Baffin South was an electoral district of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The district consisted of Cape Dorset (Kinngait) and Lake Harbour (Kimmirut). Before 1979, the district also included Frobisher Bay (now Iqaluit). It absorbed Hudson Bay district in 1987.
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| Name | Elected | Left Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Pearson | 1975 | 1979 | |
| Joe Arlooktoo | 1979 | 1991 | |
| Kenoayoak Pudlat | 1991 | 1995 | |
| Goo Arlooktoo | 1995 | 1999 |
| 1983 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Joe Arlooktoo | 145 | 40.85% | ||||||
| Joanasie Salamonie | 113 | 31.83% | ||||||
| Kananginak Pootoogook | 97 | 27.32% | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 353 | 71.46% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | |||||||
Source(s)
"Election results: Baffin South". PoliCan. Retrieved 2025-04-04. | ||||||||
Note: The published electoral results incorrectly reported Joanasie Salamonie as the winner.
| 1979 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Joe Arlooktoo | 175 | 54.52% | ||||||
| Kananginak Pootoogook | 146 | 45.48% | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 321 | 79.16% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 2 | |||||||
Source(s)
"REPORT OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER ON THE GENERAL ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 1979" (PDF). Elections NWT. January 1980. Retrieved 2025-04-01. | ||||||||