The Yukon Party has a new leader after a week of online and phone voting by members. Thirty-four-year-old Currie Dixon defeated two contenders for the top job and says his aim is to serve all Yukoners well.
Currie Dixon, then-Minister of Community Services and Minister of the Public Service Commission for the Government of Yukon speaks during an infastructure annoucement at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 22, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean KilpatrickWHITEHORSE -- The Yukon Party has a new leader after a week of online and phone voting by members.
Dixon says that will include establishing a productive and respectful relationship with First Nations. Currie takes the reins from an interim party leader after former Premier Darrell Pasloski lost his seat and stepped down on election night in 2016.
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