Arthur Mitchell | |
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Leader of Official Opposition of Yukon | |
In office May 1, 2006 – October 11, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Todd Hardy |
Succeeded by | Elizabeth Hanson |
Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party | |
In office June 2005 – October 2011 | |
Preceded by | Pat Duncan |
Succeeded by | Darius Elias (interim) |
MLA for Copperbelt | |
In office 2005–2011 | |
Preceded by | Haakon Arntzen |
Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
Personal details | |
Born | July 31, 1950 New Rochelle, New York |
Political party | Liberal |
Arthur Mitchell is a Canadian politician, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Yukon and the Leader of the Official Opposition from 2006 to 2011. He is a former real estate agent and an assistant to John Ostashek, the Yukon Party Government Leader (Premier) from 1992 to 1996. Mitchell was elected leader in June 2005 in a leadership race against Pat Duncan, the Yukon's first Liberal premier, and remained leader until his defeat in the 2011 Yukon election.