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David Laxton is a Canadian politician who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election. He served as the 10th Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly and represented the electoral district of Porter Creek Centre on behalf of the Yukon Party until his resignation from caucus in mid-2016. Political career Laxton originally ran under the Liberal banner in the 2006 Yukon election in the riding of Porter Creek Centre but was defeated by incumbent Yukon Party Cabinet minister Archie Lang. Following Lang's retirement, Laxton opted to run for the Yukon Party nomination in that riding for the 2011 Yukon election and was successful in his second election attempt. Laxton was sworn in as the 10th Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly on December 5, 2011. He served in that capacity until his sudden resignation as Speaker on May 10, 2016, when it was revealed that he was the subject of a sexual harassment allegation. He was also ejected from the Yukon Part ...
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Whitehorse, Yukon
Whitehorse () is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which rises in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in Alaska. The city was named after the White Horse Rapids for their resemblance to the mane of a white horse, near Miles Canyon, before the river was dammed. Because of the city's location in the Whitehorse valley and relative proximity to the Pacific Ocean, the climate is milder than comparable northern communities such as Yellowknife. At this latitude, winter days are short and summer days have up to about 19 hours of daylight. Whitehorse, as reported by ''Guinness World Records'', is the city with the least air pollution in the world. As of the 2021 Canadian census, the population was 28,201 within city boundaries and 31,913 in the cens ...
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Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (LdSH C is a regular armoured regiment of the Canadian Army and is Canada’s only tank regiment. Currently based in Edmonton, Alberta, the regiment is part of 3rd Canadian Division's 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group. Members of the regiment are commonly called ''Strathconas'' or ''Strats'' as a short form. It was one of the last regiments in the British Empire to be created and raised by a private individual, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal. The regimental motto is "Perseverance". The colonel-in-chief of the regiment is King Charles III, while the colonel of the regiment is Brigadier-General (Retired) Craig Hilton. The current commanding officer is Lieutenant-Colonel M.J.D. Mallette, and the regimental sergeant major is Chief Warrant Officer R. Englehart. Regimental structure The regiment is currently composed of a regimental headquarters and three sabre squadrons: two tank squadrons (A and B), and a ...
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Independent MLAs In Yukon
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Politicians From Whitehorse
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Yukon Party MLAs
Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as of March 2022. Whitehorse, the territorial capital, is the largest settlement in any of the three territories. Yukon was split from the North-West Territories in 1898 as the Yukon Territory. The federal government's ''Yukon Act'', which received royal assent on March 27, 2002, established Yukon as the territory's official name, though ''Yukon Territory'' is also still popular in usage and Canada Post continues to use the territory's internationally approved postal abbreviation of ''YT''. In 2021, territorial government policy was changed so that “''The'' Yukon” would be recommended for use in official territorial government materials. Though officially bilingual (English and French), the Yukon government also recognizes First Natio ...
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List Of Speakers Of The Yukon Legislative Assembly
The Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of that legislature. Although the Yukon Territorial Council was first established by the confederation of the Yukon in 1898, it was not an elected body until 1909, when the position of Commissioner was turned into the Speaker of the Assembly. On December 13, 1974, the territorial council renamed itself to the Yukon Legislative Assembly. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Speakers Of The Yukon Legislative Assembly Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ... Politics of Yukon * ...
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Kate White (politician)
Kate White (born 1977) is a Canadians, Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 Yukon general election, 2011 election. She represents the Whitehorse, Yukon, Whitehorse electoral district of Takhini-Kopper King as a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party caucus. Since May 2019, she has been leader of the Yukon NDP. Political career White first entered territorial politics in the 2006 Yukon general election, 2006 election, when she ran in the riding of Porter Creek Centre for the Yukon New Democratic Party against incumbent Yukon Party Cabinet minister Archie Lang (politician), Archie Lang. She finished third. In 2011, she ran again for the NDP in the newly created riding of Takhini-Kopper King, defeating former Whitehorse, Yukon, Whitehorse City Councillor Samson Hartland to win the riding. She was part of the Official Opposition in the 33rd Legislature of Yukon, 33rd Legislative Assembly served on the Standing Committee on Appointme ...
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. The English- and French-language service units of the corporation are commonly known as CBC and Radio-Canada, respectively. Although some local stations in Canada predate the CBC's founding, CBC is the oldest existing broadcasting network in Canada. The CBC was established on November 2, 1936. The CBC operates four terrestrial radio networks: The English-language CBC Radio One and CBC Music, and the French-language Ici Radio-Canada Première and Ici Musique. (International radio service Radio Canada International historically transmitted via shortwave radio, but since 2012 its content is only available as podcasts on its website.) The CBC also operates two terrestrial television networks, the English-language CBC Television and the Frenc ...
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Yukon New Democratic Party
The Yukon New Democratic Party (NDP; french: Nouveau Parti démocratique du Yukon) is a Social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Yukon, political party in the Yukon territory of Canada. The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leadership of Tony Penikett from 1985 to 1992, and under the leadership of Piers McDonald from 1996 to 2000. The party's current leader is Kate White (politician), Kate White. The NDP sat as Official Opposition (Canada), official opposition to the current Yukon Party government in the Yukon Legislative Assembly until May 2006. In the 2006 Yukon general election, 2006 Yukon election later that year, the three incumbent New Democrat Member of the Legislative Assembly, Members of the Legislative Assembly were reelected, but the party failed to win any additional seats and remained in third place behind the five members of the Yukon Liberal Party and the ten member Yukon Party majority government. In January 20 ...
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Army Cadet League Of Canada
The Army Cadet League of Canada (ACLC; French: ''La ligue des cadets de l'Armée du Canada'') is the civilian non-profit organization which works with the Department of National Defence (DND) to support the Royal Canadian Army Cadet program. It was founded in 1971 with a branch in every province and one for the northern region. The ACLC consists of several levels from the national council to local support committees. History The Cadet Services of Canada (CS of C) was part of the Army reserve and a member of the Canadian Defence Association, which had a major influence on the cadet movement. With the integration of the armed forces in the 1970s and the already operating Air Cadet League of Canada and Navy League of Canada The Navy League of Canada (french: Ligue navale du Canada) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1895 and incorporated in 1918. Originally formed to promote maritime issues to Canadians, the Navy League is the non-governmental partner of the De ..., it place ...
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Royal Canadian Legion
The Royal Canadian Legion is a non-profit Canadian ex-service organization (veterans' organization) founded in 1925. Membership includes people who have served as military, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, provincial and municipal police, Royal Canadian Air, Army and Sea Cadets, direct relatives of members and also affiliated members. Membership is now also open to the general public. History In Canada, several veterans' organisations emerged during the First World War. The Great War Veterans Association was by 1919 the largest veterans' organisation in Canada. Following the First World War, 15 different organisations existed to aid returning veterans in Canada. Field Marshal The 1st Earl Haig, founder of the British Empire Service League (now known as the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League), visited Canada in 1925 and urged the organisations to merge. In the same year, the Dominion Veterans Alliance was created to unite these organizations. In November 1925, the Canadian L ...
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