Nancy Karetak-Lindell

Nancy Uqquujuq Karetak-Lindell (born December 10, 1957) is a politician who has served as a senator from Nunavut since December 2024 and was previously an MP in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2008.

Senator Karetak-Lindell is a member of the Independent Senators Group.

Early life and career She was born in Eskimo Point, Northwest Territories (now Arviat, Nunavut) and is Inuk.

Prior to politics, she was a financial comptroller and held councillor positions for the Municipal Hamlet and District Education Authority in Arviat, Nunavut.

She was director of the Jane Glassco Arctic Fellowship Program Karetak-Lindell served as president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada and has been Chief Returning Officer for multiple Inuit organization elections and has worked for Elections Nunavut.

Karetak-Lindell had been on the board of directors of the Nunavut Development Corporation, the Nunavut Business Credit Corporation, the Kivalliq Inuit Association, Katimavik, Northwest Territories Power Corporation, Northwestel, Polar Knowledge Canada

Political career Karetak-Lindell ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal candidate during the 1997 federal election in the riding of Nunavut, becoming the first female MP for the Eastern Arctic. She was re-elected in the 2000, 2004 and 2006 elections. and the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

Karetak-Lindell kept her seat in the 2006 federal election, but later announced she would not seek re-election in the 2008 election and wished to spend more time in the company of her family and to take care of her elderly parents.

Personal life and awards In 2022, she was named as a Member of the Order of Canada.

She is the mother to four sons.

Electoral record