Don Roberts (politician)

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Don Roberts
MLA for Porter Creek North
In office
2000–2002
Preceded by John Ostashek
Succeeded by Jim Kenyon
Personal details
Political party Liberal → Independent
Residence Whitehorse, Yukon

Don Roberts is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Porter Creek North in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2002.

He was elected as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party in the 2000 election. He served as Minister for Health. [1] [2] In 2002 he was one of three MLAs, along with Mike McLarnon and Wayne Jim, who resigned from the Liberal Party caucus. The resignations were designed to protest the leadership of Pat Duncan, [3] sending Duncan's government into a minority. He did not run in the resulting 2002 election.

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References

  1. Thompson, John (24 September 2010). "Hospital borrowing to top $100M". Yukon News . Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  2. Unrau, Jason (21 September 2010). "Ex-minister high on experimental MS treatment". Whitehorse Daily Star. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  3. "The Yukon sport of floor crossing". CBC News . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 25 August 2006. Retrieved 23 December 2010.