Ipeelee Kilabuk was a territorial level politician from Pangnirtung

Pangnirtung, Nunavut

Pangnirtung is an Inuit hamlet, Qikiqtaaluk Region, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, located on Baffin Island. As of the 2006 census the population was 1,325, an increase of 3.8% from the 2001 census...

, Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

, (now Nunavut

Nunavut

Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...

) Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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Kilabuk was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1975 Northwest Territories general election

Northwest Territories general election, 1975

The Northwest Territories general election, 1975 was the 13th general election in the Northwest Territories history. The election took place on March 10, 1975. This was the first general election since 1902 that all the members of the assembly were elected...

. He ran for re-election in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election

Northwest Territories general election, 1979

The Northwest Territories general election, 1979 was the 14th general election in the Northwest Territories history. The election took place on October 1, 1979....

 but was defeated by James Arreak

James Arreak

James Arreak is a territorial and municipal level politician in Canada. He has served as a member of both the Nunavut and Northwest Territories legislatures.Arreak is from Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada....

. Arreak would last less than a year in office and Kilibuk was returned to a second in a by-election held in September 1980. He would run for office again in the 1983 Northwest Territories general election

Northwest Territories general election, 1983

The Northwest Territories general election, 1983 was the 15th general election in the Northwest Territories history. The election took place on November 21, 1983....

 but would be defeated for the second time by Pauloosie Paniloo

Pauloosie Paniloo

Pauloosie Paniloo was a territorial level politician. He served as a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1983 to 1987. He was also a member of the Canadian Rangers, serving as a ranger for 28 years.-Canadian Rangers:Paniloo joined the Canadian Rangers in 1979...

. Paniloo and Kilabuk would face each other again in the 1987 Northwest Territories general election

Northwest Territories general election, 1987

The Northwest Territories general election, 1987 was the 16th general election in the history of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The election took place on October 5, 1987.This was the last election in which Elections Canada would administer the elections....

. This time Kilabuk would defeat Paniloo to win his third term in office. He would be defeated again at the end of his third term in the 1991 Northwest Territories general election

Northwest Territories general election, 1991

The Northwest Territories general election, 1991 was the 17th general election in the Northwest Territories history. The election took place on October 15, 1991.Twenty four members were elected to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly....

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Kilabuk died in March 2000 of a heart attack.

External links

• Ipeelee Kilabuk profile