List of Speakers of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
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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.
Below is a list of Speakers of the Yukon Territorial Assembly 1974–1978 and Speakers of the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1978:
The Speaker
Speaker (politics)
The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...
of 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...
is the presiding officer of that legislature.
Below is a list of Speakers of the Yukon Territorial Assembly 1974–1978 and Speakers of the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1978:
| Name | Entered office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| Donald Taylor Donald Taylor (Yukon politician) Donald Emerson "Don" Taylor is a former political figure in the Yukon, Canada. He represented Watson Lake from 1961 to 1985 in the Yukon Territorial Council and then in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1961 to 1985 as a Progressive Conservative then Independent member.He was born in Toronto,... |
December 13, 1974 | 1985 |
| Sam Johnston Sam Johnston (Yukon politician) Samuel Timothy "Sam" Johnston is a former chief of the Teslin Tlingit Council from 1970 to 1984 and former political figure in the Yukon, Canada. He represented Campbell in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1992 as a NDP member.He was born in Teslin, Yukon, the son of David Peter... |
July 15, 1985 | December 1992 |
| Alan Nordling Alan Nordling Alan Nordling is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse Porter Creek West from 1985 to 1992, and Porter Creek South from 1992 to 1996, in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. He was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.Nordling was first... |
December 14, 1992 | 1994 |
| John Devries John Devries (Yukon politician) John Devries is a former political figure in the Yukon, Canada. He represented Watson Lake in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1996 as a member of the Yukon Party.... |
April 16, 1994 | 1996 |
| Robert Bruce | December 4, 1996 | 1997 |
| Doug Livingston Doug Livingston Douglas Roy "Doug" Livingston is an educator and former political figure in the Yukon, Canada. He represented Lake Laberge in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 1999 as a NDP member.... |
March 24, 1997 | 1997 |
| Robert Bruce | April 14, 1997 | 2000 |
| Dennis Schneider Dennis Schneider Dennis Lars Schneider is a real estate agent and political figure in the Yukon, Canada. He represented Whitehorse West in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2002 as a Liberal.... |
2000 | 2003 |
| Ted Staffen Ted Staffen Ted Staffen is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale North in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011, and served as the Speaker of the Legislature. He is a member of the Yukon Party.... |
February 27, 2003 | Present |