Alexander Sammurtok (born 1952 or 1953) is a

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politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in a

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on February 10, 2014. Sammurtok first ran in the 2013 election, but finished in an exact tie with incumbent MLA

Lorne Kusugak 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 Minist ...

in the redistributed district of Rankin Inlet South.Nunavut recounts produce one winner and one intractable deadlock
. ''

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'', November 5, 2013. He is the nephew of Tom Sammurtok, who was the MLA for the neighbouring electoral district of

Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet ( iu, ᑲᖏᕐᒃᖠᓂᐅᑉ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓ−ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ, french: Rankin Inlet Nord-Chesterfield Inlet, Inuinnaqtun: Kangirliniq Tununga-Igluligaaryuk) is a territorial electoral district ( rid ...

. Both Alexander and Tom Sammurtok were defeated in the

2017 Nunavut general election The 2017 Nunavut general election was held on October 30, 2017 to return the members of the 5th Nunavut Legislature. The fifth general election held since the creation of the territory in 1999, it was the first election held under Nunavut's new f ...

, Alexander by Kusugak and Tom by

Cathy Towtongie Q. Cathy Towtongie is a Canadian Inuk politician from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2017 general election to represent the electoral district of Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet. Prior ...

; in the

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, Alexander Sammurtok ran in Rankin Inlet North and defeated Towtongie.Derek Neary
"Two judicial recounts required in Nunavut territorial election"
'' Northern News Services'', October 25, 2021.

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Living people Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Inuit from the Northwest Territories Inuit politicians People from Rankin Inlet 21st-century Canadian politicians Inuit from Nunavut 1950s births {{Nunavut-politician-stub