Joe Enook (1957 – March 29, 2019) was a

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politician who was elected to represent the district of Tununiq in the

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in a

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on September 12, 2011."Enook, Ell, Oshutapik win Nunavut byelections"

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, September 12, 2011. He was re-elected in 2013 and 2017. In 2017, he was acclaimed as

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, the office he held until his death in March 2019. During his tenure as a Member of the Legislative Assembly and as its Speaker, he rarely addressed the legislature in

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, as he preferred to promote the use of

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. Enook was born in 1957 near

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. He died in office in 2019 after a short illness at the age of 61.

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*. Biography at the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Inuit from Nunavut Inuit politicians People from Pond Inlet 21st-century Canadian politicians Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut 1957 births 2019 deaths {{Nunavut-politician-stub