Baker Lake (electoral district) explained

Baker Lake
Province:	Nunavut
Prov-Status:	active
Prov-Created:	15 February 1999
Prov-Election-First:	1999
Prov-Election-Last:	2021
Prov-Rep:	Craig Simailak
Prov-Rep-Party:	Independent
Demo-Cd:	Baker Lake

Baker Lake (Inuktitut: ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒃ,^[1] Inuinnaqtun: Qamanittuaq)^[1] is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The riding consists of the community of Baker Lake. The current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Simeon Mikkungwak.

The Nunavut Electoral Boundaries Commission has recommended the district be renamed Qamani'tuaq, after the Inuktitut name of the community, for the next election, along with minor boundary changes. However, the name appears to have not been changed.^[2]

Election results

1999 election

1999 Nunavut general election
	Name	Vote	%	Glenn McLean	460	63.98%	Patrick Tagoona	187	26.01%	David Toolooktook	72	10.01%
Total Valid Ballots		719	100%
Voter Turnout %	Rejected Ballots

2004 election

2004 Nunavut general election
^[3]	Name	Vote	%	David Simailak	352	48.22%	David Aksawnee	209	28.63%	Becky Kudloo	96	13.15%	David Toolooktook	73	10.00%
Total Valid Ballots		730	100%
Voter Turnout 89.50%	Rejected Ballots 3

2008 election

2008 Nunavut general election
	Name	Vote	%	Moses Aupaluktuq	266	41.2%	David Simailak	236	36.5%	Elijah Amarook	144	22.3%
Total Valid Ballots		646	100%

2013 election

2013 Nunavut general election
^[4]	Name	Vote	%	Simeon Mikkungwak	392	59.3%	Karen Yip	269	40.3%
Total Valid Ballots		661	100%
Voter Turnout 70.7%	Rejected Ballots 1

2017 election

2017 Nunavut general election
	Name	Votes	%	Simeon Mikkungwak	389	58.15	Karen Kabloona	280	41.85
Total valid ballots		669	98.96
Total rejected ballots		7	1.04
Total ballots		676	69.98
Electors on list		980	–

2020 by-election

July 24, 2020
Candidate	Vote	%
	Acclaimed

2021 election

2021 Nunavut general election^[5]
	Name	Vote	%	Craig Atangalaaq Simailak	327	73.3	Elijah Amarook	71	15.9	Daniel Piryuaq	48	10.8
Total Valid Ballots		446	100%
Voter Turnout 43.4%	Rejected Ballots 8

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Nunavut Elections Act Office Consolidation, English version . . Elections Nunavut . 135 . PDF . April 23, 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170505233239/http://www.elections.nu.ca/apps/docs/DownloadFile.aspx?documentId=445 . May 5, 2017 .
2. http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_mlas_to_vote_on_new_electoral_map/ Nunavut MLAs vote in favour of new electoral map
3. Web site: Nunavut general election 2004 Election Results . 34 . Elections Nunavut . 2008-09-24 .
4. http://www1.elections.nu.ca/apps/Elections/dspResults.aspx?election=21&const=Baker%20Lake Results for the constituency of Baker Lake
5. Web site: 2021 General Election Results . 2023-12-19 . Elections Nunavut.