1915 Yukon general election

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1915 Yukon general election
  1912 March 4, 1915 1917  

All 10 seats of the Yukon Territorial Council

The 1915 Yukon general election was held on March 4 to elect the ten members of the Yukon Territorial Council. [1] The members were chosen from five different electoral districts with the two most popular winning seats Plurality block voting.

Members elected

DistrictMember elected
Bonanza John Turner
George Williams
Klondike Archie Martin
John McCrimmon
North Dawson William O'Brien
Joseph Guite
South Dawson William G. Radford
Norman Watt
Whitehorse Edward Dixon
Willard "Deacon" Phelps

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References

  1. Steven Smyth, The Yukon's Constitutional Foundations: Volume One, The Yukon Chronology (1897-1999). Clairedge Press, 1999.