Steve Mapsalak
| Steve Mapsalak | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Akulliq | |
|
In office 2004–2008 | |
| Preceded by | Ovide Alakannuark |
| Succeeded by | John Ningark |
| MLA for Aivilik | |
|
Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | first member |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 17, 1957 Repulse Bay, Northwest Territories (now Naujaat, Nunavut) |
| Political party |
non-partisan consensus government |
Steve Mapsalak (born March 17, 1957) is a Canadian politician, who has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.
He first won the Akulliq seat in the 2004 Nunavut election.
According to preliminary results, he was narrowly defeated by John Ningark in the 2008 election.[1] A judicial recount was conducted, but resulted in Ningark and Mapsalak each receiving exactly 157 votes, thus forcing a new vote.[2] In the revote on March 2, Ningark defeated Mapsalak by a margin of 193 to 179.[3]
In the 2013 election, Mapsalak was re-elected to the legislature, defeating Johnny Ningeongan in the redistributed district of Aivilik.
Mapsalak was previously the mayor of Repulse Bay, and also the chair of the board of governors for Nunavut Arctic College.
References
- ↑ "Recount underway after close Akulliq byelection", cbc.ca, December 16, 2008.
- ↑ "Akulliq by-election recount leads to tie", cbc.ca, January 8, 2009.
- ↑ "March 2, 2009 election results" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 2008-09-27.