John Edzerza

John Edzerza (August 14, 1948 – November 25, 2011) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of McIntyre-Takhini in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.

John Edzerza
Minister of the Environment
In office
February 4, 2010 – November 5, 2011
PremierDennis Fentie
Darrell Pasloski
Preceded byElaine Taylor
Succeeded byCurrie Dixon
Minister of Education
In office
November 30, 2002 – August 2, 2006
PremierDennis Fentie
Preceded byCynthia Tucker
Succeeded byElaine Taylor
Minister of Justice
In office
July 12, 2004 – August 2, 2006
PremierDennis Fentie
Preceded byElaine Taylor
Succeeded byElaine Taylor
Minister of the Public Service Commission
In office
November 30, 2002 – July 12, 2004
PremierDennis Fentie
Preceded byPam Buckway
Succeeded byElaine Taylor
MLA for McIntyre-Takhini
In office
November 4, 2002 – October 11, 2011
Preceded byWayne Jim
Succeeded byConstituency dissolved
Personal details
Born(1948-08-14)August 14, 1948
Lower Post, British Columbia
DiedNovember 25, 2011(2011-11-25) (aged 63)
Whitehorse, Yukon
Political partyYukon Party (2000-2006)
Independent (2006)
New Democrat (2006-2009)
Independent (2009-2010)
Yukon Party (2010-2011)
ResidenceWhitehorse, Yukon

Political career

Born in British Columbia in 1948,[1] he first entered politics in 2002 as a Yukon Party MLA, and served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Education in Dennis Fentie's cabinet.

After disagreeing with a number of government decisions in early 2006, he resigned from the Yukon Party on August 2, 2006 to sit as an independent MLA, and recontested his seat in that fall's territorial election as a candidate of the Yukon New Democratic Party. He was re-elected, and served in the NDP caucus under Todd Hardy until January 2009, when he resigned from the NDP to sit again as an independent.[2] He rejoined the Yukon Party on October 22, 2009,[3] and served as Minister of the Environment until retiring in 2011.[4] Edzerza died of leukemia on November 25, 2011.[5][6]

Electoral record

Yukon general election, 2006
McIntyre-Takhini
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP John Edzerza 336 38.8% +7.0%
  Liberal Ed Schultz 328 37.9% +15.4%
Yukon PartyVicki Durrant20123.2%-6.6%
Total 865 100.0% –

Yukon general election, 2002
McIntyre-Takhini
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Yukon PartyJohn Edzerza28831.8%+4.7%
  NDP Maureen Stephens 270 29.8% -4.7%
  Liberal Judy Gingell 204 22.5% -15.9%
  Independent Wayne Jim 129 14.2% +14.2%
  Independent Geoffrey Capp 15 1.7% +1.7%
Total 906 100.0% –

Yukon general election, 2000
McIntyre-Takhini
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Wayne Jim 376 38.4% +18.1%
  NDP Piers McDonald 338 34.5% -14.8%
Yukon PartyJohn Edzerza26527.1%-0.9%
Total 979 100.0% –

References
  1. "MLA biography". Yukon Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  2. "Yukon MLA Edzerza quits NDP, will sit as Independent". CBC News. January 29, 2009. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  3. "Edzerza rejoins Yukon Party". CBC News. October 22, 2009. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  4. "Edzerza named Yukon environment minister". CBC News. February 4, 2010. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  5. "Former Yukon minister dies". CBC News. November 28, 2011. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  6. "'He had so much more he wanted to do'". Whitehorse Daily Star. November 28, 2011. Retrieved 2015-11-18.


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