Kathie Nukon | |
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MLA for Old Crow | |
In office 1982–1985 | |
Preceded by | Grafton Njootli |
Succeeded by | Norma Kassi |
Personal details | |
Born | January 8,1947 Old Crow,Yukon |
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Occupation | bookkeeper |
Kathie Emma Nukon (born January 8,1947,in Old Crow,Yukon) is a former Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Old Crow in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1985. [1] She was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party. [2]
The daughter of a trading post owner in Old Crow,Nukon studied in Whitehorse to be a nursing assistant but worked mainly as an office manager and bookkeeper in her father's store until her election to the legislature.
She ran again as a Yukon Party candidate in the 2000 election but was not re-elected to the legislature.
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