Photo: CambridgeBayWeather · Public domainAt 34%, 2021 turnout in Nunavut trailed 99% of the country’s ridings
Cambridge Bay is a hamlet by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities. No open list of councils exists in Nunavut, so no mayor of Cambridge Bay is named here. The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut’s ridings aren’t published as open data we could find, so Cambridge Bay isn’t placed in one. Cambridge Bay sends one MP to Ottawa from Nunavut, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP): Lori Idlout (Liberal Party of Canada).
What stands out in how Cambridge Bay is governed
A close federal race
The 2021 winner in Nunavut finished 11.8 points ahead of the runner-up (Liberal Party of Canada), a closer race than 69% of Canada’s 338 ridings. How Cambridge Bay has voted ↓
Low federal turnout
In 2021, Nunavut voted in smaller numbers than 99% of the ridings. The 2021 turnout ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Cambridge Bay, a hamlet in Nunavut, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
assembly.nu.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
No county or regional government sits above Cambridge Bay’s council; Kitikmeot is only a census division, a unit for statistics.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Cambridge Bay, from the most recent elections.
- 1Cambridge Bay councilHamlet
- 2Legislative Assembly of Nunavut–
- 3House of CommonsNunavut
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Cambridge Bay votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Bay council | 23 October 2023 | – |
| Legislative Assembly of Nunavut | 27 October 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The 2025 results are left out because elections.ca’s terms forbid commercial reproduction; the open catalogue’s latest is 2021. In Nunavut, municipalities last voted on 23 October 2023. The last general elections came on 27 October 2025 for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut and on 28 April 2025 for Parliament.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
assembly.nu.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Lori Idlout represents Nunavut in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Nunavut · Liberal Party of Canada · member since 11 March 2026 · first elected 2021
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada1
As Wikidata records them.
Lori Idlout is one of 1 Liberal Party of Canada MPs among the 1 from Nunavut.
The MP’s record
Lori Idlout won the seat as a New Democratic Party candidate and moved to the Liberal Party of Canada on 11 March 2026. Had the 2021 ballots been cast in today’s Nunavut, the New Democratic Party would have led with 48%, 11.8 points over the runner-up (Liberal Party of Canada). Lori Idlout was first elected in 2021; the current Parliament is Lori Idlout’s 2nd.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
Nunavut stayed with the New Democratic Party in 2021, electing Lori Idlout
Nunavut as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
Lori Idlout won the 2021 race in Nunavut for the New Democratic Party, polling 48% and beating Pat Angnakak (Liberal Party of Canada) by 849 votes. The 2019 vote had elected Mumilaaq Qaqqaq of the New Democratic Party, with 41%.
All 3 candidates in Nunavut, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lori Idlout | New Democratic Party | 3,427 | 47.7% |
| Pat Angnakak | Liberal Party of Canada | 2,578 | 35.9% |
| Laura Mackenzie | Conservative Party of Canada | 1,184 | 16.5% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Cambridge Bay is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.nu.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Election results. Elections Canada redrew the ridings in 2023 and re-tallied the 2021 ballots onto the new map from polling divisions; that estimate, and the official 2019 and 2021 counts on the old map, are what you see.
- Not on this page. No council budgets, no band councils, and no party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record.
- Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
- Which riding. Where residents of the 2021 Census live decides the riding; any riding with 5% of them or more is named.
Questions about how Cambridge Bay is run
Who is the MP for Cambridge Bay?
Cambridge Bay is in Nunavut, represented by Lori Idlout (Liberal Party of Canada).
Which party won Cambridge Bay in the 2021 federal election?
The New Democratic Party: Lori Idlout won Nunavut in 2021 and still holds it.
Who is the MLA for Cambridge Bay?
Find the riding for Cambridge Bay on the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut’s site, which names the MLA for each.
Who heads the council in Cambridge Bay?
Cambridge Bay is a hamlet; its own website or the province’s municipal directory names the head of council.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).