Fred Koe (born March 8, 1947) is a former territorial level politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest territories from 1991 to 1995. He was born in Aklavik. [1]
Koe is the son of Jim Koe, who was the chief of the Aklavik Indian Band. [2] He grew up in Aklavik and would later move to Inuvik. At the age of 11, he was a victim of the Canadian Indian residential school system, and was forced to go school in Inuvik, away from his family. [3]
Koe ran for a seat in the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1991 Northwest Territories general election. He won the Inuvik electoral district defeating future Commissioner Glenna Hansen. Koe was defeated one term later defending his incumbency. He was defeated by candidate Floyd Roland in the 1995 Northwest Territories general election.
After his defeat, Koe became president, Northwest Territories Development Corporation. He now lives in Whitehorse, Yukon where he is a member of the board of directors for the First Nations Bank of Canada and the Da Daghay Development Corporation.
Koe is the father of World champion curler Kevin Koe, as well as Jamie Koe and Kerry Koe-Galusha. [4] Jamie and Kerry were born when the family was living in Yellowknife. Fred played with Jamie and Kerry at the 1999 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship.
Inuvik is the only town in the Inuvik Region, and the third largest community in Canada's Northwest Territories. Located in what is sometimes called the Beaufort Delta Region, it serves as its administrative and service centre and is home to federal, territorial, and Indigenous government offices, along with the regional hospital and airport.
Aklavik is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Until 1961, with a population over 1,500, the community served as the regional administrative centre for the territorial government.
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The 2016 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5–13, 2016 at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario.
The 2019 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 2 to 10 at Westoba Place in Brandon, Manitoba. In the final, Kevin Koe of Alberta defeated Team Wildcard skipped by Brendan Bottcher 4–3 by scoring two in the tenth end to win. It was the lowest scoring Brier final since 1992, which was held before the adoption of any free guard zone rule.
The 2024 Northwest Territories Men's Curling Championship, the men's territorial curling championship for the Northwest Territories, was held from January 25 to 26 at the Inuvik Curling Club in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. The winning Jamie Koe rink represented the Northwest Territories at the 2024 Montana's Brier in Regina, Saskatchewan where they finished third in Pool B with a 5–3 record and made it past pool play for the first time since 2012. They would lose 7–0 to host Saskatchewan in the Page 3v4 qualifier.