Municipal
Mayor
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected by everyone in Pangnirtung
- 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
- Umar Kukkadi since March 2026 Report Source: nunatsiaq.com, checked
Most recent election, March 30, 2026: Umar Kukkadi elected.
Next vote
Previous holders
- Lynn Meeka Mike October 2023 to December 2025
Sources
- nunavutlegislation.ca · checked municipal: Nunavut Elections Act ss. 224.8, 224.10 (consolidation current to 22 Sep 2025). For: Mayor
- nunatsiaq.com · checked Nunatsiaq News 31 March 2026: Kukkadi won the 30 March 2026 byelection, 196 to 35. For: Umar Kukkadi, current term
- nunatsiaq.com · checked Nunatsiaq News 16 Dec 2025: Lynn Mike resigned, announced 3 Dec 2025. For: Lynn Meeka Mike, past term
- elections.nu.ca · checked municipal: Elections Nunavut, 2023 municipal general election results for Pangnirtung For: Lynn Meeka Mike, past 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