Jobie Nutarak

Jobie Nutarak

Infobox_Politician
name = Jobie Nutarak
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caption =
birth_date = May 10, 1947
birth_place = Pond Inlet, Nunavut
death_date = April 22, 2006
office = MLA for Tunnuniq
term_start = 1999
term_end = 2006
predecessor = first member
successor = James Arvaluk
party = non-partisan
consensus government
religion =
occupation =

Jobie Nutarak (10 May 1947 - April 22 2006) was a politician from Nunavut in northern Canada.

Nutarak was born in Pond Inlet on Baffin Island. He was elected to the district of Tunnuniq in 1999 and was re-elected in 2004. In 2004 he was elected to the position of Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, being the first unilingual Inuktitut speaking person to hold the position. Prior to territorial politics, Nutarak was involved in local and regional education and active with Inuit land claims organizations.

Nutarak died while on a snowmobile hunting trip, leaving behind a wife and five children.

External links

* [http://www.assembly.nu.ca/english/members/bios/nutarak.html Jobie Nutarak at the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut]

References

* [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/04/23/nunavut-speaker060423.html CBC News]


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