List of mayors of Whitehorse, Yukon

This is a list of mayors of Whitehorse, the capital of the Canadian territory of Yukon. Whitehorse has had an elected mayor and council since its incorporation as a city in 1950; prior to that, Whitehorse existed as an unincorporated settlement with no local municipal government.

The mayor presides over Whitehorse City Council.

Mayors

• Gordon Armstrong - 1950-1958
• Gordon Cameron - 1958-1960
• Vic Wylie - 1960-1962
• Ed Jacobs - 1962-1966
• Howard Firth - 1966-1968
• Bert Wybrew - 1968-1973
  • Governance of the city was temporarily transferred to a taxpayer advisory committee led by Joseph Oliver for part of 1973, after five of the city's six councillors resigned on July 9, 1973 in protest against a jurisdictional dispute with the Yukon Territorial Council,^[1] leaving the council without a quorum to conduct city business; Wybrew was also dismissed as mayor during this committee governance period. Following a by-election on September 20, 1973, Wybrew returned to office and served until December.^[2]
• Paul Lucier - 1974-1976
• Ione Christensen - 1976-1978
• Art Deer - 1978-1979 (interim)
• Don Branigan - 1979-1982
• Flo Whyard - 1982-1984
• Don Branigan - 1984-1991
• Bill Weigand - 1991-1994
• Kathy Watson - 1994-2000
• Ernie Bourassa - 2000-2006
• Bev Buckway - 2006-2012
• Dan Curtis - 2012-present

References

1. "Five out of six Whitehorse aldermen resign over harassment, court battle with Yukon". The Globe and Mail, July 11, 1973.
2. Yukon History: 1973. Hougen Group of Companies.

External links

• Yukon Statistics: Whitehorse Mayors & Councillors - Hougen Group of Companies