Ovide Alakannuark
Canadian politician (1938–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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MLA for Akulliq | |
In office 1999–2004 | |
Succeeded by | Steve Mapsalak |
Personal details | |
Born | (1938-12-25)December 25, 1938[1] Pelly Bay[citation needed], Northwest Territories, Canada |
Died | October 7, 2019(2019-10-07) (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]