Hezakiah Oshutapik Explained

Hezakiah Oshutapik
Birth Date:	1955 or 1956^[1]
Birth Place:	Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories, Canada
Death Place:	Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada
Office:	MLA for Pangnirtung
Term Start:	2011
Term End:	2013
Predecessor:	Adamee Komoartok
Successor:	Johnny Mike
Party:	non-partisan consensus government

Hezakiah Oshutapik^[2] (sometimes spelt as Hezekiah,^[3] 1955 or 1956 – April 17, 2020) was a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the district of Pangnirtung in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in a by-election on September 12, 2011.^[4]

Oshutapik previously served as mayor of Pangnirtung.^[5] He died on April 17, 2020, at the age of 63, from a heart attack.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2013-10-10 . Nunavut election: Pangnirtung candidate profiles . CBC News.
2. http://www.elections.nu.ca/apps/FinancialReturns/DownloadFile.aspx?documentId=185 Campaign Financial Return
3. Web site: Elections Nunavut. www.elections.nu.ca. Apr 21, 2020.
4. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2011/09/12/north-nunavut-byelections.html "Enook, Ell, Oshutapik win Nunavut byelections"
5. Web site: 2011-09-13 . Monica Ell takes Iqaluit West in decisive win . 2023-01-13 . Nunatsiaq News . en.
6. Web site: Pangnirtung grieves after mayor suffers heart attack and dies while on the land CBC News.
7. Web site: Pangnirtung Mayor Hezakiah Oshutapik passes away. Nunatsiaq News. Apr 20, 2020. Apr 21, 2020.