Ovide Alakannuark

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 bySteve Mapsalak
Personal details
Born(1938-12-25)December 25, 1938[1]
Pelly Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada
DiedOctober 7, 2019(2019-10-07) (aged 80)
Kugaaruk, Nunavut, Canada
Political partynon-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
  1. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. 1972. ISBN 9780787660482.
  2. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide
  3. "Nunavut Votes 2004 Akulliq Profile". CBC News. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
  4. "Official Candidates List" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  5. Speaker of legislative assembly pays homage to the late Ovide Alakannuark
  6. Ovide Alakannuak passes on


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