Photo: Lindsay Nicole Terry · CC BY 2.0Only 34% of electors voted in Nunavut in 2021, fewer than in 99% of Canada’s ridings
Pangnirtung sends one MP to Ottawa from Nunavut, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP): Lori Idlout (Liberal Party of Canada). No provincial riding is named for Pangnirtung, as no open boundary file exists for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut that we could find. Statistics Canada lists Pangnirtung as a hamlet. Who leads Pangnirtung’s council isn’t on an open record: there’s no open list of councils in Nunavut.
What stands out in how Pangnirtung is governed
A close federal race
With 11.8 points between the winner and the runner-up (Liberal Party of Canada), Nunavut beat 69% of the 338 ridings for closeness in 2021. How Pangnirtung has voted ↓
Low federal turnout
More electors stayed home in Nunavut than in 99% of Canada’s ridings at the 2021 election. 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
Pangnirtung, 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 Pangnirtung’s council; Qikiqtaaluk is only a census division, a unit for statistics.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Pangnirtung, from the most recent elections.
- 1Pangnirtung 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 Pangnirtung votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Pangnirtung council | 23 October 2023 | – |
| Legislative Assembly of Nunavut | 27 October 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The last general elections came on 27 October 2025 for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut and on 28 April 2025 for Parliament. The last general municipal elections in Nunavut took place on 23 October 2023. Why not 2025? Elections Canada publishes those counts under non-commercial terms, and its open data stop at the 2021 election.
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.
The Liberal Party of Canada holds 1 of 1 seats from Nunavut, including Lori Idlout’s.
The MP’s record
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). The current Parliament is Lori Idlout’s 2nd, counting from a first win in 2021. Lori Idlout won the seat as a New Democratic Party candidate and moved to the Liberal Party of Canada on 11 March 2026.
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
Results in Nunavut as drawn in 2013, the boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections; the riding was redrawn for 2025.
41% had won it for Mumilaaq Qaqqaq (New Democratic Party) in 2019. 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.
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 Pangnirtung 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
- Which riding. A riding is listed when 5% or more of the place’s 2021 Census residents live in it; the largest share comes first.
- Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
- Not on this page. Who controls the council by party (the open lists give none, and most Canadian councils sit without parties), budgets and band councils.
- 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.
Questions about how Pangnirtung is run
Who is the MP for Pangnirtung?
Lori Idlout of the Liberal Party of Canada is the MP for Nunavut, which includes Pangnirtung.
Which party won Pangnirtung in the 2021 federal election?
The New Democratic Party: Lori Idlout won Nunavut in 2021 and still holds it.
Who is the MLA for Pangnirtung?
Every MLA of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is on its members page, which is where to find the one for Pangnirtung.
Who heads the council in Pangnirtung?
Ask the municipality itself: Pangnirtung, a hamlet, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
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).