Ovide Alakannuark

Ovide Alakannuark (December 25, 1938 – October 7, 2019) was a Canadian territorial level politician from Pelly Bay, Northwest Territories (now Kugaaruk, Nunavut).

He defeated candidate Steve Mapsalak by just 25 votes to win the Akulliq electoral district.

He only served a single term in the Legislature deciding not to run for re-election when it was dissolved in 2004.

[3] He attempted a return to politics running in rerun for the Akulliq district finishing a distant third on March 2, 2009.

[4] The two front runners Steve Mapsalak and John Ningark had also served as MLAs in the Nunavut Legislature.