Elisapee Sheutiapik
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Elisapee Sheutiapik | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Iqaluit, Nunavut | |
| In office 2003 – December 13, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | John Matthews |
| Succeeded by | Madeleine Redfern |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut | |
| In office October 30, 2017 – September 20, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Okalik |
| Succeeded by | Janet Brewster |
| Constituency | Iqaluit-Sinaa |
| Personal details | |
| Occupation | entrepreneur |
Elisapee Sheutiapik is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Iqaluit, Nunavut, from 2003 to 2010,[1] and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2017 general election.[2]
She won the mayoral election in 2003, defeating the incumbent mayor John Matthews by 40 votes, and was acclaimed to a second term in 2006.
On 10 September 2008, CBC North reported that Sheutiapik would be taking a leave of absence to run in the Nunavut election.[3][4] She ran in Iqaluit West, which had the highest voter turnout at 90.2 per cent, but was defeated by incumbent MLA Paul Okalik by 44 votes.[5][6][7] She subsequently returned to the mayor's chair.
On 19 October 2009, Sheutiapik won a third term as mayor of Iqaluit. Her opponent was former city councillor Jim Little, who took 42.3% of the vote as opposed to 57.7% for Sheutiapik.[8] On November 9, 2010, she announced her resignation as mayor effective December 13.[9] She was succeeded by Madeleine Redfern.[10]
In the 2017 Nunavut territorial election, Sheutiapik again faced off against Okalik in the riding of Iqaluit-Sinaa. This time, she won with 44.8% of the vote, defeating him with 237 votes to 150, as well as two other candidates.[2]