Rebekah Williams
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Rebekah Uqi Williams is a former territorial level politician. She served as a member of the Nunavut Legislature from 2000 until 2004.
Williams was elected in a by-election in the Quttiktuq
electoral district on December 4, 2000. She defeated seven other candidates with 21% of the vote including former MLA Levi Barnabas
who had previously vacated the seat after he pled guilty to assault as well as former Northwest Territories
MLA Tommy Enuaraq
.
Williams served a partial term in office, and ran for re-election in the 2004 Nunavut general election
. Despite increasing her popular vote she was easily defeated by Barnabas.
Williams was elected in a by-election in the Quttiktuq
Quttiktuq
Quttiktuq is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada.The riding consists of the communities of Arctic Bay, Grise Fiord, Nanisivik and Resolute.The current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Ron Elliott....
electoral district on December 4, 2000. She defeated seven other candidates with 21% of the vote including former MLA Levi Barnabas
Levi Barnabas
Levi Barnabas is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories in 1995 and served until Nunavut was created in 1999...
who had previously vacated the seat after he pled guilty to assault as well as former Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
MLA Tommy Enuaraq
Tommy Enuaraq
Tommy Enuaraq is a published author and former territorial level politician from Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada.He wrote a children's book Who's Going to Eat Me? ISBN 1-5503S242-9. The book was published by Nortex in 1991....
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Williams served a partial term in office, and ran for re-election in the 2004 Nunavut general election
Nunavut general election, 2004
The Canadian territory of Nunavut conducted its second general election on February 16, 2004, to elect the 19 members of the Legislative Assembly.Premier Paul Okalik asked for the five-year-old territory's first parliament to be dissolved on January 16....
. Despite increasing her popular vote she was easily defeated by Barnabas.