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Hunter Tootoo

The Honourable
Hunter Tootoo
ᕼᐊᓐᑕ ᑐᑐ

PC MP
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Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
In office
November 4, 2015 – May 31, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Preceded by Gail Shea
Succeeded by Dominic LeBlanc
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Nunavut
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded by Leona Aglukkaq
7th Speaker of the Nunavut Legislative Assembly
In office
May 31, 2011 – November 15, 2013
Preceded by Paul Okalik
Succeeded by George Qulaut
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Iqaluit Centre
In office
February 15, 1999 – October 28, 2013
Preceded by first member
Succeeded by Riding dissolved
Personal details
Born (1963-08-18) August 18, 1963 (age 53)
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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