Kitikmeot Region - Politics

Politics

The region is home to the only two communities in Nunavut that voted "no" in the 1982 division plebiscite: Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk (Coppermine).

The region has four electoral districts;

• Akulliq, which covers Kugaaruk and Repulse Bay in the Kivalliq Region. It is the ony electoral district in Nunavut to cross two regions. The seat is held by John Ningark.
• Cambridge Bay, which covers Bathurst Inlet, Cambridge Bay and Umingmaktok. The seat is held by Keith Peterson.
• Kugluktuk, which covers Kugluktuk. The seat is held by Peter Taptuna
• Nattilik, which covers Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak. The seat is held by Enuk Pauloosie. The previous incumbent is the federal Minister of Health, Leona Aglukkaq.

In 2007 at their AGM, Bob Lyall, a board member of the Kitikmeot Inuit Association, suggested the formation of a political party called the Bloc Kitikmeot to run in the next general election and to advocate for a separate Kitikmeot Territory. Bobby Lyall, along with his brother Kitikmeot Corporation president, Charlie Lyall and delegates Martina and Connie Kapolak, argued that the Government of Nunavut had spent most of the infrastructure money available from the federal government in the Baffin Region (Qikiqtaaluk Region). However, the party was not formed and consequently no members ran for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut which continues to run as a consensus government.