David Iqaqrialu (born July 2, 1954) is a former territorial level politician from Clyde River,

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...

(now

Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' ...

), Canada. He served as a member of the Nunavut Legislature from 1999 until 2004.Canadian Parliamentary Guide 2001 Iqaqrialu was first elected to the Nunavut Legislature in the

1999 Nunavut general election The 1999 Nunavut general election was the first general election in the territory and was held on 15 February 1999, to elect the members of the 1st Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Although Nunavut did not become a territory until 1 April 1999 the ...

. He won the electoral district of

Uqqummiut Uqqummiut ( iu, ᐅᕐᒃᑯᒻᒥᐅᑦ, Inuinnaqtun: Uqqurmiut) is a territorial electoral district ( riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The riding consists of the communities of Clyde River and Qikiqtarjuaq. The Membe ...

in a hotly contested three-way race defeating former Northwest Territories MLA's Tommy Enuaraq and

Pauloosie Paniloo Pauloosie Paniloo (1943 Clyde River, Nunavut - April 20, 2007 200 km south of Clyde River, Nunavut) was a territorial level politician. He served as a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1983 to 1987. He was also a member o ...

. He served a single term in the legislature as chair of the Committee of the Whole. Iqaqrialu ran for re-election in the

2004 Nunavut general election The 2004 Nunavut general election was held on February 16, 2004, to elect the 19 members of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Premier Paul Okalik asked for the five-year-old territory's first parliament to be dissolved on January 16. The t ...

but was badly defeated by James Arreak finishing sixth out of seventh. His popular vote evaporated with 74% since the last election swinging to other candidates.

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Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut 21st-century Canadian politicians Living people People from Clyde River Inuit from the Northwest Territories 1954 births Inuit from Nunavut {{Nunavut-politician-stub