Yukon.

AuthorKolody, Linda
PositionLegislative Reports

Following the general election of November 7, 2016, the Liberal Party, Yukon Party, and New Democratic Party (NDP) caucuses respectively made arrangements with the Clerk's Office to have their members take the Oath of Office and the Oath of Allegiance to become MLAs. The first caucus to take the oaths was the NDP, whose two members comprise the Third Party in the House. NDP Leader Liz Hanson and Kate White took the oaths on November 25. Acting Yukon Party Leader Stacey Hassard and the rest of the six-member Yukon Party caucus, comprising the Official Opposition, took the oaths on November 29. On December 1, Liberal Leader Sandy Silver, the Premier-designate, swore the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Office on a Han bible, in the Old Territorial Administration Building in Dawson City. This was the first time the oath to become an MLA was taken outside of Whitehorse since the capital moved from Dawson City to Whitehorse in 1953. On the morning of December 3, the other members of the 11-member Liberal Party caucus took the oaths. With the exception of Mr. Silver - the Member for Klondike (in which riding Dawson City is situated), the oaths were administered in the Legislative Assembly Chamber in Whitehorse. All oaths were administered by Yukon Commissioner Doug Phillips.

Cabinet

On the afternoon of December 3, the Cabinet swearing-in ceremony took place in the foyer of the Yukon Government's Main Administration Building in Whitehorse. The ceremony included the performance of "O Canada" in Southern Tutchone and in English, a performance by the Dakhka Khwaan Dancers, and a performance by the Midnight Sun Pipe Band. Seven Liberal MLAs were sworn into the Executive Council by Commissioner Phillips. In addition to the Premier, there are three men and three women in the Cabinet, which includes the Liberal caucus's two First Nations members--Pauline Frost and Jeanie Dendys. The cabinet ministers, and their responsibilities, are:

* Sandy Silver--Premier; Minister of the Executive Council Office; Minister of Finance;

* Ranj Pillai--Deputy Premier; Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources; Minister of Economic Development; Minister responsible for the Yukon Development Corporation and the Yukon Energy Corporation;

* Tracy-Anne McPhee--Minister of Education; Minister of Justice; Government House Leader;

* John Streicker--Minister of Community Services; Minister responsible for the French Language Services Directorate; Minister responsible for the Yukon...

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