James Arreak

James Arreak (born October 6, 1952) is a territorial and municipal level politician in Canada. He has served as a member of both the Nunavut and Northwest Territories legislatures.

James Arreak
MLA for Baffin Central, NT
In office
1979–1980
Preceded byIpeelee Kilabuk
Succeeded byIpeelee Kilabuk
MLA for Uqqummiut, NU
In office
2004–2013
Preceded byDavid Iqaqrialu
Succeeded bySamuel Nuqingaq
Personal details
BornOctober 6, 1952
Clyde River
Political partynon-partisan
consensus government

Biography

Arreak is from Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada.

Arreak was elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election. He won the Baffin South electoral district defeating incumbent Ipeelee Kilabuk. He left the legislature less than a year later in 1980.

He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of Uqqummiut having won the seat in the 2004 Nunavut election.[1] In June 2006 he was appointed deputy speaker for the Legislative Assembly.

In 2008 he was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. He resigned from this position in November 2010 to become Minister of Culture, Language, Elders, and Youth and Minister of Languages in the Cabinet of Nunavut. He was replaced as Speaker by former premier Paul Okalik.[2]

Arreak was at one time mayor of Clyde River.[3]

References
  1. 2004 Nunavut election report at CBC
  2. "Nunavut MLAs put Arreak in cabinet, Okalik in speaker’s chair." Nunatsiaq News. November 4, 2010
  3. "James Arreak as mayor in 1982". Archived from the original on 2006-09-04. Retrieved 2006-03-28.


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