Hunter Tootoo

The Honourable
Hunter Tootoo
Hᐊᓐᑕ ᑐᑐ
PC
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
In office
November 4, 2015 – May 31, 2016
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byGail Shea
Succeeded byDominic LeBlanc
Member of Parliament
for Nunavut
In office
October 19, 2015 – September 11, 2019
Preceded byLeona Aglukkaq
Succeeded byMumilaaq Qaqqaq
7th Speaker of the Nunavut Legislative Assembly[1]
In office
May 31, 2011 – November 15, 2013
Preceded byPaul Okalik
Succeeded byGeorge Qulaut
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Iqaluit Centre
In office
February 15, 1999 – October 28, 2013
Preceded byTerritory Established
Succeeded byRiding Dissolved
Personal details
Born (1963-08-18) August 18, 1963 (age 61)
Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut)[2]
Political partyIndependent[3]
Other political
affiliations		Liberal[3]
New Democratic (1997-1999)
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Hunter A. Tootoo PC (Inuktitut: Hᐊᓐᑕ ᑐᑐ; born August 18, 1963) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Nunavut from 2015 to 2019. Elected as a Liberal to the House of Commons, he was appointed Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard by Justin Trudeau on November 4, 2015. Tootoo resigned from that position on May 31, 2016, to take a leave from Parliament to seek treatment for alcohol addiction. He returned to Parliament by the end of July 2016 after the completion of his treatment program, but sat as an independent member for the remainder of the 42nd Parliament and did not run for re-election.

Before federal politics, Tootoo served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, where he represented the riding of Iqaluit Centre from 1999 to 2013. Tootoo was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2013. He was a member of the New Democratic Party from 1997 to 1999.[4][5]

  1. ^ The Honourable Hunter Tootoo, archived from the original on May 25, 2012, retrieved September 22, 2013
  2. ^ Hunter Tootoo, archived from the original on September 28, 2007, retrieved September 22, 2013
  3. ^ a b "Hunter Tootoo's resignation means loss of influence for Nunavut, analyst says". CBC News. June 16, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016. The Liberals confirm he is still a member of the party but he's sitting as an independent in Parliament.
  4. ^ Government of Nunavut (5 December 2007). "Standing Committee – Ajauqtiit – Ministerial Appearance on Bill 6: Official Languages Act ; Bill 7: Inuit Language Protection Act ; Iqaluit, Nunavut" (PDF). Assembly of Nunavut.
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