Mumilaaq Qaqqaq
Mumilaaq Qaqqaq (Inuktitut: ᒧᒥᓛᖅ ᖃᖅᑲᖅ; born 4 November 1993; formerly known as Trina Qaqqaq) is a Canadian activist and former politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Nunavut in the House of Commons from 2019 to 2021.
Mumilaaq Qaqqaq | |
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ᒧᒥᓛᖅ ᖃᖅᑲᖅ | |
| Member of Parliament for Nunavut | |
| In office 21 October 2019 – 20 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Hunter Tootoo |
| Succeeded by | Lori Idlout |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Trina Qaqqaq 4 November 1993 Baker Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada |
| Political party | New Democratic (before 2022) |
| Residence(s) | Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada |
Elected in the 2019 Canadian federal election, Qaqqaq was the first member of the New Democratic Party (NDP) to represent Nunavut since the creation of the territory in 1999; Peter Ittinuar (MP for Nunatsiaq) had previously represented what is now Nunavut as an NDP member until switching affiliation to the Liberal Party in 1982. During her tenure, she was the only non-Liberal MP from Northern Canada.
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