Ridings
308 Nunavut
2006 Candidates:
RIDING PROFILE
Canada's largest riding, Nunavut spans three time zones and stretches
from the North Pole to Ontario's James Bay shore. According to the 2001
census, the population here is 26,745. Of those, roughly 85 per cent are
Inuit, giving the area the highest percentage of aboriginal people in Canada.
Iqaluit, the capital, is home to more than 5,000 residents and is one of the few communities with a significant non-Inuit population. The regional centres of Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay provide government, retail and transport services; the territory's other two dozen communities are rooted in hunting, fishing and trapping.
Economically, Nunavut is dependent on government transfer payments, though there are high hopes for several proposed diamond and gold mines, as well as for the development of fisheries. There are also ambitious plans to overcome the territory's isolation by blazing a highway north from Manitoba, and by installing a road-and-port complex to link the Arctic coast with the N.W.T.'s lucrative mining district.
Unemployment stood at 17.4 per cent in 2001; the average family earned
$52,624 annually.
The riding of Nunatsiaq was established in 1976. Nunavut riding was established
in the 1996 redistribution.
Population: 26,745
Political History
Though Nunavut Territory split off from the Northwest Territories in 1999,
the borders of this riding – known as Nunatsiaq before 1996 –
have remained largely unchanged for three decades. During most of that
time, Nunavut has been a Liberal stronghold.
In 2004, incumbent Nancy Karetak-Lindell won 51 per cent of the vote,
defeating Independent candidate Manitok Thompson and New Democrat Bill
Riddell. Karetak-Lindell came to power in 1997 in a comfortable win over
Tory Okalik Eegeesiak.
In 1988 and 1993 this riding was won by Liberal Jack Anawak, who is
now Canada's ambassador for circumpolar affairs. New Democrat Peter Ittinuar
and Progressive Conservative Thomas Suluk held the seat before that.
Nunatsiaq:
1979, 1980 - NDP
1984 - PC
1988, 1993 - LIB
Nunavut:
1997, 2000, 2004 - LIB
CANDIDATE PROFILES
David Aglukark
Party: Conservative Party of Canada
Birthplace: Nunavut
Marital Status: Married
Children: Seven
Career Background: Chief negotiator for the Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut (now known as the Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated)
during the land claim negotiations that led to the creation of Nunavut. Served as the implementation coordinator of the Kivalliq Inuit
Association, a position that involved implementing the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement in the Kivalliq region of the territory (1994 to 1995).
As chief negotiator for the Ukkusiksalik National Park, successfully negotiated and concluded the Inuit Impact Benefits Agreement
Community Activities: Elected president of the Kivalliq Inuit Association (1974), a position to which he would be re-elected
twice. In the late 1970s, he was the assistant executive director of the Inuit Cultural Institute. In 1994, he was appointed to a
four-year term as a board member of the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board. He is negotiating on behalf of the Kivalliq Inuit Association
and the Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated with the Canadian Wildlife Service regarding the Inuit Impact Benefit Agreement.
Feliks Kappi
Party: Green Party of Canada
Age: 26
Education: Studied geology at the University of Western Ontario
Profession: Worked as an assistant to forensic archaeologist
Campaign Address:
Tel: 867-645-2473
fkappi@greenparty.ca
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Birth date: Dec. 10, 1957
Age: 48
Birthplace: Arviat, Nunavut
Children: Four sons: Jackson, AmauyaQ, K.V. and Keenan
Career background: Worked for the Eskimo Point Lumber Supply/Airport Services Ltd. and for the Arviat Housing Association
Community activities: Served as member of the board and chair of the Arviat Education Council. Member of several organizations,
including the Donald Suluk Community Library Board, the Keewatin Regional Education Authority and Thebacha College. Also worked to
support sport and cultural activities through membership in the Sport North Federation Board and the Arviat Amateur Athletic Association
Electoral History
Municipal: Hamlet councillor in community of Arviat
Federal: Elected in Nunavut in 1997, 2000 and 2004
Political History
Parliamentary secretary to the minister of Natural Resources (January to December 2003)
Committee: Former member, Fisheries and Oceans; subcommittee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities;
Environment and Sustainable Development; special joint committee on child custody and access; Canadian Heritage.
Former vice-chair, Aboriginal affairs, northern development and natural resources committee.
Chair, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Riding Address:
(867) 857-2888
Ottawa Address:
Room 910 Justice Bldg, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ont.
(613) 992-2848
Bill Riddell
Party: New Democratic Party
Education: BA from Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Que. Post graduate diploma in clinical behavioural sciences from
McMaster University in Hamilton. Completed basic and advanced courses in Mediation and Negotiations at the University of Windsor in 2003
Career Background: Worked as a YWCA Secretary, consultant with the Canadian Mental Health Association and the Addiction Research
Foundation of Ontario. Worked as a mental health consultant for the Territorial Department of Social Services.
Created and directed the Tuvvik Alcohol and Drug Centre for 11 years. Was Director of Student Services at the Nunavut Arctic College for five years. Served as a Justice of Peace for 15 years
Community Activities: Appointed as the first Fair Practices Officer (Human Rights) and the Residential Tenancies Officers for
Nunavut in 1999. Served on the Board of Directors of the first homeless shelter in Iqaluit. Chairperson of the Illitiit Society in
Iqaluit, which operates shelters for homeless adults and youth. Chairperson of the Interagency Committee of Iqaluit. Consultant to
the Justice Retreat in Rankin Inlet in 1998. Presenter at the Human Rights Conference sponsored by the Canadian Association of Statutory
Human Rights Agencies in 2003
Electoral History
Federal: Defeated in Nunavut in 2004
Riding Address:
http://www.ndp.ca/billriddell/welcome
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