Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly

The Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of that legislature. Although the Yukon Territorial Council was first established by the confederation of the Yukon in 1898, it was not an elected body until 1909, when the position of Commissioner was turned into the Speaker of the Assembly. On December 13, 1974, the territorial council renamed itself to the Yukon Legislative Assembly.[1]

List of Speakers
Name Entered office Left office
Robert Lowe[1] 1909 1912
Alex Gillis[1] 1912 1915
Archie Martin[1] 1915 1917
John Turner[1] 1917 1918
Allan A. McMillan[1] 1918 1920
Robert Lowe[1] 1920 1925
Charles Bossuyt[1] 1925 1928
Frank Carscallen[1] 1928 1931
Andrew Teddie[1] 1931 1937
Ernest J. Corp[1] 1937 1940
Richard Lee[1] 1940 1943
Ernest J. Corp[1] 1944 1952
A.R. Hayes[1] 1952 1958
John Livesey[1] 1958 1964
George Shaw[1] 1964 1967
John Livesey[1] 1967 1970
Ronald A. Rivett[1] 1970 1974
Donald Taylor[2][3] December 13, 1974 1985
Sam Johnston[3][4] July 15, 1985 December 1992
Alan Nordling[5] December 14, 1992 1994
John Devries[6] April 16, 1994 1996
Robert Bruce[7] December 4, 1996 1997
Doug Livingston[3] March 24, 1997 1997
Robert Bruce[3] April 14, 1997 2000
Dennis Schneider[8] June 5, 2000 2002
Ted Staffen[9][10] February 27, 2003 October 11, 2011
David Laxton December 5, 2011 May 10, 2016
Patti McLeod May 10, 2016 January 12, 2017
Nils Clarke January 12, 2017 May 3, 2021
Jeremy Harper May 11, 2021
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly". Yukon Legislative Assembly. 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  2. ^ Speaker Taylor was re-elected in 1978 and 1982
  3. ^ a b c d Canadian Parliamentary Review - Article - The Evolving Speakership
  4. ^ Speaker Johnston was re-elected on March 8, 1989
  5. ^ 28th Legislative Session 1, Monday, December 14, 1992 - 3.00 P.M.
  6. ^ Canadian Parliamentary Review - Article April 18, 1994
  7. ^ 29th Legislative Session 1, Wednesday, December 4, 1996 - 3.00 P.M.
  8. ^ Canadian Who Is Who
  9. ^ Speaker Staffen was re-elected on October 10, 2006
  10. ^ 31st Legislative Session 1, February 27, 2003 - 3.00 P.M.