- Nancy Karetak-Lindell
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Nancy Karetak-Lindell
ᓇᓐᓰ ᑲᕆᑕᒃ-ᓕᓐᑎᓪ
MPMember of the Canadian Parliament
for NunavutIn office
1997–2008Preceded by Jack Anawak Succeeded by Leona Aglukkaq Personal details Born December 10, 1957
Arviat, Northwest TerritoriesPolitical party Liberal Spouse(s) widowed - Jon Lindell (died 1998) Residence Arviat, Nunavut Profession Aviation employee, financial comptroller Nancy Karetak-Lindell (born December 10, 1957) is a former Canadian politician. Previously she was a financial comptroller and municipal councillor in Arviat, Karetak-Lindell ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal candidate in the 1997 federal election in the riding of Nunavut. She was re-elected easily in the 2000 and 2004 elections.[1]
She was the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources in 2003.[1] She also served as the chair and vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development,[1] a member of the Liaison Committee,[1] an associate member of both the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage[2] and the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.[3]
Karetak-Lindell retained her seat in the 2006 federal election, but later announced she would not seek re-election in the 2008 election.[4] Her decision to step down was to spend more time with her family and to take care of her elderly parents.[4]
She was born in Arviat, Northwest Territories, now Nunavut,[1] and is of mixed Icelandic and Inuit descent. She is a single mother of four sons (Jackson, Amauyaq, KV and Nooks).
Karetak-Lindell currently volunteers on the board of directors of the Katimavik youth volunteer program.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e Nancy Karetak-Lindell at the Parliament of Canada
- ^ Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage
- ^ Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
- ^ a b "It’s my last term as MP, Nancy Karetak-Lindell says". Nunatsiaq News.
- ^ http://www2.katimavik.org/subsection-358/Katimavik-OPCAN
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Categories:- 1957 births
- Canadian people of Icelandic descent
- Canadian women Members of Parliament
- Members of the Canadian House of Commons from the Northwest Territories
- Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Nunavut
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Living people
- Inuit politicians
- Women in Nunavut politics
- Women in Northwest Territories politics
- Canadian Inuit people
- People from Arviat
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