Roger Kimmerly | |
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MLA for Whitehorse South Centre | |
In office 1981–1989 | |
Preceded by | Jack Hibberd |
Succeeded by | Joyce Hayden |
Personal details | |
Born | Ottawa,Ontario,Canada | January 27,1948
Political party | New Democrat |
Roger Stephen Kimmerly is a former Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse South Centre in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party.
Before entering politics,Kimmerly worked as a lawyer in Ottawa and Yellowknife. He served as a Yukon territorial court judge for three years. [1]
In July 1981,Kimmerly was nominated by the Yukon New Democratic Party as its candidate for the October by-election for the electoral district of Whitehorse South Centre. [2] The riding had been left vacant following the resignation of Jack Hibberd. Kimmerly won the by-election,which resulted in the New Democrats replacing the Yukon Liberal Party as the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly. [1] [3] [4] He was re-elected in the 1982 and 1985 elections. [5] [6] Following the 1985 election,which saw the Yukon New Democratic Party form government for the first time,Kimmerly was appointed Minister of Justice. [7]
He did not run in the 1989 election. [8]
Kimmerly had a seven-year relationship with Audrey McLaughlin,who managed two of his political campaigns. [9] He married Carol Smith on the floor of the Yukon legislature in 1986. [10] Following Kimmerly's departure from politics,the couple moved to Duncan,British Columbia to run a 10-acre organic farm. [8]
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