Dean Hassard is a

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politician. He represented the

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Pelly-Nisutlin Pelly-Nisutlin is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. It was created in 2002 out of the districts of Faro and Ross River-Southern Lakes. The riding includ ...

in the

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as a member of the

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from 2002 to 2006. Hassard ran for the Yukon Party in the newly created riding of Pelly-Nisutlin in the snap election of 2002. Hassard ran against

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, the former Mayor of Faro and the incumbent MLA for Faro. McLachlan's riding had been dissolved to form part of Pelly-Nisutlin. Hassard beat McLachlan comfortably and joined the government of Yukon Premier

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, who defeated the incumbent Liberals. During his term in office, Hassard served as a backbench MLA. He was a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Regulatory Review Committee. He was also the Yukon Party's Caucus Whip and the Deputy Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. After Hassard decided to move his family to

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permanently, he chose to stand as the Yukon Party's candidate in the Whitehorse riding of

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in the 2006 territorial election. However, he was defeated by

candidate

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by just six votes. Prior to his election to the legislature, Hassard was a businessman and municipal councilor in Teslin, Yukon. He is the brother of current Pelly-Nisutlin MLA

Stacey Hassard Stacey Hassard is a Canadians, Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 Yukon general election, 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Pelly-Nisutlin as a member of the Yukon Party ca ...

, a former Cabinet minister, who is the incumbent Leader of the Opposition in the Yukon.

Electoral record

2006 general election

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2002 general election

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References

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Dean Hassard
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