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1970 Yukon general election

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All 7 seats of the Yukon Territorial Council
Turnout	66.9%

The 1970 Yukon general election was held on 8 September 1970 to elect the seven members of the 22nd Yukon Territorial Council. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner. There were twenty-one candidates, and 5,152 out of a potential 7,700 electors voted, a turnout of 66.9%.

The members elected to the council were Hilda Watson, Ken McKinnon, Norman Chamberlist, Don Taylor, Clive Tanner, Mike Stutter and Ronald Rivett. Watson and Chamberlist were the two members appointed to the council's new executive committee.

Election results

References

1. "1970 General Elections" (PDF). Elections Yukon. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
2. "Two former members defeated as Yukon elects new councillors". The Globe and Mail, September 10, 1070.
3. "Dissension racks council in Yukon". Montreal Gazette, April 4, 1972.

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