Jobie Nutarak

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

Jobie Nutarak
MLA for Tunnuniq
In office 1999–2006
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	James Arvaluk
Personal details
Born	May 10, 1947 Pond Inlet, Northwest Territories
Died	April 22, 2006(2006-04-22) (aged 58) Pond Inlet, Nunavut
Political party	Non-partisan consensus government

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]