Jack Anawak

Jack Iyerak Anawak
Jack Iyerak Anawak
ᔭᒃ ᐃᐊᕋᒃ ᐊᓇᕙᒃ
Canadian Ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs
	In office; January 19, 2004 – October 3, 2006
Prime Minister	Jean Chrétien
Preceded by	Mary Simon
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the ; Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ; for Rankin Inlet North
	In office; February 15, 1999 – February 16, 2004
Preceded by	Riding established
Succeeded by	Tagak Curley
Member of Parliament; for Nunatsiaq
	In office; November 21, 1988 – June 2, 1997
Preceded by	Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Succeeded by	Massimo Pacetti
Personal details
Born	September 26, 1950 (age 73); Repulse Bay, Northwest Territories
Political party	Liberal (1988-1997); Independent (1999-2004); New Democratic (2015);

Jack Iyerak Anawak (born September 26, 1950) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Nunatsiaq in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. He sat in the house as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. Following his retirement from federal politics, he also served a term in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut after that territory was created in 1999. He ran as the New Democratic Party's candidate for his old riding, now renamed Nunavut, in the 2015 election, but was defeated by Liberal candidate Hunter Tootoo.