1955 Yukon general election

Last updated

1955 Yukon general election
←  1952 September 28, 1955 1958  →
All 5 seats of the Yukon Territorial Council

The 1955 Yukon general election was held on 28 September 1955 to elect the five members of the Yukon Territorial Council. [1] The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

Members elected

DistrictMemberNotes
Carmacks-Kluane Alexander Hayes Speaker of the Council
Dawson Vincent Mellor
Mayo Duncan McGeachy
Whitehorse East John Phelps
Whitehorse West Jack Hulland

Related Research Articles

Paul Lucier was a Canadian businessman and Senator.

The 1920 Yukon general election was held on February 25, 1920, to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The number of councilors was reduced from ten in the previous election to three following the general decline in population since the Klondike Gold Rush. The council held an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

The 1922 Yukon general election was set to be held on September 11, 1922. The results of the election were known on August 12, 1922 when all three electoral districts returned members to the Yukon Territorial Council by acclamation. The council played an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

The 1925 Yukon general election was held on 7 September 1925 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

The 1928 Yukon general election was held on 16 July 1928 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

The 1931 Yukon general election was held on 10 August 1931 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

The 1934 Yukon general election was held on 17 September 1934 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council for Yukon, Canada. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

The 1937 Yukon general election was held on 27 August 1937 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

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

The 1944 Yukon general election was held on 9 February 1944 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

The 1947 Yukon general election was held on 13 February 1947 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

The 1952 Yukon general election was held on 20 August 1952 to elect the five members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The council was non-partisan, and worked on the basis of consensus government.

The 1958 Yukon general election was held on 8 September 1958 to elect the five members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

The 1961 Yukon general election was held on 11 September 1961 to elect the seven members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

The 1964 Yukon general election was held on 8 September 1964 to elect the seven members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

The 21st Yukon Territorial Council was in session from 1967 to 1970. Membership was set by a general election held in 1967. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

The 1949 Yukon general election was held on 25 July 1949 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

The Yukon Territorial Council was a political body in the Canadian territory of Yukon, prior to the creation of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. Although not a full legislature, the council acted as an advisory body to the Commissioner of Yukon, and had the power to pass non-binding motions of legislation which would be forwarded to the commissioner for consideration.

Wilfred George Brown was the commissioner of Yukon from 1952 to 1955.

References

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


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.