Joe Arlooktoo

Who is Joe Arlooktoo?

Joe Arlooktoo is a northern Canadian artist, adept at soapstone and ivory carving, and a municipal and territorial level politician who was a Member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 until 1991. He is the current Mayor of Kimmirut, Nunavut.

Arlooktoo ran for a seat in the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election winning the Baffin South electoral district. He was re-elected to a second term in the 1983 Northwest Territories general election. He serve a third term and final term being returned in the 1987 Northwest Territories general election. Arlooktoo would be defeated by Kenoayoak Pudlat in the 1991 Northwest Territories general election.

After his defeat from the Northwest Territories Legislature, Arlooktoo was elected as Mayor of Kimmirut, Nunavut. in 2000. He was re-elected to another term as Mayor in 2004.

Arlooktoo's son, Goo Arlooktoo, also served in the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1995 until 1999.