Alexander Sammurtok (born 1952 or 1953) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in a by-election on February 10, 2014."New Nunavut MLA ready to work “for the people”" . Nunatsiaq News, February 11, 2014. Sammurtok first ran in the 2013 election, but finished in an exact tie with incumbent MLA Lorne Kusugak in the redistributed district of Rankin Inlet South.Nunavut recounts produce one winner and one intractable deadlock . Nunatsiaq News, November 5, 2013.
He is the nephew of Tom Sammurtok, who was the MLA for the neighbouring electoral district of Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet."Alexander Sammurtok beats Lorne Kusugak to take Rankin Inlet South". Nunatsiaq News, February 10, 2014. Both Alexander and Tom Sammurtok were defeated in the 2017 Nunavut general election, Alexander by Kusugak and Tom by Cathy Towtongie; in the 2021 Nunavut general election, Alexander Sammurtok ran in Rankin Inlet North and defeated Towtongie.Derek Neary, "Two judicial recounts required in Nunavut territorial election". Northern News Services, October 25, 2021.
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