1949 Yukon general election

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1949 Yukon general election
  1947 July 25, 1949 1952  

All 3 seats of the Yukon Territorial Council

The 1949 Yukon general election was held on 25 July 1949 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. [1] 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.