Pat Duncan was the first Liberal premier of the Yukon and the first female premier in the Yukon, the second woman in Canadian history to win the premiership of a province or territory through a general election, the first to do so by defeating an incumbent premier, and the first to do so by defeating a male opponent.
11 Facts About Pat Duncan
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Pat Duncan was appointed to the Senate of Canada on December 12,2018.
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Pat Duncan was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1960, and moved with her family to Whitehorse, Yukon in 1964.
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Pat Duncan graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor of Arts in political science.
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Pat Duncan served as executive director of the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce.
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Pat Duncan remained in this position until Nielsen's retirement in 1987.
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Pat Duncan was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 1996 general election.
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Pat Duncan was elected as a Liberal to represent the Porter Creek South riding, a riding located in Whitehorse.
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In 1998, Pat Duncan was elected leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.
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The Yukon Liberals were reduced to only one seat after the election - Pat Duncan's own riding of Porter Creek South.
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At the 2005 Yukon Liberal Party leadership convention, Pat Duncan was defeated by Arthur Mitchell by a margin of 357 votes to 303.