Danny Joe

Danny Joe
Danny Joe
MLA for Tatchun
	In office; 1987–1992
Preceded by	Roger Coles
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
MLA for Mayo-Tatchun
	In office; 1992–1996
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	Eric Fairclough
Personal details
Born	April 25, 1929 (age 94); Pelty Crossing, Yukon
Political party	New Democrat

Danny Joe is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Tatchun from 1987 to 1992, and Mayo-Tatchun from 1992 to 1996, in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.^[1]

A member of the Yukon New Democratic Party, Joe was formerly a Chief of the Selkirk First Nation.^[2] He first won the riding in a by-election in 1987,^[2] following the resignation of Roger Coles,^[3] and was reelected in the 1989 election. He was subsequently re-elected in the redistricted Mayo-Tatchun in the 1992 election. He did not run again in 1996 and was replaced by Eric Fairclough who also won the riding for the NDP.^[4]

References

^ Canada, P.; Normandin, P.G. (1995). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Gale Canada. ISBN 9781896413013. ISSN 0315-6168. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b Justine Davidson (May 17, 2010). "Penikett recalls years of dominance from the left". Whitehorse Star. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ Kenneth Coates; Judith Powell (1989). The modern North: people, politics and the rejection of colonialism. James Lorimer & Company. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-55028-120-0. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "Yukon Votes 2006". CBC. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

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