Municipal
Councillor
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected by everyone in Arviat
- Exact method
- Eight councillors elected at large for a four-year term (Hamlets Act, s. 12(1); the Minister may vary the number at council's request, s. 12(2); Nunavut Elections Act, s. 224.8). Council appoints one as deputy mayor. A councillor vacancy is filled by council appointment, not a by-election (Nunavut Elections Act, s. 224.10(3)).
- Seats
- 8
Who holds these seats now
- Bridgette Aulatjut Report Source: arviat.ca, checked
- Darren Price Report Source: arviat.ca, checked
- Doreen Hannak Report Source: arviat.ca, checked
- Gordy Kidlapik since October 2023 Report Source: arviat.ca, checked
- Jimmy Main since October 2023 Report Source: arviat.ca, checked
- Joshua Curley Report Source: arviat.ca, checked
- Nathan Caskey since October 2023 Report Source: arviat.ca, checked
- Victoria Gibbons Report Source: arviat.ca, checked
Next vote
Sources
- nunavutlegislation.ca · checked municipal: Hamlets Act s. 12 (official consolidation current to 7 Nov 2024): mayor and eight elected councillors unless varied by ministerial order (whether any order applies to this hamlet was not checked); Elections Nunavut: "a municipal council normally has eight councillors plus a mayor". For: Councillor
- arviat.ca · checked municipal: Hamlet of Arviat council page; minutes of 12 May 2026 For: Bridgette Aulatjut, current term, Darren Price, current term, Doreen Hannak, current term, Gordy Kidlapik, current term, Jimmy Main, current term and 2 more
- arviat.ca · checked municipal: Hamlet of Arviat council page ("Vikki Gibbons" in the minutes of 12 May 2026) For: Victoria Gibbons, 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