Joe Enook

Joe Enook
MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Tununiq
In office
September 12, 2011 – March 29, 2019
Preceded byJames Arvaluk
Succeeded byDavid Qajaakuttuk Qamaniq
9th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut[1]
In office
November 17, 2017 – March 29, 2019
Preceded byGeorge Qulaut
Succeeded bySimeon Mikkungwak
Personal details
Born1957 (1957)
near Pond Inlet, Northwest Territories
Died (aged 61)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political partynon-partisan
consensus government

Joe Enook (1957 – March 29, 2019) was a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the district of Tununiq in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in a by-election on September 12, 2011.[2] He was re-elected in 2013 and 2017. In 2017, he was acclaimed as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, the office he held until his death in March 2019.[3] During his tenure as a Member of the Legislative Assembly and as its Speaker, he rarely addressed the legislature in English, as he preferred to promote the use of Inuktitut.[3]

Enook was born in 1957 near Pond Inlet.[3] He died in office in 2019 after a short illness at the age of 61.[4]

  1. ^ "MLAs-elect make their choice: it’s Paul Aarulaaq Quassa for Nunavut premier". Nunatsiaq News, November 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "Enook, Ell, Oshutapik win Nunavut byelections". CBC News, September 12, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Murray, Nick (30 March 2019). "'Nunavut has lost a great MLA': Speaker Joe Enook dead at 61". CBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Passing of Speaker Enook". Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. 30 March 2019. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2019.