Joanna Quassa
Joanna Quassa | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Aggu[2] | |
| In office November 19, 2021[1] – October 27, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Quassa |
| Succeeded by | Edward Attagutaluk |
| Personal details | |
| Party | non-partisan consensus government |
Joanna Quassa is a Canadian Inuk politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2021 Nunavut general election.[3] She represented the electoral district of Aggu.
She is the sister-in-law of her predecessor Paul Quassa,[4] and previously served as mayor of Igloolik.[5]
She ran for election to the assembly in the 2025 election and received the largest number of votes in the Aggu electoral district but with less than 2 per cent difference between her and Erasmus Ivvalu, triggering a judicial recount.[2] As the final result was tied, a by-election was held on December 15, 2025; she lost it to Edward Attagutaluk, placing second.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "MLAs sworn in by Nunavut commissioner". Nunatsiaq News. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ a b "2025 Territorial General Election Aggu". Retrieved 30 October 2025.
A judge will conduct a judicial recount of the ballots cast in this constituency. This is required because the number of votes between the two candidates is within 2% of the total votes cast.
- ^ Madalyn Howitt, "Nunavummiut elect 11 fresh faces to territorial legislature". Nunatsiaq News, October 25, 2021.
- ^ Jeff Pelletier, "Nunavut votes: Aggu up for grabs following Quassa’s departure". Nunatsiaq News, October 15, 2021.
- ^ Jane George, "The candidates: Aggu". CBC North, October 21, 2021.
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/edward-attagutaluk-wins-aggu-riding-9.7017955
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