Calvin Pedersen

Calvin Pedersen is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in July 2020.[1] Representing the electoral district of Kugluktuk, he was directly acclaimed to office as the only candidate to register by the nomination deadline following the resignation of his predecessor Mila Adjukak Kamingoak.

Calvin Pedersen

MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Kugluktuk
Assumed office
July 24, 2020
Preceded byMila Adjukak Kamingoak
Personal details
Born
Calvin Aivgak Pedersen
Political partynon-partisan
consensus government

He is the grandson of former MLA and Kugluktuk mayor Red Pedersen. His grandmother, Lena Pedersen was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the Northwest Territories 1970 election.[2]

References
  1. Derek Neary, "New MLAs acclaimed in Baker Lake, Kugluktuk; race set for Pangnirtung mayor". Nunavut News, July 24, 2020.
  2. Another generation of the Pedersen family enters the legislative assembly
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