Uqqummiut ( iu, ᐅᕐᒃᑯᒻᒥᐅᑦ,

Inuinnaqtun Inuinnaqtun (; natively meaning ''like the real human beings/peoples''), is an indigenous Inuit language. It is spoken in the central Canadian Arctic. It is related very closely to Inuktitut, and some scholars, such as Richard Condon, believe ...

: Uqqurmiut) is a

territorial A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...

electoral district ( riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut,

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. The riding consists of the communities of Clyde River and

Qikiqtarjuaq Qikiqtarjuaq (; formerly known as Broughton Island until November 1998 ,) is a community located on Broughton Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The island is known for Arctic wildlife (ring seals, polar bears, bowhead whales, ...

. The

Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. ...

was

Samuel Nuqingaq Samuel Nuqingaq is a Canadian, Inuk politician from Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2013 election. He was expelled from the legislature in 2014. Political career Election Nuqinqaq ran for e ...

. On 24 October 2014, he was expelled for the legislature and the seat became vacant with a

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

to be held within six months.Nunavut MLA expelled from legislature in unanimous vote
/ref> The by-election was held 9 February 2015 and

Pauloosie Keyootak Pauloosie Keyootak is a Canadian Inuk politician from Broughton Island, Northwest Territories, now Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, representing the electoral district of Uqqummiut, in a by-electio ...

of Qikiqtarjuaq was elected.Uqqummiut By-Election
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Election results

1999 election

2004 election

2008 election

2013 election

After the original count both

and Niore Iqalukjuak were tied with 187 votes each. A recount was held November 5 and Nuqingaq was declared elected with 187 while Iqalukjuak had 185.Nunavut recounts produce one winner and one intractable deadlock
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2015 By-election

2017 election

References

External links

{{coord , 70.538, N, 69.172, W, display=title Electoral districts of Qikiqtaaluk Region 1999 establishments in Nunavut