James Arreak

James Arreak

Infobox_Politician


name = James Arreak
small| caption =
birth_date = October 6, 1952
birth_place = Clyde River
residence =
office1 = MLA for Baffin Central, NT
term_start1 = 1979
term_end1 = 1980
predecessor1 = Ipeelee Kilabuk
successor1 = Ipeelee Kilabuk
office2 = MLA for Uqqummiut, NU
term_start2 = 2004
term_end2 =
predecessor2 = David Iqaqrialu
successor2 = incumbent
party = non-partisan
consensus government
religion =
occupation =

James T. 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.

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 would leave the legislature less then a year later in 1980.

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

Arreak was at one time mayor of Clyde River.

External links & References

* [http://www.assembly.nu.ca/english/members/bios/arreak.html James Arreak biography at the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/nunavutvotes2004/riding/019/index.html 2004 Nunavut election report at CBC]
* [http://www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca/galarctlead/arreak.html James Arreak as mayor in 1982]


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