John Edzerza
| John Edzerza | |
|---|---|
| MLA for McIntyre-Takhini | |
|
In office 2002–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Wayne Jim |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 14, 1948 Lower Post, British Columbia |
| Died |
November 25, 2011 (aged 63) Whitehorse, Yukon |
| Political party | Independent → Yukon Party |
| Residence | Whitehorse, Yukon |
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.
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]
References
- ↑ "MLA biography". Yukon Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ↑ "Yukon MLA Edzerza quits NDP, will sit as Independent". CBC News. January 29, 2009. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ↑ "Edzerza rejoins Yukon Party". CBC News. October 22, 2009. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ↑ "Edzerza named Yukon environment minister". CBC News. February 4, 2010. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ↑ "Former Yukon minister dies". CBC News. November 28, 2011. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ↑ "'He had so much more he wanted to do'". Whitehorse Daily Star. November 28, 2011. Retrieved 2015-11-18.