Yukon.

AuthorMcCormick, Floyd
PositionLegislative Reports

Following the general election of October 11, 2011 the Yukon Party, New Democratic Party (NDP) and Liberal Party caucuses made arrangements with the Clerk's office to have their members sworn in as MLAs. The first caucus to be sworn in was the official opposition NDP, whose six members took the oath of allegiance and the oath of office on October 20. The two Liberals members, who comprise the third party in the House, were sworn in on October 28. The governing Yukon Party's eleven-member caucus was sworn in on November 5. In all three cases the oaths were administered in the Legislative Assembly Chamber by the Commissioner of Yukon, Doug Phillips.

Cabinet

On the same day that the Yukon Party caucus members took the oaths as MLAs, the cabinet swearing-in ceremony took place in the foyer of the Yukon Government's Main Administration Building in Whitehorse. The eight Yukon Party caucus members appointed to the Executive Council, and their areas of responsibility, were:

* Darrell Pasloski (Mountainview)--Premier, minister responsible for the Executive Council Office and Minister of Finance,

* Elaine Taylor (Whitehorse West)--Minister of Community Services, Minister responsible for the Public Service Commission, Minister responsible for the Women's Directorate and Minister responsible for the French Language Services Directorate,

* Brad Cathers (Lake Laberge)--Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and Minister responsible for the Yukon Development Corporation and the Yukon Energy Corporation,

* Doug Graham (Porter Creek North)--Minister of Health and Social Services and Minister responsible for the Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board,

* Scott Kent (Riverdale North)--Minister of Education, Minister responsible for the Yukon Housing Corporation and Minister responsible for the Yukon Liquor Corporation,

* Currie Dixon (Copperbelt North)--Minister of Economic Development and Minister of Environment,

* Wade Istchenko (Kluane)--Minister of Highways and Public Works; and

* Mike Nixon (Porter Creek South)--Minister of Justice and Minister of Tourism and Culture.

Convening of the Legislative Assembly

The Standing Orders indicate that the House shall sit twice a year, in the spring and fall, for a maximum of 60 sitting days per calendar year. However, the Standing Orders allow for a variation in this practice in those years when a general election occurs, as was the case in 2011. When a fall election occurred in 2002 the House did not...

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