Photo: https://www.flickr.com/people/naturallight/ Leslie Philipp · CC BY 2.0Only 34% of electors voted in Nunavut in 2021, fewer than in 99% of Canada’s ridings
Statistics Canada lists Taloyoak as a hamlet. Mayors and councillors in Nunavut aren’t on any open list, so Taloyoak’s council goes unnamed here. Taloyoak sends one MP to Ottawa from Nunavut, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP): Lori Idlout (Liberal Party of Canada). Taloyoak’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut isn’t shown: no open file of the province’s riding boundaries could be found.
What stands out in how Taloyoak 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 Taloyoak has voted ↓
Low federal turnout
At the 2021 federal election, 99% of the country’s ridings out-voted Nunavut. 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
Taloyoak, 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.
Taloyoak has no upper-tier council: Kitikmeot, its census division, exists for statistics only.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Taloyoak, from the most recent elections.
- 1Taloyoak 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 Taloyoak votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Taloyoak council | 23 October 2023 | – |
| Legislative Assembly of Nunavut | 27 October 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The last general municipal elections in Nunavut took place on 23 October 2023. The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut was last elected on 27 October 2025, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. There are no 2025 counts here: Elections Canada’s terms bar their commercial reuse, so 2021 is the latest open result.
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.
Of the 1 MPs from Nunavut, 1 are with the Liberal Party of Canada, Lori Idlout among them.
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 was elected for the New Democratic Party in 2025 and has sat with the Liberal Party of Canada since 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
The New Democratic Party kept Nunavut in 2021 with Lori Idlout
Results in Nunavut as drawn in 2013, the boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections; the riding was redrawn for 2025.
The 2021 count in Nunavut put Lori Idlout (New Democratic Party) first at 48%, with Pat Angnakak (Liberal Party of Canada) 849 votes back. Back in 2019 the seat went to Mumilaaq Qaqqaq (New Democratic Party), on 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 Taloyoak 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
- Not on this page. Party control (Canadian councils are mostly elected without parties, and the open lists record none), council budgets, and band councils.
- Election results. Official counts for 2019 and 2021 are by the 2013 ridings; Elections Canada also re-counted the 2021 ballots onto the 2023 ridings by polling division, and that estimate is what “today’s boundaries” means here.
- 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. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
Questions about how Taloyoak is run
Who is the MP for Taloyoak?
For Taloyoak, it’s Lori Idlout (Liberal Party of Canada), who holds Nunavut.
Which party won Taloyoak in the 2021 federal election?
The New Democratic Party: Lori Idlout won Nunavut in 2021 and still holds it.
Who is the MLA for Taloyoak?
The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut’s website names each MLA by riding; the riding of Taloyoak has to be looked up there.
Who heads the council in Taloyoak?
The head of Taloyoak’s council isn’t named here; as a hamlet, it publishes its council itself.
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).