Calvin Pokiak

'''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.<ref name="profile">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="nwt2003">{{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|archive-date=2007-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023080720/http://www.cbc.ca/nwtvotes2007/riding/009/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070906020515/http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/Members/CalvinPokiak.html Official Biography]

{{s-start}} {{s-par|ca-nt}} {{succession box| before=Vince Steen| title=MLA Nunakput| years=2003-2007| after=Jackie Jacobson| }} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pokiak, Calvin}} Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Inuit politicians Category:Inuit from the Northwest Territories Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Category:People from Tuktoyaktuk