Arviat North-Whale Cove (,
,
Inuinnaqtun
Inuinnaqtun (, ; natively meaning 'like the real human beings/peoples') is an Inuit language. It is spoken in the central Canadian Arctic. It is related very closely to Inuktitut, and some scholars, such as Richard Condon, believe that Inuinna ...
: Arviat Tununga-Tikiraryuaq)
is a
territorial
A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal.
In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, ...
electoral district
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
(
riding) for the
Legislative Assembly of
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' and the Nunavut Land Claims Agr ...
, Canada. The riding consists of part of the community of
Arviat
Arviat (, Inuktitut syllabics, syllabics: ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ; formerly called Eskimo Point until 1 June 1989) is a predominantly Inuit Hamlet (place)#Canada, hamlet located on the western shore of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada ...
and
Whale Cove. The district was created prior to the
28 October 2013 general election. The communities were previously in
Arviat
Arviat (, Inuktitut syllabics, syllabics: ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ; formerly called Eskimo Point until 1 June 1989) is a predominantly Inuit Hamlet (place)#Canada, hamlet located on the western shore of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada ...
and
Rankin Inlet South/Whale Cove.
Election results
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
See also
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List of Nunavut territorial electoral districts
This is a list of Nunavut territorial electoral districts. In total there are 22 Electoral district (Canada), electoral districts in Nunavut spread over three Regions of Nunavut, administrative regions. Each district elects one member to the Legi ...
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Canadian provincial electoral districts
Canadian provincial electoral districts have boundaries that are non- coterminous with those of the federal electoral districts, except for districts in the province of Ontario, where districts in the Southern Ontario region are coterminous wh ...
References
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Electoral districts of Kivalliq Region
2013 establishments in Nunavut