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♂ Hunter A. Tootoo
aliasHunter A. Tootoo
Record
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Lithuanian-Canadian    Inuit   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Nunavut 3 0 3
Total 4 1 5
Birth 18 August 1963
Age 60 years + 8 months
First mandate 15 February 1999 → 25 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 4 years + 6 months ago (20 October 2019)
Special notes
None
 
Hunter A. Tootoo (1963– ) 200x283
© Photo 2015 Ambassade amércaine au Canada — licensed under CC BY 2.0
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ George Hickes (1946–) Uncle  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 0 1
Nunavut 14 8 10 Z
TOTAL 18 8 11

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NU 3
INDE
 1 Speaker 47–50 31 May 2011 — 14 Nov 2013 2 5 14
2. CA 42
LIB
 1 Minister 52 04 Nov 2015 — 30 May 2016 0 6 26
 2. Fisheries and Oceans

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 7  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Leona Aglukkaq  f 
⊕ Nancy U. Karetak-Lindell  f 
 		 ⊕ Jack Iyerak Anawak  m 
⊖ Pauloosie Paniloo  m 
 
Eligible: 12,114 Votes: 7,244 Participation: 59.80% Candidacies: 4
Federal
36		 Northwest Territories
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2948(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
33
NDP
 3/4 1,710 23.76% -1,592 Winner:
LIB
 3,302 45.89% Nancy U. Karetak-Lindell
Eligible: 500 Votes: 477 Participation: 95.40% Candidacies: 4
Territorial
1		 Nunavut
15 February 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30363(F) — 17 Jan 2023 16:45 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
IND
 1/4 261 54.83% +165 Loser:
IND
 96 20.17% Lynda Gunn

Service: 5 years (Oppo.)
Eligible: 737 Votes: 589 Participation: 79.92% Candidacies: 6
Territorial
2		 Nunavut
15 February 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30382(F) — 17 Jan 2023 12:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
IND
 1/6 263 44.80% +96 Loser:
IND
 167 28.45% Mike Courtney

Service: 4 years 8 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 941 Votes: 576 Participation: 61.21% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
3		 Nunavut
27 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30404(F) — 16 Jan 2023 23:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
IND
 1/3 356 62.13% +196 Loser:
IND
 160 27.92% Madeleine Redfern
After his election:
14 Nov 2008 45
IND
 →
INDE
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 5 years (Oppo.)
Eligible: 818 Votes: 478 Participation: 58.44% Candidacies: 4
Territorial
4		 Nunavut
28 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30431(F) — 16 Jan 2023 21:07 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
IND
 330 69.04% Monica I. Ell-Kanayuk
Eligible: 20,252 Votes: 12,023 Participation: 59.37% Candidacies: 4
Federal
42		 Nunavut
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7420(F) — 6 Jul 2023 23:14 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
52
LIB
 1/4 5,619 47.11% +2,448 Loser:
NDP
 3,171 26.58% Jack Iyerak Anawak
After his election:
31 May 2016 52
LIB
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 20,025 Votes: 9,542 Participation: 47.65% Candidacies: 4
Federal
43		 Nunavut
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26899(F) — 22 Sep 2021 08:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
NDP
 3,861 40.84% Mumilaaq Qaqqaq

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Hunter Tootoo, P.C., M.P.		 10 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Hunter Tootoo, C.P., député		 10 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Hunter Tootoo		 10 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Hunter Tootoo		 10 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Dec 2023 06:02 (but data presented dynamically)

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