Elisapee Sheutiapik

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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

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| name = Elisapee Sheutiapik

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| office1 = Mayor of Iqaluit, Nunavut

| term_start1 = 2003

| term_end1 = December 13, 2010

| predecessor1 = John Matthews

| successor1 = Madeleine Redfern

| office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut

| constituency2 = Iqaluit-Sinaa

| term_start2 = October 30, 2017

| term_end2 = September 20, 2021

| predecessor2 = Paul Okalik

| successor2 = Janet Brewster

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| occupation = entrepreneur

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Elisapee Sheutiapik is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Iqaluit, Nunavut, from 2003 to 2010,{{cite news |url=http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/archives/50304/news/nunavut/50304_13.html |title=Iqaluit’s number one woman: Elisapee Sheutiapik |publisher=Nunatsiaq News |date=March 4, 2005 |archivedate=November 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012128/http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/archives/50304/news/nunavut/50304_13.html}} and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2017 general election.{{cite news |title=New faces, and a record number of women, will make up Nunavut's next legislature |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-election-2017-1.4379183 |publisher=CBC North |date=October 30, 2017 |accessdate=April 30, 2020}}

Mayoralty

She won the mayoral election in 2003, defeating the incumbent mayor John Matthews by 40 votes, and was acclaimed to a second term in 2006.

On 10 September 2008, CBC North reported that Sheutiapik would be taking a leave of absence to run in the Nunavut election.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nunavut-health-minister-aglukkaq-running-for-tories-1.769112|title=Iqaluit mayor sets sights on premier's seat|publisher=CBC News|date=September 10, 2008|accessdate=October 15, 2015}}{{cite web|title=Iqaluit mayor takes on Okalik|url=http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2008-09/sep15_08may.html|publisher=Northern News Services|date=September 15, 2008|accessdate=October 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120203732/http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2008-09/sep15_08may.html|archive-date=January 20, 2016|url-status=dead}} She ran in Iqaluit West, which had the highest voter turnout at 90.2 per cent, but was defeated by incumbent MLA Paul Okalik by 44 votes.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/okalik-squeaks-past-mayor-in-iqaluit-west-race-1.710343|title=Okalik squeaks past mayor in Iqaluit West race|publisher=CBC News|date=October 27, 2008|accessdate=October 15, 2015}}{{cite web |title=Nunavut Premier wins seat in heated election race|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/nunavut-premier-wins-seat-in-heated-election-race/article20389109/ |publisher=The Globe and Mail |date=October 28, 2008|accessdate=October 15, 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.nu.ca/sites/default/files/documents/general-election-49-en.pdf |title=2008 General Election Official Results |page=3 |publisher=Elections Nunavut |accessdate=April 30, 2020}} She subsequently returned to the mayor's chair.

On 19 October 2009, Sheutiapik won a third term as mayor of Iqaluit. Her opponent was former city councillor Jim Little, who took 42.3% of the vote as opposed to 57.7% for Sheutiapik.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/sheutiapik-re-elected-iqaluit-mayor-1.810850|title=Sheutiapik re-elected Iqaluit mayor|publisher=CBC News|date=October 19, 2009|accessdate=2015-10-15}} On November 9, 2010, she announced her resignation as mayor effective December 13.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/iqaluit-mayor-sheutiapik-resigns-1.888867|title=Iqaluit mayor Sheutiapik resigns|publisher=CBC News|date=November 10, 2010|accessdate=2015-10-15}} She was succeeded by Madeleine Redfern.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/madeleine-redfern-elected-iqaluit-mayor-1.934322|title=Madeleine Redfern elected Iqaluit mayor|publisher=CBC News|date=December 14, 2010|accessdate=2015-10-15}}

In the 2017 Nunavut territorial election, Sheutiapik again faced off against Okalik in the riding of Iqaluit-Sinaa. This time, she won with 44.8% of the vote, defeating him with 237 votes to 150, as well as two other candidates.

Activism

Sheutiapik, whose sister Mary Ann was murdered by an abusive relative in 1997, has collaborated with Iqaluit-based rock singer Lucie Idlout on a national project to have cities across Canada name a city street "Angel" as a memorial to Canadian victims of domestic violence.{{cite web|url=http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/480978 |title=City names street in honour of domestic violence victims |work=The Daily Gleaner |date=November 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708113848/http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/480978 |archivedate=July 8, 2011 }} As of 2014, cities that have named Angel Streets as part of the campaign included St. John's, Edmonton, Regina, Fredericton, Yellowknife and Kamloops.{{cite news |first=Peter|last=Varga |url=https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/65674former_iqaluit_mayor_promises_to_revive_angel_street_anti-violence_cam/ |title=Former Iqaluit mayor promises to revive Angel Street anti-violence campaign |publisher=Nunatsiaq News |date=October 17, 2014}}