| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Elisapee Sheutiapik | |
| Office1: | Mayor of Iqaluit, Nunavut |
| Term Start1: | 2003 |
| Term End1: | December 13, 2010 |
| Predecessor1: | John Matthews |
| Successor1: | Madeleine Redfern |
| Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut |
| Constituency2: | Iqaluit-Sinaa |
| Term Start2: | October 30, 2017 |
| Term End2: | September 20, 2021 |
| Predecessor2: | Paul Okalik |
| Successor2: | Janet Brewster |
| 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]
Sheutiapik, whose sister Mary Ann was murdered by an abusive relative in 1997, has collaborated with Iqaluit-based rock singer Lucie Idlout on a national project to have cities across Canada name a city street "Angel" as a memorial to Canadian victims of domestic violence.[11] As of 2014, cities that have named Angel Streets as part of the campaign included St. John's, Edmonton, Regina, Fredericton, Yellowknife and Kamloops.[12]
| 2008 Nunavut general election | |||||||||
| Name | Vote | % | Paul Okalik | 340 | 53.5% | Elisapee Sheutiapik | 296 | 46.5% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Valid Ballots | 636 | 100% | |||||||
| Voter Turnout % | Rejected Ballots | ||||||||