Pokiak first became a politician on the municipal level serving as a councilor on the Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk council.
Pokiak ran for a seat 2003 Northwest Territories general election.
He won the Nunakput electoral district defeating incumbent Vince Steen.
[1] He was defeated in his bid for re-election to a second term in the 2007 Northwest Territories general election.
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