Red Pedersen

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Asger Rye "Red" Pedersen, sometimes Asgar Rye Pederson, (born 1935, Denmark) is a former territorial level politician. As a young man in 1953, he got a job in the Canadian Arctic with the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut (then the Northwest Territories). In 1954, he was sent to Perry River (Kuugjuak) to assist Stephen Angulalik, the Ahiarmiut Inuit owner of the trading post, with the financial records, inventory and ordering, as Angulalik spoke no English. In 1957, Angulalik sold the Perry River post to the HBC and Pedersen was appointed manager. Angulalik returned to the post after resolving legal problems and worked alongside Pedersen; they became life long friends.[1][2][3][4]

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[edit] Public service

Ten years later, Pedersen became an area administrator for the Canadian government in Coppermine, Pangnirtung and Fort Rae. From 1983-1991, he was a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature. Pedersen was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1983 Northwest Territories general election, winning the Kitikmeot West electoral district. He was re-elected in the 1987 Northwest Territories general election. Pedersen was elected Speaker of the Assembly on November 12, 1987 and served that role until October 18, 1989.[5]

In 2001, he was one of three members of the Legislative Assembly of the NWT's "Independent Commission on Members Compensation". Pedersen was a Board Member and Chairperson of the Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency until his retirement in 2003.[6][7]

While Red Pedersen is now retired from the Canadian Rangers, his son and grandson continue the tradition.[8][9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ CPA Activities: The Canadian Scene. Canadian Parliamentary Review Vol 10 no 4 1987 (1987). Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
  2. ^ Perry River Post. Kitikmeot Heritage Society. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
  3. ^ Kitikmeot Research Project. nald.ca. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
  4. ^ Red Pedersen. Kitikmeot Heritage Society. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
  5. ^ History of Northwest Territories Speaker 1975-present. Northwest Territories Legislature. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  6. ^ "News Releases-2001", assembly.gov.nt.ca, September 5, 2001. Retrieved on 2007-10-27. 
  7. ^ Carole Mills (December 4, 2003). Note of Changes to the IEMA Executive. monitoring agency.net. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
  8. ^ Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. html. assembly.gov.nt.ca (March 3, 2003). Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
  9. ^ Scott Costen. Stamp of Approval for Canadian Rangers. National Defence and the Canadian Forces. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.

[edit] Partial bibliography

  • Pederson, Asgar Rye, and David Repp. [Canada, Northwest Territories, Coppermine Eskimos, 1965]. 1965. Sound recording.

[edit] Further reading

  • Waddington, McLean & Co. An Important Sale of Inuit Art Comprising Sculptures in Stone, Bone and Ivory, Lithographs, Engravings and Stone Cut Prints, Including the "Red" Pedersen Collection, the Anne & Gerard Mulders' Collection, and Selections from Local Estates, Institutions and Individuals, to Be Sold in Two Sessions, Monday, December 14th, 1981 at 7.00 P.M., Tuesday, December 15th, 1981 at 7.00 P.M. Toronto: Waddington, McLean & Co, 1981.

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Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Preceded by
New District		 MLA Kitikmeot West
1983-1991		 Succeeded by
District Abolished
Preceded by
Donald Morton Stewart		 Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories
1987-1989		 Succeeded by
Richard Nerysoo


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