Bryan Pearson (politician)
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Bryan Pearson | |
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| MLA for Eastern Arctic | |
| In office 1970–1975 | |
| Preceded by | Simonie Michael |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| MLA for Baffin South | |
| In office 1975–1979 | |
| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Joe Arlooktoo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 May 1934 Liverpool, England |
| Died | 12 October 2016 (aged 82) |
Bryan Pearson (30 May 1934 – 12 October 2016), nicknamed Sedluk or Salluk, meaning skinny in Inuktitut,[1] was a territorial level politician from the Northwest Territories, in what is now Nunavut, Canada.
Pearson was born in Liverpool, England 30 May 1934. He had two siblings, a brother - Robert and a sister - Val Pearson, who grew up in the Wirral Merseyside.
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Pearson joined the Merchant Navy when he was about 15.[2] After working on ships in Britain and Australia he came to Canada in 1956 and went to Baffin Island.[1] He was hired to work at the Distant Early Warning Line site on Padloping Island in the kitchen. In 1957 he moved to Apex, an Inuit community about 5 km (3.1 mi) outside of Iqaluit, to work at the Frobisher Bay Air Base.[1][3]
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 Kenn Harper). He also worked as the communities undertaker for many years and had a hearse shipped in.[1][3]
