QIA election proceeds, Pangnirtung elects new community director

About one in four eligible voters in Pangnirtung turned out April 7 to elect a new community director for the Qikiqtani Inuit Association.

Chief Returning Officer Nancy Karetak-Lindell declared Peter Evvik the winner of the election with 66 out of 228 votes cast.

The results were as follows:

• Leopa Akpalialuk, 48

• Manasa Evic, 31

• Peter Evvik, 66

• Hezakiah Oshutapik, 43

• Sakiasie Sowdlooapik, 38

Voter turnout was 25.45 per cent, an April 7 news release from the QIA said.

Thanks to the return of power in Pangnirtung, the QIA vote had been able to proceed as scheduled. That’s after the April 2 power-plant fire , which led to a local state of emergency in the community.