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About Joe Arlooktoo
- Joe Arlooktoo (born June 26, 1939) is a northern Canadian artist, adept at soapstone and ivory carving, and a municipal and territorial-level politician who was a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 until 1991.
- He is a current councilor of Kimmirut, Nunavut. Arlooktoo ran for a seat in the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election winning the Baffin South electoral district.
- He was re-elected to a second term in the 1983 Northwest Territories general election.
- He served a third term and final term being returned in the 1987 Northwest Territories general election.
- Arlooktoo was defeated by Kenoayoak Pudlat in the 1991 Northwest Territories general election. After his defeat from the Northwest Territories Legislature, Arlooktoo was elected as mayor of Kimmirut, Nunavut.
- in 2000.
- He was re-elected to another term as mayor in 2004.Arlooktoo's son, Goo Arlooktoo, also served in the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1995 until 1999.
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