Moses Appaqaq Jr. (born April 2, 1946) is a

soapstone Soapstone (also known as steatite or soaprock) is a talc-schist, which is a type of metamorphic rock. It is composed largely of the magnesium-rich mineral talc. It is produced by dynamothermal metamorphism and metasomatism, which occur in sub ...

carver, former

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, and former territorial-level politician from

Sanikiluaq Sanikiluaq ( ) is a municipality and Inuit community located on the north coast of Flaherty Island in Hudson Bay, on the Belcher Islands. Despite being geographically much closer to the shores of Ontario and Quebec, the community and the Belch ...

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

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). Appaqaq ran for a seat in the

1979 Northwest Territories general election The 1979 Northwest Territories general election was held on October 1, 1979. Twenty-two members were elected to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. In 1980, George Braden was named "Government Leader", the first democratic leader of ...

, he won the

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electoral district and his first term in office. Appaqaq ran for a second term in the

1983 Northwest Territories general election The 1983 Northwest Territories general election, in Canada, was held on November 21, 1983. This was the first election for the Council of the Northwest Territories with live television coverage of vote returns. Election results The election was ...

. In that election he defeated six other candidates. Appaqaq was defeated running for a third term in office by

Charlie Crow Charlie Crow (born: Richmond Gulf, Quebec) is a former disc jockey and Member of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1991. Early life Crow became the first disc jockey for community radio station CKSN-FM when it opened in ...

in the

1987 Northwest Territories general election The 1987 Northwest Territories general election was held on October 5, 1987. This was the last election in which Elections Canada would administer the elections. Election Results The election was held in 24 constituencies with 15,901 ballots cas ...

. After politics he became a director on the board of Qikittaluk Corporation. Appaqaq attempted a return to politics running in the

electoral district in the

1999 Nunavut general election The 1999 Nunavut general election was the first general election in the territory and was held on February 15, 1999, to elect the members of the 1st Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Although Nunavut did not become a territory until April 1, 1999 ...

. He was defeated by Peter Kattuk. Kattuk and Appaqaq faced each other again in the

2004 Nunavut general election The 2004 Nunavut general election was held on February 16, 2004, to elect the 19 members of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Premier Paul Okalik asked for the five-year-old territory's first parliament to be dissolved on January 16. Th ...

; he was defeated for the second time in a row.

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