Paul Okalik is a Canadian politician. He is the first Inuk to have been called to the Nunavut Bar. He was also the first premier of Nunavut.
The premier of Nunavut is the first minister for the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The premier is the territory's head of government,although their powers are somewhat more limited than those of a provincial premier.
Pangnirtung is an Inuit hamlet,in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut,located on Baffin Island. The community is located about 45 km (28 mi) south of the Arctic Circle,and about 2,700 km (1,700 mi) from the North Pole. Pangnirtung is situated on a coastal plain at the coast of Pangnirtung Fjord,a fjord which eventually merges with Cumberland Sound. As of January 2022,the mayor is Lynn Mike.
The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is the legislative assembly for the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The seat of the Assembly is the Legislative Building of Nunavut in Iqaluit.
Kugluktuk is the most western territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut,Canada.
Pangnirtung is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut,Canada.
Peter Kattuk was a Canadian politician from Nunavut.
James Arreak is a territorial and municipal level politician in Canada. He has served as a member of both the Nunavut and Northwest Territories legislatures.
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is the presiding officer of the territorial legislature in Nunavut,Canada. Since 1999 the position has been elected by Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) using a secret ballot. The current speaker is Tony Akoak.
Lena Pedersen or Lena Pederson is a politician and social worker from Nunavut,Canada. In 1959,she moved from Greenland to the Northwest Territories and lived in Coppermine (Kugluktuk),Pangnirtung and Rae (Behchoko) before moving to Cape Dorset where she participated in the artwork sales of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative.
Rebecca Mike is a former territorial level politician from Pangnirtung,Nunavut.
Ipeelee Kilabuk (1932–2000) was a territorial level politician from Pangnirtung,Northwest Territories,Canada.
Asger Rye "Red" Pedersen is a former territorial-level Canadian politician. In 1953,he got a job in the Canadian Arctic with the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) at Cambridge Bay,Nunavut. In the following year,he was sent to Perry River (Kuugjuak) to assist Stephen Angulalik,the Ahiarmiut Inuit owner of the trading post,with the financial records,inventory and ordering,as Angulalik spoke no English. In 1957,Angulalik sold the Perry River post to the HBC and Pedersen was appointed manager. Angulalik returned to the post after resolving legal problems and worked alongside Pedersen;they became lifelong friends. He was,at one time,married to Lena Pedersen and their grandson,Calvin Pedersen was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in July 2020.
Pauloosie Paniloo was a territorial level politician. He served as a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1983 to 1987. He was also a member of the Canadian Rangers,serving as a ranger for 28 years.
Adamee Komoartok is a Canadian politician,who was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Pangnirtung in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2008 territorial election.
The 3rd Nunavut Legislature began after the 2008 general election on October 27. The election returned 17 of the 19 non-partisan members with two deferred for other days. The last member returned in the general election in the Akulliq district on March 2,2009.
The 2017 Nunavut general election was held on October 30,2017 to return the members of the 5th Nunavut Legislature. The fifth general election held since the creation of the territory in 1999,it was the first election held under Nunavut's new fixed election dates law,which requires elections to be held no more than four years after the prior election.
Calvin Avigak Pedersen is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in July 2020. Representing the electoral district of Kugluktuk,he was directly acclaimed to office as the only candidate to register by the nomination deadline following the resignation of his predecessor Mila Adjukak Kamingoak.
