Municipal
Mayor
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected by everyone in Baker Lake
- Exact method
- Head of council, elected at large for a four-year term at the municipal general election held on the fourth Monday of October every four years (Nunavut Elections Act, s. 224.8). If the office falls vacant, council appoints a councillor as mayor or holds a by-election (s. 224.10(1)).
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
James Taipana since February 2025
Report Source: bakerlake.ca,
checked
James Taipana was acclaimed as Mayor on February 12, 2025. No vote was needed: they were the only candidate.
Next vote
Sources
- nunavutlegislation.ca · checked municipal: Nunavut Elections Act ss. 224.8, 224.10 (consolidation current to 22 Sep 2025). For: Mayor
- bakerlake.ca · checked municipal: Hamlet of Baker Lake council page; acclaimed mayor at the by-election (Elections Nunavut notice of 12 Feb 2025) For: James Taipana, current term
- elections.nu.ca · checked municipal: Elections Nunavut, municipal council elections: next municipal general election 25 October 2027; Nunavut Elections Act s. 224.8(2) (fourth Monday of October every four years). For: General election, October 25, 2027