He won the Kugluktuk electoral district with a plurality of six votes defeating three other candidates.
Havioyak served one term in office, running for re-election in the 2004 Nunavut general election.
He was defeated by candidate Joe Allen Evyagotailak in another very close election.
[1] After his defeat in the election, he became President of the Kitilkmeot Inuit Association.
Havioyak is a first cousin with former Northwest Territories MLA Kane Tologanak.