Lena Pedersen
Lena Pedersen | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Central Arctic | |
| In office 1975–1979 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Williamson |
| Succeeded by | Bill Lyall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1940 (age 85–86) |
| Party | non-partisan consensus government |
| Spouse | Red Pedersen |
| Relations | Calvin Pedersen (grandson) |
| Children | 5, including Fred Pedersen |
| Occupation | Social worker |
Elizabeth Magdalena "Lena" Pedersen or Pederson (born 1940) is a Inuk politician and social worker from Nunavut, Canada. In 1959, she moved from Greenland to the Northwest Territories and lived in Coppermine (Kugluktuk), Pangnirtung and Rae (Behchokǫ̀) before moving to Cape Dorset (Kinngait) where she participated in the artwork sales of the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative.