Uqqummiut

Uqqummiut
Nunavut electoral district
	Boundaries of Uqqummiut
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
MLA	Gordon Kautuk
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District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2025

District created1999

First contested1999

Uqqummiut (Inuktitut: ᐅᕐᒃᑯᒻᒥᐅᑦ,^[1] Inuinnaqtun: Uqqurmiut)^[1] is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The riding consists of the communities of Clyde River and Qikiqtarjuaq.

The Member of the Legislative Assembly was Samuel Nuqingaq. On 24 October 2014, he was expelled for the legislature and the seat became vacant with a by-election to be held within six months.^[2] The by-election was held 9 February 2015 and Pauloosie Keyootak of Qikiqtarjuaq was elected.^[3]

v t e 2025 Nunavut general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Gordon Kautuk	402	75.3
	Mary Killiktee	132	24.7
Total valid ballots			540
Rejected ballots			6
Turnout			62.14%
^[4]

v t e 2021 Nunavut general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Mary Killiktee	261	63.8
	Sheila Enook	148	36.2
Total valid ballots			409
Rejected ballots			1
Turnout			46.6%
^[5]

v t e 2017 Nunavut general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
	Pauloosie Keyootak	235	43.2
	Jerry Natanine	191	35.1
	Johnathan Palluq	118	21.7
Total valid ballots			544
Rejected ballots			12
Turnout			66.43%
^[6]

Election results

v t e Nunavut territorial electoral districts
Current districts (2013–present) Aggu Aivilik Amittuq^A Arviat North-Whale Cove Arviat South Baker Lake^B Cambridge Bay^B Gjoa Haven Hudson Bay^B Iqaluit-Manirajak Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu Iqaluit-Sinaa Iqaluit-Tasiluk Kugluktuk^B Netsilik Pangnirtung^B Quttiktuq^B Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet Rankin Inlet South South Baffin^B Tununiq^B Uqqummiut^B
Former districts (1999–2013) Akulliq Arviat Iqaluit Centre Iqaluit East Iqaluit West Nanulik Nattilik Rankin Inlet North Rankin Inlet South/Whale Cove
^A Existed under different boundaries prior to 2013 ^B Unchanged since 1999