John Ningark

John Ningark (17 March 1944 – 17 November 2016) was a territorial level politician in Nunavut Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories and Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.

Political history Ningark, who was from Repulse Bay, Northwest Territories (now Naujaat, Nunavut),

Ningark later attempted a political comeback, running for a seat in the 2004 Nunavut general election in the Akulliq electoral district, but was defeated by Steve Mapsalak.

He challenged Mapsalak again in the 2008 election, and according to preliminary results, he defeated Mapsalak by a margin of just two votes. A judicial recount was conducted, but resulted in Ningark and Mapsalak each receiving exactly 157 votes, thus forcing a new by-election. In the revote on 2 March, Ningark defeated Mapsalak by a margin of 193 to 179.