1970 Yukon general election
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All 7 seats of the Yukon Territorial Council | ||
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Turnout | 66.9% | |
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The 1970 Yukon general election was held on 8 September 1970 to elect the seven members of the 22nd Yukon Territorial Council.[1] The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner. There were twenty-one candidates, and 5,152 out of a potential 7,700 electors voted, a turnout of 66.9%.
The members elected to the council were Hilda Watson, Ken McKinnon, Norman Chamberlist, Don Taylor, Clive Tanner, Mike Stutter and Ronald Rivett.[2] Watson and Chamberlist were the two members appointed to the council's new executive committee.[3]
Election results
[edit]Candidates by district | ||||||||
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District | Winner | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | |||
Carmacks-Kluane | Hilda Watson 314 | John Livesey 103 | ||||||
Dawson | Mike Stutter 258 | Tony Penikett (NDP) 116 | Fabien Salois 108 | Paul McLeod Finley 54 | Jimmy Mellor 20 | |||
Mayo | Ronald Rivett 248 | George Dobson 69 | Jean Gordon 46 | |||||
Watson Lake | Don Taylor 397 | R. W. Stubenberg 275 | ||||||
Whitehorse East | Norman Chamberlist 548 | Don Branigan 362 | Ralph Hudson 348 | |||||
Whitehorse North | Clive Tanner 372 | Harvey Kent 235 | Jack Burrows 210 | |||||
Whitehorse West | Ken McKinnon 444 | John Watt 294 | John Hoyt 281 |
References
[edit]- ^ "1970 General Elections" (PDF). Elections Yukon. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ^ "Two former members defeated as Yukon elects new councillors". The Globe and Mail, September 10, 1070.
- ^ "Dissension racks council in Yukon". Montreal Gazette, April 4, 1972.