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Yukon is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It is the most densely populated territory in Canada,with a population of 46,704 as of 2024,though it has a smaller population than all provinces. Whitehorse,the territorial capital,is the largest settlement in any of the three territories.
Lawrence Bagnell is a former Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Yukon from 2000 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2021. He served as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Dennis G. Fentie was a Canadian politician. He was the seventh premier of Yukon and leader of the Yukon Party,serving from 2002 to 2011,as well as the MLA for Watson Lake.
Piers McDonald,OC is a Yukon politician and businessman. Born in Kingston,Ontario,McDonald,originally a miner by profession,is a long-time MLA,Cabinet minister,and the fifth premier of Yukon. He was leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party from 1995 to 2000.
Christopher William Pearson was the second leader of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party and the first premier of the Yukon in the Yukon.
Watson Lake is a town in Yukon,Canada,located at mile 635 on the Alaska Highway close to the British Columbia border. It had a population of 1,133 in 2021. The town is named for Frank Watson,an American-born trapper and prospector,who settled in the area at the end of the 19th century.
The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30,1996 to elect the seventeen members of the 29th Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon Territory,Canada. The governing Yukon Party,a conservative party,was defeated by the social democratic New Democratic Party (NDP). The NDP formed a new majority government of the territory with 11 seats. Party leader Piers McDonald became Government Leader. The Yukon Party and the centrist Yukon Liberal Party each won three seats,although Liberal leader Ken Taylor failed to be elected.
Peter William Jenkins was a Canadian politician,who served as deputy premier and health minister in the territorial government of the Yukon,and as mayor of Dawson City.
Watson Lake is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. The riding is one of the Yukon's eight rural ridings and is one of the oldest ridings in the Yukon.
Patrick Rouble is a Canadian politician,who represented the rural Yukon electoral district of Southern Lakes in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011. He served as a Cabinet minister in Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie's government from 2006 to 2011,and then briefly in the Cabinet of Premier Darrell Pasloski until his retirement from territorial politics in 2011.
Elaine Taylor is a Canadian politician. She is the former Deputy Premier of the Yukon and represented the electoral district of Whitehorse West in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. First elected in 2002,and re-elected in 2006 and 2011,she was defeated in the 2016 Yukon general election by Richard Mostyn of the Yukon Liberal Party.
Eric Fairclough is a Canadian politician,who was a Cabinet minister and Leader of the Official Opposition in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. He represented the rural Yukon electoral district of Mayo-Tatchun in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2011 under both the Yukon New Democratic Party and the Liberals. He is also a former Chief of the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation.
Gary Douglas McRobb is a Canadian politician,who represented the rural Yukon electoral district of Kluane in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2011.
Robert Bruce was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2000. He was a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party.
Beatrice Ann Firth was a Canadian politician,who represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1996. She was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.
Lois Moorcroft is a Canadian politician,who represented the electoral districts of Mount Lorne (1992-2000) and Copperbelt South (2011-2016) in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. She is a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party.
Samuel Timothy Johnston is a former Canadian politician in the territory of Yukon,Canada. He served as chief of the Teslin Tlingit Council from 1970 to 1984,and represented Campbell in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1992 as a NDP member.
Douglas Roy Livingston is an educator and former political figure in the Yukon,Canada. He represented Lake Laberge in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 1999 as a NDP member.
Donald Emerson "Don" Taylor was a former political figure in the Yukon,Canada. He represented Watson Lake in the Yukon Territorial Council from 1961 to 1978,and then in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1978 to 1985,as a Progressive Conservative then Independent member.
Wade Istchenko is a Canadian politician,who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 and 2016 elections. A former cabinet minister,he currently represents the rural Yukon district of Kluane as a member of the opposition Yukon Party caucus.
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- 1 2 3 O'Handley, Kathleen (1996). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1996. ISBN 1-4896-1314-5.
- 1 2 "Watson Lake". Yukon Votes 2006. CBC News. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
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