Tony Penikett
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Premier of Yukon...smaller than that of a provincial premier. From 1978 to 1990 and from 1992 to 1996, the term Government Leader was used instead. Tony Penikett chose to change the title to "Premier" amid some controversy. His successor, John Ostashek,... In this article: Yukon and Tony Penikett |
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Wikipedia | October 28, 2009
Tony Penikett
An activist with the New Democratic Party (NDP), Penikett was campaign manager in 1972 for Wally Firth, the first indigenous northern MP ever elected to the House of Commons. Penikett became a member of the New Democratic Party's federal...
In this article: Yukon, New Democratic Party, British Columbia, and British Columbia New Democratic Party
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Tahmoh Penikett
...as Paul Ballard in Joss Whedon's series ''Dollhouse '' on the Fox network as of the spring of 2009. Penikett is the son of former Yukon premier Tony Penikett, who is of British ancestry, and Lulla Sierra Johns, of the White River First...
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Yukon New Democratic Party
...political party in the Yukon territory of Canada. The Yukon NDP formed the government of the territory under the leadership of Tony Penikett from 1985 to 1992, and under the leadership of Piers McDonald from 1996 to 2000. The party's...
In this article: New Democratic Party, Yukon, Yukon Party, Yukon Legislative Assembly, and Liberal Party
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Piers McDonald
...to the Yukon legislature on behalf of the NDP in 1982 and became minister of education and minister of community and transport when Tony Penikett led the NDP to power in 1985. In 1989, McDonald became minister of finance and served in that...
In this article: Yukon, Officer of the Order of Canada, Yukon legislature, Yukon Federation of Labour, New Democratic Party, Northwestel, Bill Blaikie, and Kingston, Ontario
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Marion Dewar
She appeared in the 1985 documentary Speaking Our Peace. From 1985 to 1987 Dewar was president of the federal NDP, succeeding Tony Penikett. She was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a 1987 by-election in the riding of Hamilton...
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Fred Berger (politician)
...however, losing to Meg McCall in the Klondike electoral district. He remained leader of the party until 1981, when he was succeeded by Tony Penikett. He later operated a number of businesses, including a movie theatre and a drug store, in...
In this article: Yukon Legislative Assembly
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Yukon Party
...as the government. The Progressive Conservatives were defeated in the 1985 election by the Yukon New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Tony Penikett. With Brian Mulroney's federal Progressive Conservative government's increasing unpopularity,...
In this article: Yukon Party, Yukon Legislative Assembly, Progressive Conservative Party, and Hilda Watson
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John Ostashek
...he also won a seat in the legislature for the first time. Ostashek declined to use the title Premier adopted by his predecessor, Tony Penikett and preferred to be called Government Leader. Ostashek's minority government, which was kept in...
In this article: Yukon Party, Yukon, and Cancer
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Toronto Star | January 16, 2009
A truly freaky family reunion
...find out it was all a dream," the Canadian actor confessed. "I mean, I'm from Whitehorse!" (He's the son of former Yukon premier Tony Penikett.) FOX TALK The little network that could is all about celebration this season, with Wednesday...
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Canucks invade fall schedule
...Cory Monteith is one of the leads in one of the fall's most talked-about new series, GLEE. Tahmoh Penikett, son of former Yukon Premier Tony Penikett, was told not to bother packing for home after the Joss Whedon-produced sci-fi thriller...
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Antony (Tony) David John Penikett is a mediator and negotiator and former politician in Yukon, Canada. An activist with the New Democratic Party (NDP), Penikett was campaign manager in 1972 for Wally Firth, the first indigenous northern MP ever elected to the House of Commons. Penikett became a member of the New Democratic Party's federal council in 1973 and served as executive assistant to Ed Broadbent in the mid-1970s. He was president of the federal NDP from 1981 to 1985.
Born in Sussex, England, on November 14, 1945 and educated at St. Albans School in England and in Alberta and Ontario, Penikett began his Yukon working life as an asbestos mine labourer at Clinton Creek, Yukon, where he became active in his union as a shop steward and chair of the grievance committee. He was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in 1978. As leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party he went from being the sole New Democrat Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in 1981 to leading the party to power in the 1985 territorial election, forming a minority government and becoming government leader.
Penikett fought the federal government for a better deal for the territory in Canadian confederation and for control over its natural resources. Penikett's government also negotiated and signed an umbrella agreement for First Nations land claims, negotiated the first four agreements with individual First Nations, and developed an economic development strategy for the Yukon in consultation with citizens.
Penikett's government opposed the Meech Lake Accord, believing it would make it impossible for the Yukon to ever become a province.
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