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♀ Manitok Catherine Thompson
aliasManitok Catherine Thompson
Record
61065 · 8728

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nunavut 1 0 1
Northwest Territories 2 0 2
Total 3 1 4
Birth c. 1955
Age ± 69 years
First mandate 8 May 1995 → 28 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 40 years
 
Mandate ended 20 years + 2 months ago (15 February 2004)
Special notes
None
 
Manitok Catherine Thompson (c.1955– )
© Photo 1999 Jane George via A Date with Siku Girl — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Thompson was the first woman elected to the Nunavut legislature. In fact, she was the only woman elected to the territory's first assembly... in 1999!
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Northwest Territories 4 6 27 Z
Nunavut 4 11 30 Z
TOTAL 9 6 27

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Levinia Nuqaalaq Brown  f 
⊕ Steve Mapsalak  m 
 		 ⊕ Nancy U. Karetak-Lindell  f 
 
Eligible: 726 Votes: 387 Participation: 53.31% Candidacies: 5
Territorial
12		 Northwest Territories
8 May 1995
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30966(F) — 22 Jan 2023 01:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±40
IND
 1/5 146 37.92% +15 Loser:
IND
 131 34.03% Simionie Sammurtok

Service: 5 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 693 Votes: 603 Participation: 87.01% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
13		 Northwest Territories
16 October 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30822(F) — 22 Jan 2023 00:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±40
IND
 1/3 274 45.51% +34 Loser:
IND
 240 39.87% Marion T. Love

Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 607 Votes: 520 Participation: 85.67% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
1		 Nunavut
15 February 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30373(F) — 17 Jan 2023 15:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±44
IND
 1/3 191 37.16% +13 Loser:
IND
 178 34.63% Levinia Nuqaalaq Brown
After her election:
5 Mar 1999 ±44
IND
 →
INDE
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 5 years (Oppo.)
Eligible: 752 Votes: 536 Participation: 71.28% Candidacies: 5
Territorial
2		 Nunavut
15 February 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30391(F) — 17 Jan 2023 12:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±49		 Successor:
IND
 206 38.87% Levinia Nuqaalaq Brown
Eligible: 17,041 Votes: 7,496 Participation: 43.99% Candidacies: 5
Federal
38		 Nunavut
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1063(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±49
IND
 2/5 1,172 15.75% -2,646 Winner:
LIB
 3,818 51.30% Nancy U. Karetak-Lindell

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN OpenNWT: Politicians
Manitok Thompson		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Manitok Thompson		 17 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Mar 2024 02:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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