Gooteleah "Goo" "Mosa" Arlooktoo (November 28, 1963 – April 30, 2002) was a Canadian politician and former cabinet minister from

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, Canada. He briefly served as acting premier of the territory.

Political career

Arlooktoo was first elected to the Northwest Territories legislature in the

1995 Northwest Territories general election File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ...

. He won the electoral district of Baffin South. In his first term in office he was appointed to the cabinet becoming Minister of Justice and Housing and Deputy Premier. Arlooktoo became Acting Premier after the sudden resignation of Premier

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who resigned over conflict of interest allegations. He served in this capacity from November 26 until December 10, 1998 when then Legislative Assembly chose

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to lead the government. Arlooktoo left the Northwest Territories legislature when the territory of

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'' ...

was created to run 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 was considered very likely to become Premier in the new territory, however he was defeated by

Olayuk Akesuk Olayuk Akesuk (born 1965) is a politician from Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada. Akesuk was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of South Baffin from 1999 to 2008, having won the seat in the 1999 Nunavut election. He ...

in an upset. Arlooktoo himself finished a close second.

Late life

After his defeat for the Nunavut Legislature he became assisted the fledgling government by holding orientations to help train newly elected members in the territory to assist them in performing their duties. He then became Executive Director of the Qikiqtaaluk Wildlife Board which he held until his death in 2002. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home at the age of 38 on April 30, 2002. Arlooktoo's father

Joe Arlooktoo Joe Arlooktoo (born June 26, 1939) is a northern Canadian artist, adept at soapstone and ivory carving, and a municipal and territorial-level politician who was a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 until 1991. He is a curr ...

also served as a Member of the Northwest Territories Legislature.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Arlooktoo, Goo 1963 births 2002 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories People from Kimmirut Inuit from the Northwest Territories Inuit from Nunavut Inuit politicians