Yukon.(politics) From: Canadian Parliamentary Review | Date: June 22, 2006| Author: McCormick, Floyd | COPYRIGHT 2006 Canadian Parliamentary Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The last submission outlined certain changes to the composition of party caucuses in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. These changes included the resignation of Haakon Arntzen (formerly the independent member for Copperbelt, and before that the Yukon Party member for the same constituency), the election of Liberal Party leader Arthur Mitchell in the Copperbelt by-election; and the resignation of Peter Jenkins (Klondike) from the governing Yukon Party cabinet and caucus. Mr. Jenkins n...

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