Donald Havioyak is a territorial-level politician in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. He served as a member of the Nunavut Legislature. Havioyak was elected to the Nunavut legislature in the

1999 Nunavut general election The 1999 Nunavut general election was the first general election in the territory and was held on 15 February 1999, to elect the members of the 1st Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Although Nunavut did not become a territory until 1 April 1999 the ...

. He won the

Kugluktuk Kugluktuk (, ; Inuktitut syllabics: ; ), formerly known as Coppermine until 1 January 1996, is a hamlet located at the mouth of the Coppermine River in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada, on Coronation Gulf, southwest of Victoria Island. I ...

electoral district with a plurality of six votes defeating three other candidates. Havioyak served one term in office, running for re-election in the

2004 Nunavut general election The 2004 Nunavut general election was held on February 16, 2004, to elect the 19 members of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Premier Paul Okalik asked for the five-year-old territory's first parliament to be dissolved on January 16. The t ...

. He was defeated by candidate Joe Allen Evyagotailak in another very close election. After his defeat in the election, he became President of the Kitilkmeot Inuit Association. He is a notable

Copper Inuit Copper Inuit, also known as Kitlinermiut and Inuinnait, are a Canadian Inuit group who live north of the tree line, in what is now the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut and in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest ...

. Havioyak is a first cousin with former Northwest Territories MLA

Kane Tologanak Kane Tologanak (born: ?) is a Copper Inuit and former Member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 to 1983. Tologanak was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election. He ...

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