Tom Sammurtok

Canadian politician

Tom Sammurtok
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for
Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet
In office
October 28, 2013 – September 24, 2017
Preceded byRiding Established
Succeeded byCathy Towtongie
Personal details
Born1946 or 1947 (age 76–77)
Political partynon-partisan
consensus government
Residence(s)Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada

Tom Sammurtok is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2013 election.[1] He represented the electoral district of Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet until 2017, when he was defeated by Cathy Towtongie.

He is the uncle of Alexander Sammurtok, who was elected as the MLA for the neighbouring electoral district of Rankin Inlet South in a 2014 byelection.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Kivalliq sends new energy to the Nunavut legislature". Nunatsiaq News, October 29, 2013.
  2. ^ "Alexander Sammurtok beats Lorne Kusugak to take Rankin Inlet South". Nunatsiaq News, February 10, 2014.


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