Eric Fairclough is a Canadian politician, who was a Cabinet minister and Leader of the Official Opposition in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.
15 Facts About Eric Fairclough
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Eric Fairclough represented the rural Yukon electoral district of Mayo-Tatchun in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2011 under both the Yukon New Democratic Party and the Liberals.
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Eric Fairclough was re-elected as a member of the New Democrats in the 2000, but that election saw his party reduced to Official Opposition status.
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Eric Fairclough became interim leader of the New Democrats when Trevor Harding, the previous interim leader, decided to resign politics.
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Eric Fairclough ultimately ran for leadership of the New Democrats, but withdrew.
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Eric Fairclough was elected in 2002 Yukon election, again as part of the Official Opposition.
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Eric Fairclough was appointed Official Opposition critic for Health and Social Services and Public Schools.
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Eric Fairclough shared critic portfolios on Finance and First Nations relations.
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Eric Fairclough had insisted upon Hardy calling a leadership race, but Hardy had refused.
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Eric Fairclough served as the Liberal environment critic for the rest of the session.
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Eric Fairclough was comfortably re-elected in his riding in the 2006 Yukon election, capturing half the vote.
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Eric Fairclough announced his intention to seek re-election in his riding of Mayo-Tatchun in the 2011 Yukon election, but was defeated in his attempt by the New Democrat's Jim Tredger.
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Eric Fairclough finished in third behind the New Democrats and the Yukon Party.
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Eric Fairclough served one term prior to being defeated in 2016.
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Eric Fairclough argued that the proposed changes undermined the spirit of the First Nations' final agreements.