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Bryan Pearson (politician)

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mourned his lost, Queen Elizabeth sent a letter of condolences and the Canadian territories hung the flag at half mast in Pearson's honour. A plaque remembering Pearson is to be opened in Liverpool Cathedral, one of Bryan's favourite places.
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Beginning in the 1960s he began several businesses including the original taxi service, Astro Theatre (in 1994, the first, and as of 2016 the only cinema in Nunavut), Arctic Ventures (which he later sold to
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In 1964, a fire in Apex motivated Pearson and others to organise the first settlement council for the community and was elected as the chairperson. Pearson was first elected to the
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and held that district until it was abolished in the 1975 redistribution. Pearson ran for re-election and won the new
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when he was about 15. After working on ships in Britain and Australia he came to Canada in 1956 and went to
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In 1979, Pearson was elected as the first mayor of Iqaluit and served several terms until 1985.
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Bryan Pearson MLA and Queen Elizabeth after her trip to visit in Iqaluit
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Remembering Bryan Pearson, Iqaluit's first mayor and local businessman
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Never to be forgotten: Bryan R. Pearson: May 30, 1934 — Oct. 12, 2016
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Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
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electoral district. He was defeated in a three-way race by
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While on holiday in Australia he was diagnosed with
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Index


MLA
Eastern Arctic
Simonie Michael
MLA
Baffin South
Joe Arlooktoo
Liverpool
Iqaluit
Nunavut
Inuktitut
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Liverpool

Wirral

Merchant Navy
Baffin Island
Distant Early Warning Line
Padloping Island
Apex
Iqaluit
Frobisher Bay Air Base
Kenn Harper
Northwest Territories Legislature
1970 Northwest Territories general election
Eastern Arctic
Baffin South
1975 Northwest Territories general election

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