Foxe Basin (electoral district)
Foxe Basin was an electoral district of the Northwest Territories, Canada. At one point, the district consisted of Igloolik, Repulse Bay (Naujaat), Mackar Inlet, Coral Harbour, Hall Beach (Sanirajak), Pond Inlet and Longstaff Bluff. In 1979, Coral Harbour and Repulse Bay were redistributed to the Keewatin North district and Cape Dorset to the Baffin South district.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Name | Elected | Left Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Evaluarjuk | 1975 | 1983 |
Election results
1979 election
| 1979 Northwest Territories general election: Foxe Basin | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Mark Evaluarjuk | 218 | 48.02% | ||||||
| Paul Koolerk | 133 | 29.29% | ||||||
| Lucien ukaliannuk | 103 | 22.69% | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 454 | 67.61% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 1 | |||||||
Source(s)
"REPORT OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER ON THE GENERAL ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 1979" (PDF). Elections NWT. January 1980. Retrieved 2025-04-01. | ||||||||
1975 election
| 1975 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Mark Evaluarjuk | 394 | 69.86% | ||||||
| Terry Pearce | 170 | 30.14% | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 564 | 60.66% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | |||||||
Source(s)
"REPORT OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER ON FEDERAL BY-ELECTIONS, BY-ELECTIONS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE YUKON TERRITORY, AND NORTHWEST TERRITORIES COUNCIL GENERAL ELECTIONS HELD IN 1975" (PDF). Information Canada. 1976. Retrieved 2025-05-01. | ||||||||