Jack Iyerak Anawak | |||||||||||||||||||||
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ᔭᒃ ᐃᐊᕋᒃ ᐊᓇᕙᒃ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Canadian Ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||
In office January 19, 2004 – October 3, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Jean Chrétien | ||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Mary Simon | ||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Position abolished | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Repulse Bay, Northwest Territories | September 26, 1950||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Iyerak Anawak (born September 26, 1950) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Nunatsiaq in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. He sat in the house as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. Following his retirement from federal politics, he also served a term in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut after that territory was created in 1999. He ran as the New Democratic Party's candidate for his old riding, now renamed Nunavut, in the 2015 election, but was defeated by Liberal candidate Hunter Tootoo.