Nunakput

{{Short description|Territorial electoral district in the Northwest Territories, Canada}}

{{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 =

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| demo-area-ref =

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| demo-census-date =

| demo-pop =

| demo-electors =

| demo-electors-date = 2015

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| region = Inuvik Region

| communities = Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk, 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 electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Its name translates to "our land" in 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 in Inuit Nunangat. The district consists of Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk and 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)

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!Name

!Elected

!Left Office

|Nellie Cournoyea

|1983

|1995

|Vince Steen

|1995

|2003

|Calvin P. Pokiak

|2003

|2007

|Jackie Jacobson

|2007

|2015

|Herbert Nakimayak

|2015

|2019

|Jackie Jacobson

|2019

|2023

|Lucy Kuptana

|2023

|present

Election results

=2023 election=

=2019 election=

=2015 election=

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Total valid ballots / Turnout|744|76%}}

=2011 election=

=2007 election=

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|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/total|colspan=2|Total valid ballots / Turnout|632|71.12%}}

{{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}}}}

=2003 election=

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Total valid ballots / Turnout|541|62.04%}}

{{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}}}}

=1983 election=

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|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}}}}

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.}}