,619 47.11 +18.41 $31,498.80
New Democratic Jack Anawak 3,171 26.58 +7.21 $10,713.72
Conservative Leona Aglukkaq 2,956 24.78 –25.12 $36,393.17
Green Spencer Rocchi 182 1.53 –0.50 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 11,928 99.21 – $203,887.65
Total rejected ballots 95 0.79 +0.08
Turnout 12,023 59.37 +13.66
Eligible voters 20,252
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +21.77
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]


2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Leona Aglukkaq 3,930 49.90 +14.98 $65,818.65
Liberal Paul Okalik 2,260 28.70 –0.44 $47,519.13
New Democratic Jack Hicks 1,525 19.37 –8.27 $7,332.23
Green Scott MacCallum 160 2.03 –6.27 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 7,875 99.29 – $83,225.70
Total rejected ballots 56 0.71 +0.33
Turnout 7,931 45.71 –1.64
Eligible voters 17,349
Conservative hold Swing +7.71
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Leona Aglukkaq 2,815 34.92 +5.86 $50,734.44
Liberal Kirt Kootoo Ejesiak 2,349 29.14 –10.84 $74,987.51
New Democratic Paul Irngaut 2,228 27.64 +10.49 $19,883.34
Green Peter Ittinuar 669 8.30 +2.38 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 8,061 99.62 – $80,097.64
Total rejected ballots 31 0.38 –0.31
Turnout 8,092 47.35 –6.79
Eligible voters 17,089
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.35
Source: Elections Canada[15][16]
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Nancy Karetak-Lindell 3,673 39.98 –11.32 $12,071.37
Conservative David Aglukark, Sr. 2,670 29.06 +14.61 $5,370.77
New Democratic Bill Riddell 1,576 17.15 +1.98 $10,970.97
Marijuana D. Ed deVries 724 7.88 – $1,091.59
Green Feliks Kappi 544 5.92 +2.59 $3,950.47
Total valid votes/expense limit 9,187 99.31 – $74,506.20
Total rejected ballots 64 0.69 +0.25
Turnout 9,251 54.14 +10.28
Eligible voters 17,088
Liberal hold Swing –12.97
Source: Elections Canada[17][18][19]
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Nancy Karetak-Lindell 3,818 51.30 –17.71 $18,335.39
Independent Manitok Thompson 1,172 15.75 – $4,340.30
New Democratic Bill Riddell 1,129 15.17 –3.10 $12,450.33
Conservative Duncan Cunningham 1,075 14.45 +6.25 $17,541.66
Green Nedd Kenney 248 3.33 –1.19 $530.91
Total valid votes/expense limit 7,442 99.56 – $72,617.32
Total rejected ballots 33 0.44 –0.25
Turnout 7,475 43.86 –10.24
Eligible voters 17,041
Liberal hold Swing –16.73
Change for the Conservatives is based on the results of the Progressive Conservatives.
Source: Elections Canada[20][21][22]
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Nancy Karetak-Lindell 5,327 69.01 +23.12 $35,282
New Democratic Palluq Susan Enuaraq 1,410 18.27 –5.49 none listed
Progressive Conservative Mike Sherman 633 8.20 –15.94 $6,045
Green Brian Robert Jones 349 4.52 – $9,304
Total valid votes 7,719 99.31
Total rejected ballots 54 0.69 +0.03
Turnout 7,773 54.10 –5.70
Eligible voters 14,369
Liberal hold Swing +14.32
Source: Elections Canada[23][24]
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Nancy Karetak-Lindell 3,302 45.89 −23.87 $30,212
Progressive Conservative Okalik Eegeesiak 1,737 24.14 +3.54 $11,251
New Democratic Hunter Tootoo 1,710 23.76 +14.10 $11,918
Reform John Turner 447 6.21 – none listed
Total valid votes 7,196 99.34
Total rejected ballots 48 0.66 –
Turnout 7,244 59.80 –
Eligible voters 12,114
Liberal notional hold Swing −13.70
Source: Elections Canada[25][26]

Nunatsiaq

1993 Canadian federal election: Nunatsiaq
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Anawak 6,685 69.79 +29.85
Progressive Conservative Leena Evic-Twerdin 1,970 20.57 –2.38
New Democratic Mike Illnik 924 9.65 –23.51
Total valid votes 9,579 98.78
Total rejected ballots 118 1.22 +0.44
Turnout 9,697 67.49 –6.85
Eligible voters 14,368
Liberal hold Swing +16.11
Source: Elections Canada[27][28][29]
1988 Canadian federal election: Nunatsiaq
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Anawak 3,356 39.94 +11.04
New Democratic Peter Kusugak 2,786 33.15 +4.50
Progressive Conservative Bryan Pearson 1,928 22.94 –9.55
Independent Richard Inukpak Lee 333 3.96 –
Total valid votes 8,403 99.22
Total rejected ballots 66 0.78 +0.07
Turnout 8,469 74.34 +5.30
Eligible voters 11,392
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +3.27
Source: Elections Canada[30][31][32]
1984 Canadian federal election: Nunatsiaq
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Thomas Suluk 2,237 32.49 +24.72
Liberal Robert Kuptana 1,990 28.90 –12.90
New Democratic Rhoda Innuksuk 1,973 28.65 –18.62
Independent Peter Ittinuar 686 9.96 –
Total valid votes 6,886 99.29
Total rejected ballots 49 0.71 +0.25
Turnout 6,935 69.04 +2.28
Eligible voters 10,045
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +18.81
Independent candidate Peter Ittinuar lost 37.31 percentage points from the 1980 election, when he ran as a New Democrat.
Source: Elections Canada[33][34][35]
1980 Canadian federal election: Nunatsiaq
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Peter Ittinuar 2,688 47.27 +9.53
Liberal James Arvaluk 2,377 41.80 +5.53
Progressive Conservative Lyle Stevenson 442 7.77 –18.22
Rhinoceros Lloyd Ellsworth 180 3.17 –
Total valid votes 5,687 99.54
Total rejected ballots 26 0.46 –0.17
Turnout 5,713 66.76 +1.81
Eligible voters 8,558
New Democratic hold Swing −2.41
Source: Elections Canada[36][37][38]
1979 Canadian federal election: Nunatsiaq
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 99.37
Total rejected ballots 33 0.63 –
Turnout 5,235 64.95 –
Eligible voters 8,060
New Democratic notional hold Swing N/A
This riding was created from part of Northwest Territories, where New Democrat Wally Firth was the incumbent.
Source: Elections Canada[39][40][41]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "2021 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". December 15, 2021.
  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
  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.
  5. ^ "Forty-Fifth General Election 2025 — Poll-by-poll Results: Nunavut". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2025.
  6. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2025 General Election: Part 3C – Summary of Electoral Campaign Expenses and Other Outflows – Election expenses subject to the limit – Total". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
  7. ^ "Forty-Fourth General Election 2021 — Poll-by-poll Results: Nunavut". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2021.
  8. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2021). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2021 General Election: Part 3C – Summary of Electoral Campaign Expenses and Other Outflows – Election expenses subject to the limit – Total". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
  9. ^ "Forty-Third General Election 2019 — Poll-by-poll Results: Nunavut". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2019.
  10. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2019). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2019 General Election: Part 3C – Summary of Electoral Campaign Expenses and Other Outflows – Election expenses subject to the limit – Total". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
  11. ^ "Forty-Second General Election 2015 — Poll-by-poll Results: Nunavut". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2015.
  12. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2015). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2015 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
  13. ^ "Forty-First General Election 2011 — Poll-by-poll Results: Nunavut". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2011.
  14. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2011). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2011 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
  15. ^ "Fortieth General Election 2008 — Poll-by-poll Results: Nunavut". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2008.
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  18. ^ "Thirty-Ninth General Election 2006 — Poll-by-poll Results: Nunavut". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2006.
  19. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2006). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2006 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
  20. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Nunavut, Nunavut (2004)". lop.parl.ca.
  21. ^ "Thirty-Eighth General Election 2004 — Poll-by-poll Results: Nunavut". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2004.
  22. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2004). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2004 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
  23. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Nunavut, Nunavut (2000)". lop.parl.ca.
  24. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2000). Thirty-Seventh General Election, 2000: Official Voting Results (Report). Ottawa: Elections Canada. ISBN 0-662-65518-4.
  25. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Nunavut, Northwest Territories (1997)". lop.parl.ca.
  26. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1997). Thirty-Sixth General Election, 1997: Official Voting Results (Report). Ottawa: Elections Canada.
  27. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Nunatsiaq, Northwest Territories (1993)". lop.parl.ca.
  28. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Thirty-Fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results (Report). Ottawa: Elections Canada. ISBN 0-662-60097-5.
  29. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Thirty-Fifth General Election, 1993: Contributions and Expenses of Registered Political Parties and Candidates (Report). Ottawa: Elections Canada. ISBN 0-662-61265-5.
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  34. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Thirty-Third General Election, 1984: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-662-53477-8.
  35. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Thirty-Third General Election, 1984: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Respecting Election Expenses (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-662-53472-7.
  36. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Nunatsiaq, Northwest Territories (1980)". lop.parl.ca.
  37. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1980). Thirty-Second General Election, 1980: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-660-50630-0.
  38. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1980). Thirty-Second General Election, 1980: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Respecting Election Expenses (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-662-51248-0.
  39. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Nunatsiaq, Northwest Territories (1979)". lop.parl.ca.
  40. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1979). Thirty-First General Election, 1979: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-660-50445-6.
  41. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1979). Thirty-First General Election, 1979: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Respecting Election Expenses (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-662-50834-3.

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