Darius Elias

Darius Elias

Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party (Interim)
In office 2011–2012
Preceded by	Arthur Mitchell
Succeeded by	Sandy Silver
MLA for Vuntut Gwitchin
Incumbent
Assumed office 2006
Preceded by	Lorraine Peter
Personal details
Political party	Yukon Party (since July 8, 2013)
Other political affiliations	Liberal (2006–2012) Independent (2012–2013)

Darius Mortimer Elias is a Canadian politician. He currently represents the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.^[1]

From 2011 to 2012, he served as interim leader of the Yukon Liberal Party following the resignation of Arthur Mitchell, after Mitchell lost his seat in the Yukon general election, 2011.

On August 17, 2012, Elias resigned from the post of interim Liberal leader and from the party caucus to sit as an Independent MLA.^[2] Eleven months later, on July 8, 2013, Elias crossed the floor to join the caucus of the governing Yukon Party.^[3]

References

Current members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly

Yukon Party	Pasloski Cathers Dixon Elias Graham Hassard Istchenko Kent Laxton McLeod Nixon Taylor

New Democrat	Hanson Barr Moorcroft Stick Tredger White

Liberal	Silver

Leaders of the Yukon Liberal Party

MacKay Veale Coles McLachlan Thériault Cable Taylor Cable Duncan Mitchell Elias Silver

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