Red Pedersen | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Kugluktuk | |
| In office 1 January 2014 – incumbent | |
| Preceded by | Ernie Bernhardt |
| MLA for Kitikmeot West | |
| In office 1983–1991 | |
| Preceded by | New district |
| Succeeded by | Riding dissolved |
| Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories | |
| In office 1987–1989 | |
| Preceded by | Donald Morton Stewart |
| Succeeded by | Richard Nerysoo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1935 Denmark |
| Political party | non-partisan consensus government |
| Residence | Kugluktuk |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Canada |
| Branch/service |  Canadian Army |
| Years of service | 1960–? |
| Rank |  Lieutenant |
| Unit | Canadian Rangers: 1CRPG |
Asger Rye "Red" Pedersen CM ONu (sometimes Asgar Rye Pederson, born 1935, Denmark) is a former territorial-level Canadian politician. In 1953, he got a job in the Canadian Arctic with the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut (then the Northwest Territories). In the following year, he was sent to Perry River (Kuugjuak) to assist Stephen Angulalik, the Ahiarmiut Inuit owner of the trading post, with the financial records, inventory and ordering, as Angulalik spoke no English. In 1957, Angulalik sold the Perry River post to the HBC and Pedersen was appointed manager. Angulalik returned to the post after resolving legal problems and worked alongside Pedersen; they became lifelong friends.[1][2][3][4] He was, at one time, married to Lena Pedersen and their grandson, Calvin Pedersen was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in July 2020.[5][6]
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- ^ "Perry River Post". Kitikmeot Heritage Society. Archived from the original on 2007-09-22. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
- ^ "Kitikmeot Research Project". nald.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
- ^ "Red Pedersen". Kitikmeot Heritage Society. Archived from the original on 2007-09-22. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ Okpik, Abraham (2005-09-29). "The Beginning of Aboriginal Political Organizations". We Call It Survival (PDF). Vol. Life Stories of Northern Leaders Series Volume One. Nunavut Arctic College. pp. 317, 326. ISBN 1-896-204-71-6. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
...and Leena Pedersen,5 who was an Inuk member of the Legislative Assembly from Coppermine....5. Originally from Greenland, she married Red Pedersen from Cam-bridge Bay.
- ^ Derek Neary, "New MLAs acclaimed in Baker Lake, Kugluktuk; race set for Pangnirtung mayor". Nunavut News, July 24, 2020.