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]
ovide, alakannuark, december, 1938, october, 2019, canadian, territorial, level, politician, from, pelly, northwest, territories, kugaaruk, nunavut, served, member, legislative, assembly, nunavut, from, 1999, until, 2004, akulliqin, office, 1999, 2004succeeded. 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 AlakannuarkMLA for AkulliqIn office 1999 2004Succeeded bySteve MapsalakPersonal detailsBorn 1938 12 25 December 25 1938 1 Pelly Bay citation needed Northwest Territories CanadaDiedOctober 7 2019 2019 10 07 aged 80 Kugaaruk Nunavut CanadaPolitical partynon partisanconsensus governmentAlakannuark 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 nbsp nbsp This article about a Nunavut politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ovide Alakannuark amp oldid 1179190934, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
