{{Short description|Territorial electoral district in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox Canada electoral district |name = Rankin Inlet South |province = Nunavut |image = NU Elections Rankin Inlet South.svg |imagemap = |caption = Boundaries of Rankin Inlet South |coordinates = |coordinates_caption = |coordinates_date = |prov-status = active |prov-created = 2013 |prov-abolished = |prov-election-first = 2013 |prov-election-last = 2025 |prov-rep = [[Annie Tattuinee]] |prov-rep-link = |prov-rep-party = |prov-rep-party-link = |demo-census-date = |demo-pop = |demo-electors = |demo-electors-date = |demo-area = |demo-cd = |demo-csd = }} '''Rankin Inlet South''' ({{langx|iu|ᑲᖏᕐᒃᖠᓂᐅᑉ ᓂᒋᐊ}},<ref name="elections">{{cite web |url= http://www.elections.nu.ca/apps/docs/DownloadFile.aspx?documentId=445 |title= Nunavut Elections Act Office Consolidation, English version |author= <!--Not stated--> |website= Elections Nunavut |page= 135 |format= PDF |access-date= April 23, 2017 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170505233239/http://www.elections.nu.ca/apps/docs/DownloadFile.aspx?documentId=445 |archivedate= May 5, 2017 }}</ref> {{langx|fr|Rankin Inlet Sud}},<ref name="elections"/> [[Inuinnaqtun]]: Kangirliniq Hivuraa)<ref name="elections"/> is a [[Provinces and territories of Canada|territorial]] [[Electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] ([[Riding (division)|riding]]) for the [[Legislative Assembly of Nunavut|Legislative Assembly]] of [[Nunavut]], [[Canada]].<ref>[http://www.elections.nu.ca/apps/Docs/DownloadFile.aspx?documentId=264 Nunavut Constituencies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100256/http://www.elections.nu.ca/apps/Docs/DownloadFile.aspx?documentId=264 |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref> The riding consists of part of [[Rankin Inlet]]. The district was created prior to the [[2013 Nunavut general election|28 October 2013 general election]]. The community used to be in [[Rankin Inlet South/Whale Cove]].<ref>[http://www.nunavutboundaries.ca/docs/NEBC_2011_Final_Report_ENGLISH.pdf Report of the 2011 Nunavut Electoral Boundaries Commission]</ref>
The election resulted in a tie and a recount was held November 5. This confirmed the tie,<ref name="recount">{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=David |date=2013-11-05 |title=Nunavut recounts produce one winner and one intractable deadlock |url=https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/65674nunavut_election_recounts_end_with_one_winner_and_one_enduring_tie/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Nunatsiaq News |language=en}}</ref> forcing a by-election on February 10, 2014, which was won by [[Alexander Sammurtok]].<ref name=forthepeople>[http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674new_rankin_mla_ready_to_work_for_the_people/ "New Nunavut MLA ready to work “for the people”"]. ''[[Nunatsiaq News]]'', February 11, 2014.</ref>
==Members of the Legislative Assembly== † by-election
{| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 |- bgcolor="CCCCCC" ! Parliament ! Years ! Member |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[4th Nunavut Legislature|4th]] | 2013–2014 | rowspan="1" | [[Lorne Kusugak]] |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[4th Nunavut Legislature|4th]]† | 2014–2017 | rowspan="1" | [[Alexander Sammurtok]] |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[5th Nunavut Legislature|5th]] | 2017–2021 | rowspan="2" | [[Lorne Kusugak]] |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[6th Nunavut Legislature|6th]] | 2021–2025 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[7th Nunavut Legislature|7th]] | 2025–present | rowspan="1" | [[Annie Tattuinee]] |}
==Election results==
===2025 election=== {{2025_Nunavut_general_election/Rankin Inlet South}}
===2021 election=== {{2021_Nunavut_general_election/Rankin Inlet South}}
===2017 election=== {{2017_Nunavut_general_election/Rankin Inlet South}}
===2014 by-election=== {{Canadian election result/top|NU|2014|Rankin Inlet South|Rankin Inlet South|percent=yes}} {{CANelec|NU|Independent|[[Alexander Sammurtok]]|268|54.3}} {{CANelec|NU|Independent|[[Lorne Kusugak]]|225|45.7}} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|613| |}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid ballots|493| |}} {{Canadian election result/total|Rejected ballots|2| |}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|80.4%| |}} {{CANelec/source|<ref name="forthepeople"/>}} {{end}}
===2013 election=== {{Canadian election result/top|NU|2013|Rankin Inlet South|Rankin Inlet South|percent=yes}} {{CANelec|NU|Independent|[[Lorne Kusugak]]|172|50.0}} {{CANelec|NU|Independent|[[Alexander Sammurtok]]|172|50.0}} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|604| |}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid ballots|344| |}} {{Canadian election result/total|Rejected ballots|6| |}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|56.9%| |}} {{CANelec/source|<ref name="risen">{{cite web |title=Results for the constituency of Rankin Inlet South |url=http://www2.elections.nu.ca/apps/Elections/dspResults.aspx?election=21&const=Rankin%20Inlet%20South |publisher=Elections Nunavut |access-date=2013-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404145338/http://elections.nu.ca/apps/Elections/dspResults.aspx?election=21&const=Rankin%20Inlet%20South |archive-date=2016-04-04 |url-status=dead}}</ref>}} {{end}}
== See also == * [[List of Nunavut territorial electoral districts]] * [[Canadian provincial electoral districts]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{NU-ED}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Electoral districts of the Kivalliq Region]] [[Category:2013 establishments in Nunavut]]