Tom Sammurtok is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2013 election. He represented the electoral district of

Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet ( iu, ᑲᖏᕐᒃᖠᓂᐅᑉ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓ−ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ, french: Rankin Inlet Nord-Chesterfield Inlet, Inuinnaqtun: Kangirliniq Tununga-Igluligaaryuk) is a territorial electoral district ( rid ...

until 2017, when he was defeated by

Cathy Towtongie Q. Cathy Towtongie is a Canadian Inuk politician from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2017 general election to represent the electoral district of Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet. Prior ...

. He is the uncle of

Alexander Sammurtok Alexander Sammurtok (born 1952 or 1953) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in a by-election on February 10, 2014. Sammurtok first ran in the 2013 election, but finished in an exact tie with incumbe ...

, who was elected as the MLA for the neighbouring electoral district of Rankin Inlet South in a 2014 byelection."Alexander Sammurtok beats Lorne Kusugak to take Rankin Inlet South"
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Nunatsiaq News ''Nunatsiaq News'' ( iu, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ, italic=no) is a Canadian weekly newspaper in operation since 1973 based in Iqaluit, serving Nunavut and Nunavik, in Kativik, Quebec, Kativik, Nord-du-Québec. The paper is publ ...

'', February 10, 2014.

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Living people Members of the Executive Council of Nunavut Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Inuit from the Northwest Territories Inuit politicians People from Rankin Inlet 21st-century Canadian politicians Inuit from Nunavut Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nunavut-politician-stub