Don Roberts (politician) explained

Don Roberts
Residence:Whitehorse, Yukon
Office:MLA for Porter Creek North
Term Start:2000
Term End:2002
Predecessor:John Ostashek
Successor:Jim Kenyon
Party:Liberal → Independent

Don Roberts is a former Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Porter Creek North in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2002.

He was elected as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party in the 2000 election. He served as Minister for Health.[1] [2] In 2002, he was one of three MLAs, along with Mike McLarnon and Wayne Jim, who resigned from the Liberal Party caucus. The resignations were designed to protest the leadership of Pat Duncan,[3] sending Duncan's government into a minority. He did not run in the resulting 2002 election.

Notes and References

  1. News: Hospital borrowing to top $100M. Thompson. John. 24 September 2010. Yukon News. 23 December 2010.
  2. News: Ex-minister high on experimental MS treatment. Unrau. Jason. 21 September 2010. Whitehorse Daily Star. 23 December 2010.
  3. News: The Yukon sport of floor crossing. 25 August 2006. CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 December 2010.