Sam Johnston | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Yukon for Campbell | |
In office May 13, 1985 –October 19, 1992 | |
Preceded by | Dave Porter |
Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
Personal details | |
Born | Teslin,Yukon,Canada | November 20,1935
Political party | Yukon New Democratic Party |
Samuel Timothy Johnston OY (born November 20,1935) [1] is a Canadian former politician in the territory of Yukon. He served as chief of the Teslin Tlingit Council from 1970 to 1984, [2] and represented Campbell in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1992 as a NDP member.
He was born in Teslin,Yukon,the son of David Peter Johnston and Rose Morris,and was educated in Carcross. In 1983,he married Kelly Ruth Hyatt. [1] Johnston served as Speaker for the assembly from 1985 to 1992. He was the first native Canadian to serve as a legislative speaker in Canada. [3]
In the 1992 election,Johnston was defeated by independent Willard Phelps in the redistributed riding of Ross River-Southern Lakes. [4]
He served as chancellor for Yukon College from 2004 to 2008. [5]
Johnston also competed in archery at the North American Indigenous Games and was a coach at the North American Indigenous Games and the Arctic Winter Games. He was inducted into the Sport Yukon Hall of Fame in 2003. [6]
He was made a member of the Order of Yukon in 2019. [7] [8]