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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lori Idlout
| native_name = ᓘᕆ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᖅ
| native_name_lang = iu
| image = Lori Idlout and Jeff Avery at Kullik Elementary School 2022-04-12 4 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Idlout in 2022
| riding1 = [[Nunavut (electoral district)|Nunavut]]
| parliament1 = Canadian
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP|size=100%}}
| term_start1 = September 20, 2021
| predecessor1 = [[Mumilaaq Qaqqaq]]
| birth_place = [[Igloolik]], [[Northwest Territories (present day Nunavut)]]<ref name="nunatsiaq">{{cite news|title=Nunavut NDP announces Lori Idlout as federal election candidate |url=https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/ndps-lori-idlout-sees-resource-management-as-a-priority/ |access-date=21 September 2021 |work=nunatsiaq.com}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|03|28}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/LoriIdlout/status/1508623856386420739 ᓘᕆ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᖅ Lori Idlout❄️ on Twitter: Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. I had a wonderful day and weekend. I am now in Ottawa ready to work for Nunavummiut, Inuit, Métis and First Nations.] Twitter</ref><!-- ref name="nunatsiaq" -->
| profession = Lawyer, policy analyst, entrepreneur, non-profit director<ref name="vennmanagement" /><ref name="aptncelebrate">{{cite news |last1=Driscoll |first1=Kent |title=Lori Idlout celebrates her NDP win in Nunavut Inuit style |url=https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/ndps-lori-idlout-celebrates-win-in-nunavut-inuit-style/ |access-date=28 September 2021 |work=aptnnews.ca |agency=[[APTN National News|APTN News]] |publisher=[[Aboriginal Peoples Television Network]] |date=21 September 2021}}</ref>
| nationality = [[Canadians|Canadian]]
| party = [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
| residence = [[Igloolik]], [[Nunavut]]<ref name="locheadfan">{{cite web |last1=Lochead |first1=David |title=Nunavut candidates fan out across territory |url=https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/nunavut-candidates-fan-out-across-territory/ |website=[[Nunatsiaq News]] |publisher=nunatsiaq.com |access-date=27 September 2021 |language=en |date=24 August 2021}}</ref>
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{{Contains special characters|Canadian}}
'''Lori Idlout''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP}} ({{lang-iu|ᓘᕆ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᖅ|italic=no}}) (born March 28, 1974) is a Canadian politician who has served as [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|member of parliament]] for the riding of [[Nunavut (electoral district)|Nunavut]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] since 2021. She is a member of the [[New Democratic Party]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=McKay |first1=Jackie |title=NDP candidate Lori Idlout will be Nunavut's next MP |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-federal-election-night-results-2021-1.6183267 |access-date=21 September 2021 |work=cbc.ca |agency=CBC News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ritchot |first1=Mélanie |last2=Venn |first2=David |last3=Lochead |first3=David |title=Lori Idlout holds onto Nunavut for NDP |url=https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/nunavuts-lori-idlout-takes-early-lead-in-nunavut-polls/ |access-date=21 September 2021 |work=Nunatsiaq News |date=21 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
Before her election, Idlout practiced law in Iqaluit with her own firm, Qusugaq Law. She represented the group protesting against the [[Baffinland Iron Mine]]'s expansion, as well as serving as the technical adviser for the Ikajutit Hunters and Trappers Organization during a public hearing on the issue.<ref name="vennmanagement" /><ref name="cbc">{{cite news|title=
Idlout's nomination meeting vote was tied with Inuit educational YouTuber Aliqa Illauq. On August 10, 2021, Idlout secured the [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] nomination to run as their candidate for the riding of Nunavut by a [[Coin flipping|coin toss]], a first for the territory.<ref name="ritchotnomination" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ritchot |first1=Mélanie |title=
==Personal life and career==
Idlout was raised with three siblings and grew up in the [[Northwest Territories]] (now [[Nunavut]]) as a child. Her family moved between the communities of [[Igloolik]], [[Pond Inlet]], [[Rankin Inlet]], and [[Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut|Chesterfield Inlet]]. Idlout spent the most time in Igloolik, and currently resides there.<ref name="ritchotnomination">{{cite news |last1=Ritchot |first1=Mélanie |title=Lori Idlout secures NDP nomination for Nunavut |url=https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/lori-idlout-secures-ndp-nomination-for-nunavut/ |access-date=27 September 2021 |agency=Nunatsiaq News |date=11 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
Idlout is the mother to three sons, Nastania, Samuel and Robin, and four daughters, Samantha, Jo-Anne, Crystal and Mylena.
Between 2004 and 2011, Idlout served as the executive director of the Nunavut Embrace Life Council, a not-for-profit organization committed to suicide prevention. Idlout's time as its executive director saw expansion to its services and securing a budget to address issues of mental health.<ref name="vennmanagement" /> Idlout had previously worked for Nunavut's Department of Health and [[Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated]] as a policy analyst, and was the founder of Coalition of Nunavut DEAs as a director of the Iqaluit District Education Authority in order to advocate for educational services.<ref name="vennmanagement" />
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Idlout expressed her concerns for the relocation of community elders to [[Edmonton]] and [[Ottawa]] as a result of the lack of proper facilities for elder care in Nunavut.<ref name="proulx" /> She expressed her support for the creation of the proper facilities within the territory to enable elders to remain within their own communities, thus creating further employment opportunities within the territory.<ref name="proulx" /> Idlout also stated the financial supplements for elders within the territory was "inadequate" and addressed the possibility of raising the supplement for northern communities.<ref name="proulx" />
==Electoral
{{2021 Canadian federal election
==References==
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