predecessor successor office term_start article_title term_end name occupation
john matthews madeleine redfern mayor of iqaluit , nunavut 2003 elisapee sheutiapik
 december 13 , 2010 elisapee sheutiapik entrepreneur
elisapee sheutiapik

elisapee sheutiapik served as mayor of iqaluit , nunavut , canada .
she won the mayoral election in 2003 , defeating the incumbent mayor john matthews by 40 votes , and was acclaimed to a second term in 2006 .
she is also a member in a scholarship selection committee , and owns a coffee shop in iqaluit .
on 10 september 2008 , cbc north reported that sheutiapik would be taking a leave of absence to run in the upcoming nunavut election .
she ran in iqaluit west , which had the highest voter turnout at 90.2 per cent , but was defeated by incumbent mla paul okalik by 44 votes .
she subsequently returned to the mayor 's chair .
on 19 october 2009 , sheutiapik won a third term as mayor of iqaluit .
her opponent was former city councillor jim little , who took 42.3 % of the vote as opposed to 57.7 % for sheutiapik .
on november 9 , 2010 , she announced her resignation as mayor effective december 13 .
she was succeeded by madeleine redfern .
