# Joe Arlooktoo

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**Joe Arlooktoo**[pronunciation?] (June 26, 1939 – December 2025) was a Canadian visual artist, adept at [soapstone](/source/Soapstone) and [ivory carving](/source/Ivory_carving), and a municipal and territorial-level politician who was a member of the [Northwest Territories Legislature](/source/Northwest_Territories_Legislature) from 1979 until 1991. He was later a councillor in [Kimmirut, Nunavut](/source/Kimmirut,_Nunavut).

## Biography

Arlooktoo ran for a seat in the Northwest Territories Legislature in the [1979 Northwest Territories general election](/source/1979_Northwest_Territories_general_election) winning the [Baffin South](/source/Baffin_South) electoral district. He was re-elected to a second term in the [1983 Northwest Territories general election](/source/1983_Northwest_Territories_general_election).[3] He served a third term and final term being returned in the [1987 Northwest Territories general election](/source/1987_Northwest_Territories_general_election). Arlooktoo was defeated by [Kenoayoak Pudlat](/source/Kenoayoak_Pudlat) in the [1991 Northwest Territories general election](/source/1991_Northwest_Territories_general_election).

After his defeat from the Northwest Territories Legislature, Arlooktoo was elected as mayor of [Kimmirut](/source/Kimmirut,_Nunavut), [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut). in 2000.[4] He was re-elected to another term as mayor in 2004.[5]

Arlooktoo died in December 2025, at the age of 86.[6] His son, [Goo Arlooktoo](/source/Goo_Arlooktoo), also served in the Northwest Territories Legislature, from 1995 until 1999.

## References

1. McKibbon, Sean (July 30, 1999). ["Kimmirut arena plans on ice until waste site cleaned up"](https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/kimmirut_arena_plans_on_ice_until_waste_site_cleaned_up/). *[Nunatsiaq News](/source/Nunatsiaq_News)*. Retrieved January 15, 2026.

1. Peritz, Ingrid (December 25, 2011). ["In the depth of a northern winter, hope persists for a vanished hunter"](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/in-the-depth-of-a-northern-winter-hope-persists-for-a-vanished-hunter/article4197277/). *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*. Retrieved January 15, 2026.

1. *The Eleventh Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories*. Yellowknife: Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. 1987. p. 22.

1. ["Municipal candidates prepare for election"](http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut021206/news/nunavut/21206_07.html). Nunatsiaq News. December 6, 2002. Retrieved September 23, 2007.

1. Sara Minogue (December 10, 2004). ["Municipal elections on Monday"](http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/41210/news/nunavut/41210_05.html). Nunatsiaq News. Retrieved September 23, 2007.

1. ["Former MLA and mayor Joe Arlooktoo passes away at 86"](https://nunavutnews.com/2026/01/06/former-mla-and-mayor-joe-arlooktoo-passes-away-at-86/). Nunavut News. 6 January 2026. Retrieved 6 January 2026.

## External links

- [Scrimshaw carving, McCord Museum of Canadian History](http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/ME985.105.12.1-2&section=196?Lang=1&accessnumber=ME985.105.12.1-2&section=196)
- [Katilvik.com Joe Arlooktoo](http://www.katilvik.com/content/bio/view.php?bid=1204&criteria=community&q=Lake%20Harbour) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110713140419/http://www.katilvik.com/content/bio/view.php?bid=1204&criteria=community&q=Lake%20Harbour) July 13, 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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