Joanna Quassa

Joanna Quassa
MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Aggu[1]
In office
November 19, 2021[2] – October 27, 2025
Preceded byPaul Quassa
Succeeded byEdward Attagutaluk
Personal details
Partynon-partisan
consensus government

Joanna Quassa is a Canadian Inuk politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2021 Nunavut general election.[3] She represented the electoral district of Aggu.

She is the sister-in-law of her predecessor Paul Quassa,[4] and previously served as mayor of Igloolik.[5]

She ran for election to the assembly in the 2025 election and received the largest number of votes in the Aggu electoral district but with less than 2 per cent difference between her and Erasmus Ivvalu, triggering a judicial recount.[1] As the final result was tied, a by-election was held on December 15, 2025; she lost it to Edward Attagutaluk, placing second.[6]

Electoral Record

2025 Nunavut general election: Aggu
Candidate Votes%
Edward Attagutaluk8645.26
Joanna Quassa2613.68
George Qaunaq2513.16
Erasmus Ivvalu2412.63
Louis Tapardjuk2010.53
Louisa Iyerak84.21
Eligible voters 572
Total valid ballots 189
Rejected ballots 1
Turnout 33.22%
2025 Nunavut general election: Aggu
Candidate Votes%
Joanna Quassa10550.00
Erasmus Ivvalu10550.00
Eligible voters 533
Total valid ballots 209
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 40.75%
[7]
2021 Nunavut general election: Aggu
Candidate Votes%
Joanna Quassa9652.8
Methusalah Kunuk8647.3
Eligible voters 522
Total valid ballots 182
Rejected ballots 0
Turnout 34.9%
[8]
2017 Nunavut general election: Aggu
Candidate Votes%
Paul Quassa10635.9
Matt Teed9632.5
Richard Amarualik7926.8
Jerome Sheaves144.7
Eligible voters 472
Total valid ballots 295
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 62.5%
[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "2025 Territorial General Election Aggu". Retrieved 30 October 2025. A judge will conduct a judicial recount of the ballots cast in this constituency. This is required because the number of votes between the two candidates is within 2% of the total votes cast.
  2. ↑ "MLAs sworn in by Nunavut commissioner". Nunatsiaq News. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  3. ↑ Madalyn Howitt, "Nunavummiut elect 11 fresh faces to territorial legislature". Nunatsiaq News, October 25, 2021.
  4. ↑ Jeff Pelletier, "Nunavut votes: Aggu up for grabs following Quassa’s departure". Nunatsiaq News, October 15, 2021.
  5. ↑ Jane George, "The candidates: Aggu". CBC North, October 21, 2021.
  6. ↑ McKeown, Bianca (16 December 2025). "Edward Attagutaluk wins Aggu riding election". CBC News. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "2025 General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
  8. ↑ "Unofficial Election Results Aggu". 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  9. ↑ 2017 General Election Official Results at Elections Nunavut
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