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♂ Lorne Q. Kusugak
aliasLorne Q. Kusugak
Record
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Inuit   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Nunavut
Consensual (Government)
 Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nunavut 4 2 6
Birth c. 1959
Age ± 65 years
First mandate 27 October 2008 → 15 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 49 years
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Lorne Q. Kusugak (c.1959– )
© Photo Government of Nunavut — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nunavut 11 6 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Jack Iyerak Anawak  m 
⊕ Tagak Curley  m 
 		 ⊕ Levinia Nuqaalaq Brown  f 
⊕ Alexander Sammurtok  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 508 Votes: 401 Participation: 78.94% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
1		 Nunavut
15 February 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30372(F) — 17 Jan 2023 14:17 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±40
IND
 3/3 119 29.97% -27 Winner:
IND
 146 36.78% Jack Iyerak Anawak
Eligible: 853 Votes: 539 Participation: 63.19% Candidacies: 2
Territorial
3		 Nunavut
27 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30413(F) — 16 Jan 2023 23:55 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±49
IND
 1/2 329 61.84% +126 Loser:
IND
 203 38.16% Levinia Nuqaalaq Brown

Service: 5 years (Oppo.)
Eligible: 736 Votes: 350 Participation: 47.55% Candidacies: 2
Territorial
4		 Nunavut
28 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30440(F) — 24 Nov 2023 21:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±54
IND
 1/2 172 50.00% 0 Loser:
IND
 172 50.00% Alexander Sammurtok
After his election:
5 Nov 2013 ±54
IND
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 707 Votes: 495 Participation: 70.01% Candidacies: 2
Territorial
4		 Nunavut
10 February 2014
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30444(F) — 24 Nov 2023 21:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±55
IND
 2/2 225 45.64% -43 Winner:
IND
 268 54.36% Alexander Sammurtok
Eligible: 7,670 Votes: 447 Participation: 5.83% Candidacies: 2
Territorial
5		 Nunavut
30 October 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30465(F) — 24 Nov 2023 21:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
±58
IND
 1/2 309 69.44% +173 Loser:
IND
 136 30.56% Alexander Sammurtok
After his election:
17 Nov 2017 ±58
IND
 →
INDE
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 729 Votes: 379 Participation: 51.99% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
6		 Nunavut
25 October 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 36080(F) — 15 Jan 2023 18:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±62
IND
 1/3 198 52.38% +100 Loser:
IND
 98 25.93% Tagak Curley
After his election:
17 Nov 2021 ±62
IND
 →
INDE
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 2 years 6 months 8 days (Oppo.)

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Lorne Kusugak		 06 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Lorne Kusugak		 06 Apr 2024

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