About Jobie Nutarak
Lived 1947 – 2006 (aged 58). Jobie Nutarak was a Canadian politician.
Jobie Nutarak (May 10, 1947 – April 22, 2006) was a politician from Nunavut in northern Canada.
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, along with five grandchildren.
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Canadian politician
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Jobie Nutarak was born on 10 May 1947 in Pond Inlet.
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Jobie Nutarak died on 22 April 2006 in Pond Inlet.
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Jobie Nutarak was a politician.
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