Arthur Mitchell (Yukon politician)

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Arthur Mitchell
Leader of Official Opposition of Yukon
In office
May 1, 2006 October 11, 2011
Yukon Party Currie Dixon 52047.8%
  Liberal Arthur Mitchell40737.4%
  NDP Skeeter Miller-Wright15914.6%
Total1088100.0%

2006 general election

Copperbelt [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Arthur Mitchell63252.5%+3.0%
Yukon Party Russ Hobbis37431.1%+11.6%
  NDP David Hedmann19115.9%-14.8%
Total1204100.0%

2005 by-election

Copperbelt By-election: November 21, 2005 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Arthur Mitchell45949.5%+16.9%
  NDP Maureen Stephens28530.7%+3.2%
Yukon Party Cynthia Kearns18119.5%-19.6%
Total927100.0%

2002 general election

Copperbelt [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Haakon Arntzen 37439.1%
  Liberal Arthur Mitchell31232.6%
  NDP Lillian Grubach-Hambrook26327.5%
Total957100.0%

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  4. Arntzen's victims' pain will endure, Hardy says Whitehorse Star, September 9, 2005. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
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  8. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2006 General Election Elections Yukon, 2006. Retrieved January 21, 2017
  9. Copperbelt By-election Report Elections Yukon, 2005. Retrieved January 24, 2017
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