List of mayors of Whitehorse

Mayor of Whitehorse
Incumbent Kirk Cameron since 2024
Term length	3 years
Formation	1950
First holder	Gordon Armstrong

This is a list of mayors of Whitehorse , the capital of the Canadian territory of Yukon. Whitehorse has had an elected mayor and council since its incorporation as a city in 1950; prior to that, Whitehorse existed as an unincorporated settlement with no local municipal government.

The mayor presides over Whitehorse City Council.

List of mayors of Whitehorse

No.	Name	In office		Ref.
1	Gordon Armstrong	1950	1958
2	Gordon Cameron	1958	1960
3	Vic Wylie	1960	1962
4	Ed Jacobs	1962	1966
5	Howard Firth	1966	1968
6	Bert Wybrew	1968	1973	[1] [2]
7	Paul Lucier	1974	1976
8	Ione Christensen	1976	1978
—	Art Deer (interim)	1978	1979
9	Don Branigan	1979	1979
10	Flo Whyard	1979	1984
—	Don Branigan	1984	1991
11	Bill Weigand	1991	1994
12	Kathy Watson	1994	2000
13	Ernie Bourassa	2000	2006
14	Bev Buckway	2006	2012
15	Dan Curtis	2012	2021	[3]
16	Laura Cabott	2021	2024
17	Kirk Cameron	2024

Notes

• Governance of the city was temporarily transferred to a taxpayer advisory committee led by Joseph Oliver for part of 1973, after five of the city's six councillors resigned on July 9, 1973 in protest against a jurisdictional dispute with the Yukon Territorial Council, ^[1] leaving the council without a quorum to conduct city business; Wybrew was also dismissed as mayor during this committee governance period. Following a by-election on September 20, 1973, Wybrew returned to office and served until December. ^[2]

Election results

2024

Main article: 2024 Yukon municipal elections § Whitehorse

Mayoral Candidate [4]	Vote [5]	%
Kirk Cameron	3,116	52.20
Dan Bushnell	2,206	36.96
Stephen Kwok	381	6.38
Jack Bogaard	195	3.27
Dino Rudniski	71	1.19

2021

Mayoral Candidate	Vote [6]	%
Laura Cabott	2,897	43.00
Patti Balsillie	1,942	28.83
Samson Hartland	1,898	28.17

2018

Mayoral Candidate [7]	Vote	%
Dan Curtis	2,933	44.02
Rick Karp	1,908	28.64
Colin Laforme	1,511	22.68
Wilf Carter	163	2.45
Kelly Suits	148	2.22

2015

Mayoral Candidate [8]	Vote	%
Dan Curtis	4,640	78.48
Wilf Carter	835	14.12
Mandeep Sidhu	437	7.39

References

1. "Five out of six Whitehorse aldermen resign over harassment, court battle with Yukon". The Globe and Mail , July 11, 1973.
2. Yukon History: 1973. Hougen Group of Companies.
3. "Mayor Dan Curtis | Whitehorse, YT". www.whitehorse.ca. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
4. "2024 Municipal Election". City of Whitehorse. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
5. "2024 Whitehorse Municipal Election Unofficial Poll Results". City of Whitehorse. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
6. "City of Whitehorse". City of Whitehorse. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
7. "Election 2018 | Whitehorse, YT". www.whitehorse.ca. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
8. "Whitehorse Daily Star: Incumbent steamrolls over his adversaries". Whitehorse Daily Star. Retrieved 2020-06-25.

External links

• Yukon Statistics: Whitehorse Mayors & Councillors - Hougen Group of Companies