South Baffin (,
,
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 ...
: Hivuraa Qikiqtaaluk)
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
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(
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 the communities of
Kinngait
Kinngait (Inuktitut meaning 'high mountain' or 'where the hills are'; Syllabics: ᑭᙵᐃᑦ), known as Cape Dorset until 27 February 2020, is an Inuit hamlet located on Dorset Island near Foxe Peninsula at the southern tip of Baffin Island ...
and
Kimmirut
Kimmirut ( Syllabics: ; known as Lake Harbour until 1 January 1996) is a community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on the shore of Hudson Strait on Baffin Island's Meta Incognita Peninsula. Kimmirut means "heel", and ...
.
Election results
1999 election
2004 election
2008 election
2008 by-election
2013 election
2017 election
2021 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
External links
Website of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
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Electoral districts of Qikiqtaaluk Region
1999 establishments in Nunavut