1940 Yukon general election

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1940 Yukon general election
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All 3 seats of the Yukon Territorial Council

The 1940 Yukon general election was held on 25 November 1940 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. [1]

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Yukon Territorial Council

The council was non-partisan, and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

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References

  1. ↑ Steven Smyth, The Yukon's Constitutional Foundations: Volume One, The Yukon Chronology (1897-1999). Clairedge Press, 1999.


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