Mar 7, 2024
Byelection scheduled for April 15; in elections last October all posts were filled by acclamation
Voters in Coral Harbour are being asked to elect a new mayor, just months after Kupapik Ningeocheak was acclaimed to that position for a four-year term.
Elections Nunavut confirmed a byelection in the hamlet is scheduled for April 15.
So far, no explanation has been offered as to why Ningeocheak is no longer mayor. Numerous attempts to speak with a representative at the hamlet office, and with Coun. Willie Nakoolak, who has stepped in as interim mayor, have proven unsuccessful.
Municipal elections were held all across Nunavut last Oct. 23.
Coral Harbour, though, was one of five hamlets where all the elected positions — mayor, councillors and district education authority members — were filled by acclamation.
Clyde River, Kimmirut, Kugaaruk and Qikiqtarjuaq were the others where voters stayed home on election day.
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