Tony Penikett
| Tony Penikett | |
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| 3rd Premier of Yukon | |
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In office May 29, 1985 – November 6, 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Willard Phelps |
| Succeeded by | John Ostashek |
| Leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party | |
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In office 1981–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Fred Berger |
| Succeeded by | Piers McDonald |
| President of the New Democratic Party | |
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In office 1981–1985 |
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| Preceded by | Alvin Hewitt |
| Succeeded by | Marion Dewar |
| MLA for Whitehorse West | |
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In office November 20, 1978 – September 27, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | David Sloan |
| Personal details | |
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Antony David John Penikett November 14, 1945 Sussex, England |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
Antony David John "Tony" Penikett (born 1945) is a mediator and negotiator and former politician in Yukon, Canada, who served as Premier of Yukon from 1985 to 1992.
Born in Sussex, England, on November 14, 1945 and educated at St Albans School in Hertfordshire, 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.
An activist with the New Democratic Party (NDP), Penikett was campaign manager in the 1972 election for Wally Firth, the first indigenous northern MP ever elected to the House of Commons. He was the party's candidate in Yukon in the 1974 federal election, but was not elected.
Penikett became a member of the New Democratic Party's federal council in 1973 and served as executive assistant to Ed Broadbent from 1975 to 1977. He then returned to Yukon, where he was elected to Whitehorse City Council in 1977.
He was president of the federal NDP from 1981 to 1985.
He was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in 1978, representing the constituency of Whitehorse West as a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party. He was the party's only MLA elected that year.
In 1981, Penikett succeeded Fred Berger as leader of the party. Under his leadership, independent MLA Maurice Byblow crossed the floor to join the party, and Roger Kimmerly won a by-election for the party in October. With the party having surpassed the Yukon Liberal Party in seats, Penikett became Leader of the Opposition.
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