Charlie Watt

Charliee Watt
Senator for Inkerman, Quebec
Incumbent
Assumed office January 16, 1984
Appointed by	Pierre Trudeau
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Born	June 29, 1944 (1944-06-29) (age 67)
Political party	Liberal

Charlie Watt (born June 29, 1944) is a Canadian Senator.

A hunter and businessman by profession, Watt is an Inuk and served as Northern officer with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs from 1969 to 1979. He founded the Northern Quebec Inuit Association (now the Makivik Corporation) in the 1970s. He has also been active with a number of aboriginal businesses including the Makivik Corporation, Air Inuit, Seaku Fisheries, Uttuulik Leasing, and Kigaq Travel.

Watt served as co-chair of the Inuit Committee on National Issues from 1979 to 1984 and has also served with the Nunavik Constitutional Committee and the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada. He is the 1997 recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award.

Watt was appointed to the Senate on January 16, 1984, by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.^[1] Appointed at age 39, Watt is the second-youngest person at appointment who is currently serving in the Senate.

References

1. ^ "WATT, The Hon. Charlie, O.Q.". Parliament of Canada. http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=9b0f3ddb-df90-4a08-9a3c-fcd207aefcaa&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience. Retrieved 2010-01-27. 

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Name	Watt, Charlie
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Date of birth	June 29, 1944
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