Hunter Tootoo
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The Honourable Hunter Tootoo ᕼᐊᓐᑕ ᑐᑐ PC MP |
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| Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard | |
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In office November 4, 2015 – May 31, 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Gail Shea |
| Succeeded by | Dominic LeBlanc |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Nunavut |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Leona Aglukkaq |
| 7th Speaker of the Nunavut Legislative Assembly | |
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In office May 31, 2011 – November 15, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Okalik |
| Succeeded by | George Qulaut |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Iqaluit Centre | |
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In office February 15, 1999 – October 28, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Riding dissolved |
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August 18, 1963 Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations |
Liberal (2015-2016) New Democratic (1997-1999) |
Hunter A. Tootoo, PC MP (Inuktitut: ᕼᐊᓐᑕ ᑐᑐ; born August 18, 1963) is a politician in Nunavut, Canada. He represents the electoral district of Nunavut in the House of Commons of Canada, and was appointed the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard in the federal Cabinet, headed by Justin Trudeau, on November 4, 2015. Tootoo resigned from cabinet and the Liberal caucus on May 31, 2016 to take a leave from Parliament to seek treatment for alcohol addiction. Tootoo returned to his MP duties by the end of July 2016 after the completion of his treatment program but remains sitting as an independent.
Before federal politics, Tootoo served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, where he represented the riding of Iqaluit Centre from 1999 to 2013. Tootoo was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2013.
Tootoo was born in Rankin Inlet, the son of Batiste Tootoo, an Inuk, and Sally Luttmer (née Wolfe), originally from Montreal and descended from Lithuanian Jewish immigrants. He is a businessman in northern Canada, and was the co-founder of the Iqaluit branch of Arctic Insurance Brokers Ltd. Tootoo is a former member of the Northwest Territories Co-op Business Development Board, the Sport North Board of Directors, and Arctic Co-operatives Ltd.
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