Hunting info on Nunavut elections

Information regarding elections in Nunavut is being gathered in the hopes of creating a web site database that may be accessed by the public.

This database would provide election results from territorial elections, federal elections, hamlet elections, Inuit associations, District Education Authority elections, Hunters and Trappers’ elections, and any other associations that have available election information.

To do this, we need the public’s help in recovering some of this information. Specifically, we are looking for election results, election dates, lists of candidates, voter turnout, etc., for elections taking place from 1980 to the present for the following organizations: all hamlets in the Baffin, Kivalliq and Kitimeot regions; NTI; regional Inuit associations (Kivalliq, Kitikmeot, Qikiqtani and predecessors such as BRIA); Hunters and Trappers; District Education Authorities; and any other electoral information you may have.

A database of this sort will prove to be a useful tool for all Nunavummiut, and will offer the public easy Internet access to records concerning Nunavut elections for years to come.

If you know where we may find some of this information, or if you can provide us with any other helpful resources, please contact Jenny or Stephanie at Box 1554, Iqaluit NU, X0A 0H0 or at tierney_jenny@yahoo.ca.

Stephanie Blenkiron
Iqaluit