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♂ Jack Iyerak Anawak
aliasJack Iyerak Anawak
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 43%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Nunavut 1 2 3
Northwest Territories 0 1 1
Total 3 4 7
Birth 26 September 1950
Age 73 years + 7 months
First mandate 21 November 1988 → 35 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 20 years + 2 months ago (15 February 2004)
Special notes
None
 
Jack Iyerak Anawak (1950– )
© Photo 1994 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
When the Canadian two-dollar coin was introduced in 1996, Anawak proposed the nickname "Nanuq" (polar bear) in honour of Canadian Inuit and their northern culture. However, this culturally meaningful proposal went largely unnoticed.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 8 6 8
Nunavut 4 11 30 Z
TOTAL 13 6 8

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 9  
6 documented challengers
⊕ Leona Aglukkaq  f 
⊕ Lorne Q. Kusugak  m 
⊕ Hunter A. Tootoo  m 
 		 ⊕ Patricia J. Angnakak  f 
⊕ Patterk Netser  m 
⊖ Gordon Wray  m 
 
Eligible: 900 Votes: 729 Participation: 81.00% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
9		 Northwest Territories
17 January 1983
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30964(F) — 22 Jan 2023 13:13 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
32
IND
 3/3 151 20.86% -188 Winner:
IND
 339 46.82% Gordon Wray
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,403 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
34		 Northwest Territories
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3548(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
38
LIB
 1/4 3,356 39.94% +570 Loser:
NDP
 2,786 33.15% Peter Kusugak

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,368 Votes: 9,697 Participation: 67.49% Candidacies: 3
Federal
35		 Northwest Territories
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3249(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/3 6,685 69.79% +4,715 Loser:
PC
 1,970 20.57% Leena Evic-Twerdin

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,114 Votes: 7,244 Participation: 59.80% Candidacies: 4
Federal
36		 Northwest Territories
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2948(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
LIB
 3,302 45.89% Nancy U. Karetak-Lindell
Eligible: 508 Votes: 401 Participation: 78.94% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
1		 Nunavut
15 February 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30372(F) — 17 Jan 2023 14:17 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
IND
 1/3 146 36.78% +14 Loser:
IND
 132 33.25% Louis Pilakapsi

Service: 5 years (Oppo.)
Eligible: 671 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Territorial
2		 Nunavut
15 February 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30390(F) — 17 Jan 2023 10:42 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
IND
 Acclam. Tagak Curley
Eligible: 764 Votes: 482 Participation: 63.09% Candidacies: 6
Territorial
4		 Nunavut
28 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30432(F) — 16 Jan 2023 21:34 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
63
IND
 4/6 66 13.87% -85 Winner:
IND
 151 31.72% Patricia J. Angnakak
Eligible: 20,252 Votes: 12,023 Participation: 59.37% Candidacies: 4
Federal
42		 Nunavut
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7420(F) — 6 Jul 2023 23:14 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
65
NDP
 2/4 3,171 26.58% -2,448 Winner:
LIB
 5,619 47.11% Hunter A. Tootoo
Eligible: 855 Votes: 547 Participation: 63.98% Candidacies: 2
Territorial
5		 Nunavut
30 October 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30448(F) — 16 Jan 2023 12:50 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
67
IND
 2/2 218 40.67% -100 Winner:
IND
 318 59.33% Patterk Netser

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Jack Iyerak Anawak, M.P.		 03 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Jack Iyerak Anawak, député		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jack Anawak		 03 Feb 2024

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