Yukon Territorial Council

The Yukon Territorial Council was the first sitting of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. The Council began with the appointment of its first members on July 8, 1898 and was dissolved in June 1909.

Appointed members

Appointments to the Council were chosen by the Government of Canada.

Appointed Members of the Territorial Council[1]
Name Date Appointed Date Left Reason
Joseph-Éna Girouard July 8, 1898 1908
Sam Steele July 8, 1898 September 5, 1899 Recalled to Ottawa by the federal government.[2]
Thomas McGuire July 8, 1898 October 7, 1898 Moved to the District of Saskatchewan.[3]
Frederick Wade July 8, 1898 October 17, 1898
Calixte-Aimé Dugas October 7, 1898
William Henry Clement October 17, 1898 March 13, 1901
Aylesworth Perry September 5, 1899 July 31, 1900
Edmund Senkler September 5, 1899
Zachary Taylor Wood July 31, 1900
Frederick Congdon March 13, 1901 September 14, 1901
Henry William Newlands September 14, 1901 1903 Appointed to Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories[4]
John T. Lithgow January 8, 1904

Elections

The Council would exist through four general elections. The first election held on October 18, 1900 elected two members at large. The council would divide the territory into districts for the second general election held on January 13, 1903. Two more general elections would follow before the council was entirely dissolved. Appointed members during this period did not have to be reappointed, only seats to elected members were dissolved. The elections were called by the Yukon Commissioner, while electoral district boundaries were controlled by an act of legislation from the council.

Elected Members of the Territorial Council[1]
District October 18, 1900 January 13, 1903 November 3, 1904 April 12, 1905 April 16, 1907
At Large #1 Arthur Wilson
At Large #2 Alex Prud'homme
District No. 1 Joseph Clarke
Alfred Thompson Vacant
District No. 2 John Pringle
Max Landerville
Whitehorse Robert Lowe
Bonanza Richard Gillespie Thomas Kearny
Klondike George Black
North Dawson H.C. Macanlay J.O. Lachappelle
South Dawson Thomas O'Brien John Grant

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Department of the Interior (1907). The Yukon Territory, its history and resources. Government of Canada. pp. 20–21.
  2. ↑ "Pioneer Yukoner". Tenth Year No. 83 (Dawson Daily News). November 10, 1908. p. 4.
  3. ↑ "The Honourable Thomas H. McGuire". The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Yukon Council Met Yesterday". The Yukon Sun. January 5, 1904.