Arthur Mitchell (Yukon politician)

Arthur Mitchell
Leader of Official Opposition of Yukon
In office
May 1, 2006 – October 11, 2011
Preceded byTodd Hardy
Succeeded byElizabeth Hanson
Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party
In office
June 2005 – October 2011
Preceded byPat Duncan
Succeeded byDarius Elias (interim)
MLA for Copperbelt
In office
2005–2011
Preceded byHaakon Arntzen
Succeeded byriding dissolved
Personal details
BornJuly 31, 1950
New Rochelle, New York
Political partyLiberal

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.