Enuk Pauloosie is an

Inuk Inuit (singular: Inuk) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America and Russia, including Greenland, Labr ...

Canadian, a former politician who was elected as the

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for the

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Nattilik Nattilik (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓇᑦᑎᓕᒃ; Inuktitut pronunciation: atːilik was a territorial electoral district ( riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The riding consisted of the communities of Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak ...

in the

Legislative Assembly of Nunavut The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is the legislative assembly for the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The seat of the Assembly is the Legislative Building of Nunavut in Iqaluit. Prior to the creation of Nunavut as a Canadian territory on ...

in the 2008 territorial election. His, now defunct, riding of

encompassed the communities of

Gjoa Haven Gjoa Haven (; Inuktitut: Uqsuqtuuq, syllabics: ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ , meaning "lots of fat", referring to the abundance of sea mammals in the nearby waters; or �ʒɔa evən is an Inuit hamlet in Nunavut, above the Arctic Circle, located in th ...

and

Taloyoak Taloyoak or Talurjuaq (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ), formerly known as Spence Bay until 1 July 1992, although the body of water on which it is situated continues to be known as Spence Bay — same as the body of water on which ...

Nunavut Nunavut 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'' and the Nunavut Land Claims Agr ...

Before politics

Enuk Pauloosie was born in Spence Bay,

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately and a 2021 census population of 41,070, it is the second-largest and the most populous of Provinces and territorie ...

(now Taloyoak, Nunavut), in 1961.Candidates ready for election: Nattilik
- Northern News Services Online (accessed 2010-01-10). He had taken many jobs in both the public and private sectors prior to his 2008 election to the

. These positions included five years as a police officer with the

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in the communities of Baker Lake and

Cambridge Bay Cambridge Bay (Inuinnaqtun: Inuktitut syllabics, Inuktitut: ; 2021 Canadian census, 2021 population 1,760; Census geographic units of Canada#Population centres, population centre 1,403) is a Hamlet (place)#Canada, hamlet located on Victoria Is ...

. Pauloosie was also the General Manager of Housing in

, the Assistant Manager of the Kikertak Co-op in Gjoa Haven and a board member of both the Gjoa Haven Co-op and the local Hunters and Trappers Association.Enuk Pauloosie
-

(accessed 2010-01-10). From 1995 to 1999, he served as the Planning and Land Administrator for the Gjoa Haven community, and has also served as the Lands Officer for the

Kivalliq The Kivalliq Region (; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ) is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. It consists of the portion of the mainland to the west of Hudson Bay together with Southampton Island and Coats Island. The regional cen ...

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Association in Cambridge Bay and

Kugluktuk Kugluktuk (, ; Inuktitut syllabics: ; ), known as Coppermine until 1 January 1996, is a hamlet at the mouth of the Coppermine River in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada, on Coronation Gulf, southwest of Victoria Island. It is Nunavut's ...

Political career

In 2008, Pauloosie ran in the Nunavut general election in the riding of

. He campaigned on a platform of concern for housing, education (especially ensuring that more

traditional values are taught in schools), economic growth, municipal issues and tourism. Out of 663 electors, Pauloosie captured 229 votes, or 34.5%. This result was 32 votes (4.8%) above the next most popular candidate, Jeannie Kanayuk Ugyuk.Nunavut Votes 2008
-

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(accessed 2010-01-10). In June 2009, Pauloosie was suspended from sittings of the

without pay for the entire spring session for being "persistently absent without reasonable explanation from recent meetings of the Legislative Assembly’s committees and caucuses".MLA for Nattilik Suspended from Spring Sitting of the Legislative Assembly
-

(accessed 2010-01-10). The motion to suspend Pauloosie was passed without opposition. He resumed his seat in the fall session of the Legislative Assembly.Enuk Pauloosie quits Nunavut assembly seat
/ref> In November 2009, Pauloosie called upon the

Government of Nunavut The Government of Nunavut ( Inuinnaqtun ''Nunavut Kavamanga''; ) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. In modern Canadian use, the term ''Government of Nunavut'' refers specifically to the executi ...

to ban all of its employees from flying

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to support northern airlines such as

First Air Bradley Air Services Limited, operated as First Air, was an airline headquartered in Kanata, Ontario, Kanata, a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

and

Canadian North Bradley Air Services, operating as Canadian North, is a wholly Inuit-owned airline headquartered in Kanata, Ontario, Canada. It operates scheduled passenger services to communities in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the Nunavik region ...

.In the Nunavut legislature last week
- NunatsiaqOnline (accessed 2010-01-10). On 22 February 2010, Pauloosie presented a letter of resignation to

James Arreak James Arreak (born October 6, 1952) is a territorial and municipal level politician in Canada. He has served as a member of both the Nunavut and Northwest Territories legislatures. Biography Arreak is from Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada. Arre ...

, the

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. Pauloosie said that he was resigning for personal reasons but did not expand on them. Clerk of the assembly, John Quirke, said that

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must be held within six months.Pauloosie resigns as Nunavut MLA
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Personal life

Enuk Pauloosie is married to his wife Celine and has two sons.

References

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