Darius Elias later served as Deputy Chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation.
11 Facts About Darius Elias
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Darius Elias's win marked the Yukon Liberals' first election win in that riding.
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Darius Elias served as Official Opposition caucus chair, as well as Liberal critic for the Environment, Tourism and Culture, and the Women's Directorate portfolios.
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Darius Elias was re-elected in the 2011 election, but that election saw the Yukon Liberals reduced to just two rural seats and third party status.
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Eleven months later, on July 8,2013, Darius Elias crossed the floor to join the caucus of the governing Yukon Party.
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The move was controversial not only in that a former party leader defected; Darius Elias' defection granted the Yukon Party a majority on the Select Committee on Hydraulic Fracturing, which was struck to examine the role of fracking in the Yukon.
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Darius Elias's license was temporarily suspended and he publicly admitted to having an alcohol problem.
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Darius Elias was appointed Government House Leader and Caucus Chair of the Yukon Party caucus in 2015.
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Darius Elias announced his intention to seek re-election in the 2016 election, but was defeated by Liberal candidate Pauline Frost by seven votes.
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Darius Elias had a diploma in renewable resources management and was a former Vuntut National Park warden.
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Darius Elias was the son of Vuntut Gwitchin chief and former New Democrat MLA Norma Kassi.