Jeannie Hakongak Ehaloak is a
Canadian
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politician, who was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
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Prior to the creation of Nunavut as a Canadian territory on Apr ...
in the
2017 general election
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January
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. She represents the electoral district of
Cambridge Bay
Cambridge Bay (Inuinnaqtun: ''Iqaluktuuttiaq'' Inuktitut: ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ; 2021 population 1,760; population centre 1,403) is a hamlet located on Victoria Island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is the largest settl ...
.
Prior to her election to the legislature, Ehaloak served as mayor of
Cambridge Bay
Cambridge Bay (Inuinnaqtun: ''Iqaluktuuttiaq'' Inuktitut: ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ; 2021 population 1,760; population centre 1,403) is a hamlet located on Victoria Island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is the largest settl ...
.
"Cambridge Bay elects new mayor"
''Nunatsiaq News
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'', December 13, 2011.
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Women MLAs in Nunavut
Inuit politicians
Living people
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21st-century Canadian politicians
Mayors of places in Nunavut
Women mayors of places in Nunavut
People from Cambridge Bay
Inuit from the Northwest Territories
Inuit from Nunavut
Members of the Executive Council of Nunavut
Women government ministers of Canada
Canadian Inuit women
21st-century Canadian women politicians
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