Eric Fairclough
Encyclopedia
Eric Fairclough is a Canadian
politician, who represented the electoral district
of Mayo-Tatchun in the Yukon Legislative Assembly
from 1996 to 2011.
Originally a member of the Yukon NDP as well as the party's leader from 2001 to 2002, Fairclough quit the party in 2006 after approaching the Yukon Liberal Party
. He is now a Liberal MLA.
Fairclough was formerly a Chief of the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
politician, who represented the electoral district
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...
of Mayo-Tatchun in the Yukon Legislative Assembly
Yukon Legislative Assembly
-History:From 1900 to 1978, the elected legislative body in the Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council, a ten-member body which did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon...
from 1996 to 2011.
Originally a member of the Yukon NDP as well as the party's leader from 2001 to 2002, Fairclough quit the party in 2006 after approaching the Yukon Liberal Party
Yukon Liberal Party
The Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.-History:...
. He is now a Liberal MLA.
Fairclough was formerly a Chief of the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation
Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation
The Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation is a First Nation in the central Yukon Territory in Canada. Its original population centre was Little Salmon, Yukon, but most of its citizens live in Carmacks, Yukon...
.