Alexander Sammurtok Explained

Alexander Sammurtok
Birth Date:[1]
Residence:Rankin Inlet, Nunavut
Office1:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Rankin Inlet South
Term Start1:February 10, 2014
Term End1:September 24, 2017
Predecessor1:Riding Established
Successor1:Lorne Kusugak
Office2:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet
Term Start2:November 19, 2021[2]
Predecessor2:Cathy Towtongie
Party:non-partisan
consensus government

Alexander Sammurtok (born 1952 or 1953) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in a by-election on February 10, 2014.[3] Sammurtok first ran in the 2013 election, but finished in an exact tie with incumbent MLA Lorne Kusugak in the redistributed district of Rankin Inlet South.[4]

He is the nephew of Tom Sammurtok, who was the MLA for the neighbouring electoral district of Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet.[5] Both Alexander and Tom Sammurtok were defeated in the 2017 Nunavut general election, Alexander by Kusugak and Tom by Cathy Towtongie; in the 2021 Nunavut general election, Alexander Sammurtok ran in Rankin Inlet North and defeated Towtongie.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MLA candidates on the issues: Alex Sammurtok, Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet. Derek. Neary. October 20, 2021. NUNAVUT NEWS.
  2. Web site: MLAs sworn in by Nunavut commissioner. November 19, 2021. Nunatsiaq News.
  3. http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674new_rankin_mla_ready_to_work_for_the_people/ "New Nunavut MLA ready to work “for the people”"
  4. http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_election_recounts_end_with_one_winner_and_one_enduring_tie/ Nunavut recounts produce one winner and one intractable deadlock
  5. http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674rankin_inlet_south_gets_a_new_mla/ "Alexander Sammurtok beats Lorne Kusugak to take Rankin Inlet South"
  6. Derek Neary, "Two judicial recounts required in Nunavut territorial election". Northern News Services, October 25, 2021.