Calvin Pokiak
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Calvin P. Pokiak (born May 28, 1955, Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada) is a former territorial level politician.
Pokiak first became a politician on the municipal level serving as a councilor on the Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk council. He later served as mayor for the community.
Pokiak ran for a seat 2003 Northwest Territories general election. He won the Nunakput electoral district defeating incumbent Vince Steen.{{cite web |title=NWT Votes 2003 Nunakput riding profile |url=http://www.cbc.ca/nwtvotes2003/riding/009/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191647/http://www.cbc.ca/nwtvotes2003/riding/009/ |archive-date=2016-03-03 |accessdate=2007-11-26 |publisher=CBC News}} He was defeated in his bid for re-election to a second term in the 2007 Northwest Territories general election. He came last in a field of four candidates.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/nwtvotes2007/riding/009/index.html| title= NWT Votes 2007 Nunakput riding profile | publisher = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |accessdate=2007-09-08}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070906020515/http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/Members/CalvinPokiak.html Official Biography]
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before=Vince Steen|
years=2003-2007|
after=Jackie Jacobson|
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Category:21st-century Inuit people
Category:Inuit from the Northwest Territories
Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Category:People from Tuktoyaktuk
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