Joe Arlooktoo (born June 26, 1939) is a northern Canadian artist, adept at

soapstone Soapstone (also known as steatite or soaprock) is a talc-schist, which is a type of metamorphic rock. It is composed largely of the magnesium rich mineral talc. It is produced by dynamothermal metamorphism and metasomatism, which occur in the zo ...

and

ivory carving Ivory carving is the carving of ivory, that is to say animal tooth or tusk, generally by using sharp cutting tools, either mechanically or manually. Objects carved in ivory are often called "ivories". Humans have ornamentally carved ivory since ...

, and a municipal and territorial-level politician who was a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 until 1991. He is a current councillor of

Kimmirut Kimmirut ( Syllabics: ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ ; known as Lake Harbour until 1 January 1996) is a community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on the shore of Hudson Strait on Baffin Island's Meta Incognita Peninsula. Kimmirut means ...

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'' ...

. Arlooktoo ran for a seat in the Northwest Territories Legislature in the

1979 Northwest Territories general election The 1979 Northwest Territories general election was held on October 1, 1979. Twenty-two members were elected to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. In 1980, George Braden was named "Government Leader", the first democratic leader of t ...

winning the

Baffin South Baffin may refer to: Places * Qikiqtaaluk Region, also called the Baffin Region, an administrative and census region of Nunavut, Canada * Baffin, Unorganized, part of the Baffin Region census division * South Baffin, a territorial electoral distric ...

electoral district. He was re-elected to a second term in the

1983 Northwest Territories general election The 1983 Northwest Territories general election was held on November 21, 1983. This was the first election in the Northwest Territories with live television coverage of vote returns. Election Results The election was held in 24 constituencies, up ...

. He served a third term and final term being returned in the

1987 Northwest Territories general election File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...

. Arlooktoo was defeated by

Kenoayoak Pudlat Kenoayoak Pudlat is a former territorial level politician from Lake Harbour, Northwest Territories, now Kimmirut, Nunavut Pudlat was elected to the Baffin South electoral district in the 1991 Northwest Territories general election. He defeated ...

in the

1991 Northwest Territories general election The 1991 Northwest Territories general election was held on October 15, 1991. Election Results The election was held in 24 constituencies with 16,068 ballots cast, a turnout of 76.25%. Outgoing Premier Dennis Patterson ran for re-election but wa ...

. After his defeat from the Northwest Territories Legislature, Arlooktoo was elected as mayor of

. in 2000. He was re-elected to another term as mayor in 2004. Arlooktoo's son, Goo Arlooktoo, also served in the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1995 until 1999.

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Scrimshaw carving, McCord Museum of Canadian HistoryKatilvik.com Joe Arlooktoo
1939 births Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Living people Inuit politicians Mayors of places in Nunavut People from Kimmirut Inuit from the Northwest Territories Inuit from Nunavut Inuit artists Artists from the Northwest Territories {{Nunavut-mayor-stub