James Arreak (born October 6, 1952) is a territorial and municipal level politician in

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. He has served as a member of both the

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and

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legislatures.

Biography

Arreak is from Clyde River,

, Canada. Arreak was elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election. He won the Baffin South electoral district defeating incumbent Ipeelee Kilabuk. He left the legislature less than a year later in 1980. He was the

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(MLA) for the

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of Uqqummiut having won the seat in the 2004 Nunavut election. In June 2006 he was appointed deputy speaker for the Legislative Assembly. In 2008 he was elected

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. He resigned from this position in November 2010 to become Minister of Culture, Language, Elders, and Youth and Minister of Languages in the Cabinet of Nunavut. He was replaced as Speaker by former premier Paul Okalik. Arreak was at one time mayor of Clyde River.

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