Ovide Alakannuark (December 25, 1938 – October 7, 2019) was a Canadian territorial level politician from Pelly Bay, Northwest Territories (now Kugaaruk, Nunavut).[2] He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut from 1999 until 2004.
Ovide Alakannuark | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Akulliq | |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| Succeeded by | Steve Mapsalak |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 25, 1938[1] Pelly Bay[citation needed], Northwest Territories, Canada |
| Died | October 7, 2019 (aged 80) Kugaaruk, Nunavut, Canada |
| Political party | non-partisan consensus government |
Alakannuark was elected in the 1999 Nunavut general election. He defeated candidate Steve Mapsalak by just 25 votes to win the Akulliq electoral district. He only served a single term in the Legislature deciding not to run for re-election when it was dissolved in 2004.[3]
He attempted a return to politics running in rerun for the Akulliq district finishing a distant third on March 2, 2009.[4] The two front runners Steve Mapsalak and John Ningark had also served as MLAs in the Nunavut Legislature. He died on October 7, 2019, at the age of 80.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. 1972. ISBN 9780787660482.
- ^ The Canadian Parliamentary Guide
- ^ "Nunavut Votes 2004 Akulliq Profile". CBC News. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
- ^ "Official Candidates List" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
- ^ Speaker of legislative assembly pays homage to the late Ovide Alakannuark
- ^ Ovide Alakannuak passes on
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