James Robert McLachlan is a former

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politician, who represented the electoral district of Faro in the

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from 1985 to 1989 and from 2001 to 2002. He was a member of the

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, and the party's leader from 1986 to 1989. He became the party's interim leader after the resignation of

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due to criminal charges.Yukon History
at Hougen Group of Companies

Electoral record

2002 general election

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2000 By-election

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, Jim McLachlan , align="right", 129 , align="right", 65.5% , align="right", +42.6% ,

, Harold Boehm , align="right", 66 , align="right", 33.5% , align="right", -43.1% , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 197 !align="right", 100.0% !align="right", – *''On the resignation of Trevor Harding (2000).''

2000 general election

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, Trevor Harding , align="right", 177 , align="right", 76.6% , align="right", -17.7% ,

, Jim McLachlan , align="right", 53 , align="right", 22.9% , align="right", +17.7% , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total ! align= 231 ! align= 100.0% ! align= –

1992 general election

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, Trevor Harding , align="right", 388 , align="right", 53.2% , align="right", +10.4% ,

, Jim McLachlan , align="right", 337 , align="right", 46.2% , align="right", +9.1% , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total ! align= 729 ! align= 100.0% ! align= –

1989 general election

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Maurice Byblow Maurice John Byblow (June 23, 1946 – February 11, 2020) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Faro in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1978 to 1985 and from 1989 to 1996. Originally elected as an independen ...

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, Jim McLachlan , align="right", 168 , align="right", 37.1% , align="right", -2.2% , - , - ! align=left colspan=3, Total ! align= 453 ! align= 100.0% ! align= –

1985 general election

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, Jim McLachlan , align="right", 142 , align="right", 39.3% , align="right", +17.1% , - ,

, Sibyl Frei , align="right", 121 , align="right", 33.5% , align="right", -15.8% , - , - ! align=left colspan=3, Total ! align= 361 ! align= 100.0% ! align= –

References

Yukon Liberal Party MLAs Living people 1943 births Yukon Liberal Party leaders {{Yukon-politician-stub