Silas Arngna'naaq is a retired politician from Baker Lake,Nunavut Votes 2004 Arviat Profile
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and former member of the

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. He served as the Minister of Renewable Resources for the Government of the

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/ref> Arngna'naaq was elected to the Kivallivik electoral district 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 ...

. He defeated two term incumbent Gordon Wray to win the Kivallivik electoral district. Arngna'naaq ran for a second term in office 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 ...

but was defeated by candidate Kevin O'Brien. As of 14 April 2010 he was the Acting Senior Consumer Affairs Officer for the

Government of Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' and the '' Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act'', w ...

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Living people Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories People from Baker Lake Inuit from the Northwest Territories Inuit politicians Inuit from Nunavut Year of birth missing (living people) {{NorthwestTerritories-politician-stub