Career
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 Modern Language Association Levi Barnabas who had previously vacated the seat after he pled guilty to assault as well as former Northwest Territories Modern Language Association 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.