Red Pedersen

Red Pedersen
Mayor of Kugluktuk
In office
1 January 2014 – incumbent
Preceded byErnie Bernhardt
MLA for Kitikmeot West
In office
1983–1991
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded byRiding dissolved
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories
In office
1987–1989
Preceded byDonald Morton Stewart
Succeeded byRichard Nerysoo
Personal details
Born1935
Denmark
Political partynon-partisan consensus government
ResidenceKugluktuk
Military service
AllegianceCanada
Branch/service Canadian Army
Years of service1960–?
Rank Lieutenant
UnitCanadian 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]

  1. ^ "CPA Activities: The Canadian Scene". Canadian Parliamentary Review. Vol. 10, no. 4. 1987. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
  2. ^ "Perry River Post". Kitikmeot Heritage Society. Archived from the original on 2007-09-22. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
  3. ^ "Kitikmeot Research Project". nald.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
  4. ^ "Red Pedersen". Kitikmeot Heritage Society. Archived from the original on 2007-09-22. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Derek Neary, "New MLAs acclaimed in Baker Lake, Kugluktuk; race set for Pangnirtung mayor". Nunavut News, July 24, 2020.