Wade Istchenko

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Wade Istchenko

MLA
Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
for Kluane
Assumed office
October 11, 2011
Preceded by Gary McRobb
Minister of the Environment
In office
January 16, 2004 –December 3, 2016
Preceded by Currie Dixon
Succeeded by Pauline Frost
Minister of Highways and Public Works
In office
November 5, 2011 –January 16, 2015
Preceded by Archie Lang
Succeeded by Scott Kent
Personal details
Born[america
Political party Yukon Party
Residence Haines Junction, Yukon

Wade Istchenko is a Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 and 2016 elections. [1] 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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Political career

33rd Assembly

Istchenko was elected in November 2011 as a member of the Yukon Party caucus in the rural Yukon riding of Kluane. The riding had been held since 1996 by long-time New Democrat-turned-Liberal Gary McRobb, who had retired that year. Istchenko was sworn in as a member of the Executive Council (Cabinet) of Premier Darrell Pasloski on November 5, 2011, and served as Minister of Highways and Public Works until being appointed Minister of Environment in January 2015. During the 33rd Legislative Assembly, he also served as a member of the Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments. [2]

Shortly before being sworn into Cabinet, Istchenko made headlines when he admitted to falsifying documents in 2008 to obtain a wilderness tourism operator permit. He apologized, and cited the incident as a lapse in judgment and admitted to paying a fine. [3]

Istchenko once again drew controversy in 2015, this time after a photo emerged of him drinking a beer while in the driver's seat of a parked all-terrain vehicle. He later apologized for the incident. [4]

34th Assembly

Istchenko was re-elected in the 2016 Yukon election for the district of Kluane, defeating former Kluane First Nation chief and Liberal candidate Mathieya Alatini. The Yukon Party was defeated by the Yukon Liberal Party in that election, however, so Istchenko returned to the legislature as a member of the Opposition. He is currently the Yukon Party caucus critic for the Department of Environment, the Yukon Housing Corporation, the Yukon Liquor Corporation (including the Yukon Lottery Commission), the Yukon Energy Corporation and the Yukon Development Corporation. He is also a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. [5]

Personal life

Istchenko was born in Whitehorse and raised in Haines Junction, where he currently lives. He is a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, which he joined in 1984, and served with NATO in Germany. He continues to be active in the Canadian Rangers as a Ranger Sergeant. [6]

Prior to entering the politics, Istchenko ran an outdoor adventure company, Kluane Ridin' Adventure Tours. He also served on the Kluane Park Management Board. [7]

Istchenko is the grandson of Hilda Watson, former MLA for the same electoral district of Kluane, and the first woman to lead a political party in Canada. [8]

Electoral record

2021 general election

2021 Yukon general election : Kluane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Wade Istchenko 35245.01+1.7%
Liberal Luke Campbell21928-9.1%
New Democratic Dave Weir21126.98+7.8%
Total valid votes 782
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Yukon Party hold Swing -8.51
Source(s)
"Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon . Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2016 general election

Kluane [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Wade Istchenko33843.3%+5.4%
  Liberal Mathieya Alatini28937.1%+8.1%
  NDP Sally Wright15319.2%-9.8%
Total780100.0%–

2011 general election

Kluane [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Wade Istchenko28737.9%+8.3%
  NDP Eric Stinson22029.0%+15.2%
  Liberal Timothy Cant21928.9%-24.4%
First Nations Party Gerald Dickson324.2%+4.2%
Total759100.0%–

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References

  1. ↑ Yukon Votes 2011: Kluane. CBC News, October 11, 2011.
  2. ↑ Wade Istchenko Yukon Legislative Assembly. Retrieved March 13, 2017,
  3. ↑ Yukon MLA confesses to falsifying documents CBC North, November 3, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  4. ↑ Beer on ATV was 'error in judgment,' says Yukon MLA Wade Istchenko CBC North, May 11, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  5. ↑ Wade Istchenko Yukon Legislative Assembly. Retrieved March 13, 2017,
  6. ↑ Wade Istchenko Yukon Party Caucus. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  7. ↑ Wade Istchenko Yukon Party Caucus. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  8. ↑ Wade Istchenko Yukon Party Caucus. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  9. ↑ Unofficial Kluane Results (November 7, 2016) Elections Yukon, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017
  10. ↑ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2011 General Election Elections Yukon, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2017
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