List of mayors of Whitehorse, Yukon
This is a list of mayors of Whitehorse, the capital of the Canadian territory of Yukon. Whitehorse has had an elected mayor and council since its incorporation as a city in 1950; prior to that, Whitehorse existed as an unincorporated settlement with no local municipal government.
The mayor presides over Whitehorse City Council.
Mayors
- Gordon Armstrong - 1950-1958
- Gordon Cameron - 1958-1960
- Vic Wylie - 1960-1962
- Ed Jacobs - 1962-1966
- Howard Firth - 1966-1968
- Bert Wybrew - 1968-1973
- Governance of the city was temporarily transferred to a taxpayer advisory committee led by Joseph Oliver for part of 1973, after five of the city's six councillors resigned on July 9, 1973 in protest against a jurisdictional dispute with the Yukon Territorial Council,[1] leaving the council without a quorum to conduct city business; Wybrew was also dismissed as mayor during this committee governance period. Following a by-election on September 20, 1973, Wybrew returned to office and served until December.[2]
- Paul Lucier - 1974-1976
- Ione Christensen - 1976-1978
- Art Deer - 1978-1979 (interim)
- Don Branigan - 1979-1982
- Flo Whyard - 1982-1984
- Don Branigan - 1984-1991
- Bill Weigand - 1991-1994
- Kathy Watson - 1994-2000
- Ernie Bourassa - 2000-2006
- Bev Buckway - 2006-2012
- Dan Curtis - 2012-present
References
- ↑ "Five out of six Whitehorse aldermen resign over harassment, court battle with Yukon". The Globe and Mail, July 11, 1973.
- ↑ Yukon History: 1973. Hougen Group of Companies.
External links
- Yukon Statistics: Whitehorse Mayors & Councillors - Hougen Group of Companies
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