# Nunakput
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{{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](/source/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](/source/Inuvik_Region)
| communities = [Paulatuk](/source/Paulatuk), [Sachs Harbour](/source/Sachs_Harbour), [Tuktoyaktuk](/source/Tuktoyaktuk), [Ulukhaktok](/source/Ulukhaktok)
}}
'''Nunakput'''[[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}}] is a [territorial](/source/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada) [electoral district](/source/Constituency) for the [Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Northwest_Territories), Canada. Its name translates to "our land" in [Inuvialuktun](/source/Inuvialuktun),[{{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}}] and its area covers much of the [Inuvialuit Settlement Region](/source/Inuvialuit_Settlement_Region) in [Inuit Nunangat](/source/Inuit_Nunangat). The district consists of [Paulatuk](/source/Paulatuk), [Sachs Harbour](/source/Sachs_Harbour), [Tuktoyaktuk](/source/Tuktoyaktuk) and [Ulukhaktok](/source/Ulukhaktok).[{{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 |archivedate = 2008-04-11}}]
== Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) ==
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="CCCCCC"
|
!'''Name '''
!'''Elected'''
!'''Left Office'''
{{CanMP nodata|''District created from'' [Western Arctic](/source/Western_Arctic_(Northwest_Territories_electoral_district))}}
{{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}}
|[Nellie Cournoyea](/source/Nellie_Cournoyea)
|1983
|1995
{{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}}
|[Vince Steen](/source/Vince_Steen)
|1995
|2003
{{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}}
|[Calvin P. Pokiak](/source/Calvin_Pokiak)
|2003
|2007
{{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}}
|[Jackie Jacobson](/source/Jackie_Jacobson)
|2007
|2015
{{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}}
|[Herbert Nakimayak](/source/Herbert_Nakimayak)
|2015
|2019
{{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}}
|[Jackie Jacobson](/source/Jackie_Jacobson)
|2019
|2023
{{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}}
|[Lucy Kuptana](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Herbert_Nakimayak)|229|30.8}}
{{CANelec|NT|consensus|[Jackie Jacobson](/source/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](/source/Jackie_Jacobson)|312}}
{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Eddie Dillon|199}}
{{end}}
===2007 election===
{{CANelec/top|NT|2007|Nunakput|percent=yes}}
{{CANelec|NT|consensus|[Jackie Jacobson](/source/Jackie_Jacobson)|266|40.92%[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.]}}
{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Teddy J. Vince|150|23.08%}}
{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Eddie T. Dillon|142|21.85%}}
{{CANelec|NT|consensus|[Calvin P. Pokiak](/source/Calvin_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 |archivedate = 2008-04-11}}}}
{{end}}
===2003 election===
{{CANelec/top|NT|2003|Nunakput|percent=yes}}
{{CANelec|NT|consensus|[Calvin P. Pokiak](/source/Calvin_Pokiak)|284|52.50%}}
{{CANelec|NT|consensus|[Vince Steen](/source/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 |archivedate = 2008-04-11}}}}
{{end}}
===1983 election===
{{CANelec/top|NT|1983}}
{{CANelec|NT|consensus|[Nellie Cournoyea](/source/Nellie_Cournoyea)|Acclaimed[{{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}}]}}
{{end}}
== See also ==
* [List of Northwest Territories territorial electoral districts](/source/List_of_Northwest_Territories_territorial_electoral_districts)
* [Canadian provincial electoral districts](/source/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
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