Jobie Nutarak

Jobie Nutarak
MLA for Tunnuniq
In office
1999–2006
Preceded byfirst member
Succeeded byJames Arvaluk
Personal details
BornMay 10, 1947
Pond Inlet, Northwest Territories
DiedApril 22, 2006(2006-04-22) (aged 58)
Pond Inlet, Nunavut
Political partyNon-partisan
consensus government

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

Biography

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, Joanna Nutarak, and five children, Dennis, Harvey, Marc, Angela, and Melanie,[1] along with five grandchildren.[2]

References

  1. ^ https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/nutarak-hon-jobie-tunnuniq-speaker-legislative-assembly [bare URL]
  2. ^ "Nunavut Speaker dies on snowmobile hunting trip". CBC News. April 24, 2006. Archived from the original on October 17, 2006.
Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
Preceded by Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
2004-2006 		Succeeded by


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