Steve Mapsalak

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1957–2025)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Steve Mapsalak

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1957|3|17}}

| birth_place = Repulse Bay, Northwest Territories (now Naujaat, Nunavut), Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|4|16|1957|3|17}}

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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Aivilik

| term_start = October 28, 2013

| term_end = September 24, 2017

| predecessor = Riding Established

| successor = Patterk Netser

| office1 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Akulliq

| term_start1 = February 16, 2004

| term_end1 = October 27, 2008

| predecessor1 = Ovide Alakannuark

| successor1 = John Ningark

| party = non-partisan
consensus government

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Steve Mapsalak (March 17, 1957 – April 16, 2025)[https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/former-mla-steve-mapsalak-dies-at-68/ Former MLA Steve Mapsalak dies at 68] was a Canadian politician, who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.

He first won the Akulliq seat in the 2004 Nunavut election.

According to preliminary results, he was narrowly defeated by John Ningark in the 2008 election.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/recount-underway-after-close-akulliq-byelection-1.735439 "Recount underway after close Akulliq byelection"], cbc.ca, December 16, 2008. A judicial recount was conducted, but resulted in Ningark and Mapsalak each receiving exactly 157 votes, thus forcing a new vote.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/akulliq-byelection-recount-leads-to-tie-1.776427 "Akulliq by-election recount leads to tie"], cbc.ca, January 8, 2009. In the revote on March 2, Ningark defeated Mapsalak by a margin of 193 to 179.{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.nu.ca/i18n/docs/releases/020309-akulliq.pdf?ID=27|title=March 2, 2009 election results|accessdate=2008-09-27|publisher=Elections Nunavut|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090920023505/http://www.elections.nu.ca/i18n/docs/releases/020309-akulliq.pdf?ID=27|archivedate=September 20, 2009}}

In the 2013 election, Mapsalak was re-elected to the legislature, defeating Johnny Ningeongan in the redistributed district of Aivilik. Mapsalak was previously the mayor of Repulse Bay, and also the chair of the board of governors for Nunavut Arctic College.