List of mayors of Whitehorse, Yukon

This is a list of mayors of Whitehorse, the capital of the Canadian territory of Yukon. Whitehorse has had an elected mayor and council since its incorporation as a city in 1950; prior to that, Whitehorse existed as an unincorporated settlement with no local municipal government.

Mayor of Whitehorse
Incumbent
Dan Curtis
since 2012
Term length3 years
Formation1950
First holderGordon Armstrong

The mayor presides over Whitehorse City Council.

List of mayors of Whitehorse
No. Name In office Ref.
1 Gordon Armstrong 1950 1958
2 Gordon Cameron 1958 1960
3 Vic Wylie 1960 1962
4 Ed Jacobs 1962 1966
5 Howard Firth 1966 1968
6 Bert Wybrew 1968 1973 [1][2]
7 Paul Lucier 1974 1976
8 Ione Christensen 1976 1978
— Art Deer (interim) 1978 1979
9 Don Branigan 1979 1979
10 Flo Whyard 1979 1984
— Don Branigan 1984 1991
11 Bill Weigand 1991 1994
12 Kathy Watson 1994 2000
13 Ernie Bourassa 2000 2006
14 Bev Buckway 2006 2012
15 Dan Curtis 2012 present [3]

Notes
  • Governance of the city was temporarily transferred to a taxpayer advisory committee led by Joseph Oliver for part of 1973, after five of the city's six councillors resigned on July 9, 1973 in protest against a jurisdictional dispute with the Yukon Territorial Council,[1] leaving the council without a quorum to conduct city business; Wybrew was also dismissed as mayor during this committee governance period. Following a by-election on September 20, 1973, Wybrew returned to office and served until December.[2]

Election results

2018
Mayoral Candidate[4] Vote %
Dan Curtis2,93344.02
Rick Karp1,90828.64
Colin Laforme1,51122.68
Wilf Carter1632.45
Kelly Suits1482.22

2015
Mayoral Candidate[5] Vote %
Dan Curtis4,64078.48
Wilf Carter83514.12
Mandeep Sidhu4377.39

References
  1. "Five out of six Whitehorse aldermen resign over harassment, court battle with Yukon". The Globe and Mail, July 11, 1973.
  2. Yukon History: 1973. Hougen Group of Companies.
  3. "Mayor Dan Curtis | Whitehorse, YT". www.whitehorse.ca. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  4. "Election 2018 | Whitehorse, YT". www.whitehorse.ca. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  5. "Whitehorse Daily Star: Incumbent steamrolls over his adversaries". Whitehorse Daily Star. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
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