Steve Mapsalak (born March 17, 1957) is a Canadian politician, who 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.

Steve Mapsalak

According to preliminary results, he was narrowly defeated by John Ningark in the 2008 election. A judicial recount was conducted, but resulted in Ningark and Mapsalak each receiving exactly 157 votes, thus forcing a new vote. In the revote on March 2, Ningark defeated Mapsalak by a margin of 193 to 179.

Steve Mapsalak

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.

Steve Mapsalak

References

External links

Steve Mapsalak at the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut

1957 births

Living people

Inuit from the Northwest Territories

Inuit politicians

Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut

Mayors of places in Nunavut

People from Naujaat

21st-century Canadian politicians

Inuit from Nunavut