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Members of Yukon's Liberal Party person chosen Mike Pemberton arsenic the caller enactment person and the territory's adjacent premier.
Mike Pemberton volition officially go premier aft being sworn in
Chris MacIntyre · CBC News
· Posted: Jun 20, 2025 1:13 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago
Members of the Yukon Liberal Party person chosen their adjacent person and the territory's adjacent premier: businessman Mike Pemberton.
"We are present contiguous arsenic portion of a proud, and beardown Liberal question that is rooted successful community. Compassion. And the content that we tin enactment unneurotic to physique a brighter aboriginal for each Yukoners," Pemberton said.
Pemberton narrowly won by 14 votes. Out of a full of 873 votes, Pemberton received 442, portion chap campaigner Doris Bill received 429.
Pemberton has been progressive with the national and territorial Liberals for much than 20 years. He was the spokesperson for Ranj Pillai's run erstwhile the existent premier and enactment person ran uncontested for the Yukon Liberal Party leadership.
He besides antecedently owned a furnishings store successful downtown Whitehorse. He's served connected the Whitehorse and Yukon chambers of commerce, the Yukon Development Corporation and the committee of Yukon Energy.
Pemberton is present premier-designate until a swearing-in ceremony.
Once sworn in, They volition past service arsenic the territory's 11th premier until the adjacent wide election, which indispensable hap earlier November 3.
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