Charlie Watt

Charlie Watt (born June 29, 1944) is a Canadian Senator. A hunter and businessman by profession, Watt is an Inuk and has served as Northern officer with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs from 1969 to 1979 and founded the Northern Quebec Inuit Association (now the Makivik Corporation) in the 1970s. He has also been active with a number of aboriginal businesses including the Makivik Corporation, Air Inuit, Seaku Fisheries, Uttuulik Leas... more

Charlie Watt (born June 29, 1944) is a Canadian Senator. A hunter and businessman by profession, Watt is an Inuk and has served as Northern officer with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs from 1969 to 1979 and founded the Northern Quebec Inuit Association (now the Makivik Corporation) in the 1970s. He has also been active with a number of aboriginal businesses including the Makivik Corporation, Air Inuit, Seaku Fisheries, Uttuulik Leasing, and Kigaq Travel. Watt served as co-chair of the Inuit Committee on National Issues from 1979 to 1984 and has also served with the Nunavik Constitutional Committee and the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada. He is the 1997 recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award. Watt was appointed to the Senate in January 16, 1984, by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. At age 39, Watt is the youngest person appointed to the Senate who is currently serving. Upon his mandatory retirement in June 2019 (at age 75), he will have served in the Senate for... less