{{Short description|Territorial electoral district in the Northwest Territories, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=March 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox Canada electoral district | name = Nunakput | province = Northwest Territories | image = NWT Elections Nunakput.svg | caption = Boundaries of Nunakput | prov-status=active | prov-created = | prov-abolished = | prov-election-first = 1983 | prov-election-last = 2023 | prov-rep = Lucy Kuptana | prov-rep-party = | demo-pop-ref = | demo-area-ref = | demo-electors-ref = | demo-census-date = | demo-pop = | demo-electors = | demo-electors-date = 2015 | demo-area = | region = Inuvik Region | communities = Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk, Ulukhaktok }} '''Nunakput'''<ref>[http://www.electionsnwt.ca/images/constituency_map.gif Constituency map of the NWT] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927134306/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/images/constituency_map.gif|date=2007-09-27}}</ref> is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Its name translates to "our land" in Inuvialuktun,<ref>{{cite news |author1=CBC News |title=Nunakput |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunakput-1.1091709 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=12 Aug 2011}}</ref> and its area covers much of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in Inuit Nunangat. The district consists of Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk and Ulukhaktok.<ref name="2007election">{{cite web | url = http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2007Eng.pdf | title = Official Voting Results 2007 General Election | publisher = Elections NWT | accessdate = 2008-02-18 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080411063925/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2007Eng.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-04-11}}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) == {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="CCCCCC" |&nbsp; !'''Name ''' !'''Elected''' !'''Left Office''' {{CanMP nodata|''District created from'' Western Arctic}} {{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}} |Nellie Cournoyea |1983 |1995 {{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}} |Vince Steen |1995 |2003 {{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}} |Calvin P. Pokiak |2003 |2007 {{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}} |Jackie Jacobson |2007 |2015 {{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}} |Herbert Nakimayak |2015 |2019 {{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}} |Jackie Jacobson |2019 |2023 {{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}} |Lucy Kuptana |2023 |present |}

==Election results==

===2023 election=== {{2023 Northwest Territories general election/Nunakput}}

===2019 election=== {{CANelec/top|NT|2019|Nunakput}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Jackie Jacobson|231}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Herbert Nakimayak|143}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Annie Steen|127}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Holly Campbell|107}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Sheila Nasogaluak|101}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Alisa Blake|48}} {{end}}

===2015 election=== {{CANelec/top|NT|2015|Nunakput|percent=yes}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Herbert Nakimayak|229|30.8}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Jackie Jacobson|225|30.2}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Ethel-Jean Gruben|174|23.4}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|John Stuart Jr.|81|10.9}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Robert Kuptana|35|4.7}} {{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Total valid ballots / Turnout|744|76%}} {{end}}

===2011 election=== {{CANelec/top|NT|2011|Nunakput}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Jackie Jacobson|312}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Eddie Dillon|199}} {{end}}

===2007 election=== {{CANelec/top|NT|2007|Nunakput|percent=yes}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Jackie Jacobson|266|40.92%<ref>In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.</ref>}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Teddy J. Vince|150|23.08%}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Eddie T. Dillon|142|21.85%}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Calvin P. Pokiak|74|11.38%}} {{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Total valid ballots / Turnout|632|71.12%}} {{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Rejected ballots|18}} {{CANelec/source|hide={{cite web | url = http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2007Eng.pdf | title = Official Voting Results 2007 General Election | publisher = Elections NWT | accessdate = 2008-02-18 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080411063925/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2007Eng.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-04-11}}}} {{end}}

===2003 election=== {{CANelec/top|NT|2003|Nunakput|percent=yes}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Calvin P. Pokiak|284|52.50%}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Vince Steen|257|47.5%}} {{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Total valid ballots / Turnout|541|62.04%}} {{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Rejected ballots|0}} {{CANelec/source|hide={{cite web | url = http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2003Eng.pdf | title = Official Voting Results 2003 General Election | publisher = Elections NWT | accessdate = 2008-02-18 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080411063907/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2003Eng.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-04-11}}}} {{end}}

===1983 election=== {{CANelec/top|NT|1983}} {{CANelec|NT|consensus|Nellie Cournoyea|Acclaimed<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.electionsnwt.ca/sites/electionsnwt/files/official_voting_results_1983_revised.pdf | title = REPORT OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER ON THE ELECTIONS OF MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 1983 |date=May 1984 | publisher = Elections NWT | accessdate = 2025-04-07}}</ref>}} {{end}}

== See also == * List of Northwest Territories territorial electoral districts * Canadian provincial electoral districts

==Notes== {{Cnote|a|In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.}}

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links == *[http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories]

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Category:Northwest Territories territorial electoral districts Category:Paulatuk Category:Sachs Harbour Category:Tuktoyaktuk Category:Ulukhaktok