Tom Sammurtok Explained

Tom Sammurtok
Residence:Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for
Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet
Term Start:October 28, 2013
Term End:September 24, 2017
Predecessor:Riding Established
Successor:Cathy Towtongie
Party:non-partisan
consensus government

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674kivalliq_sends_new_energy_to_territorial_legislature/ "Kivalliq sends new energy to the Nunavut legislature"
  2. http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674rankin_inlet_south_gets_a_new_mla/ "Alexander Sammurtok beats Lorne Kusugak to take Rankin Inlet South"