Darrell Pasloski

The Honourable
Darrell Pasloski
8th Premier of Yukon
In office
June 11, 2011 – December 3, 2016
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Justin Trudeau
Commissioner Doug Phillips
Preceded by Dennis Fentie
Succeeded by Sandy Silver
MLA for Mountainview
In office
October 11, 2011 – November 7, 2016
Preceded by first member
Succeeded by Jeanie Dendys
Personal details
Born Darrell Thomas Pasloski
(1960-12-02) December 2, 1960[1]
St. Boniface, Manitoba
Political party Yukon Party
Other political
affiliations		 Conservative Party of Canada
Spouse(s) Tammie
Residence Whitehorse, Yukon
Occupation pharmacist, business owner

Darrell Thomas Pasloski (born December 2, 1960) is a territorial politician from Yukon, Canada, former leader of the Yukon Party, and former Premier of Yukon. His party was defeated in the general election of November, 2016, and he lost his own seat. He was succeeded by Sandy Silver as Premier of Yukon on December 3, 2016.[2]

Early life

The oldest of three children, Darrell Pasloski was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, with his family moving to Saskatchewan when he was a year old. Between grades 6 – 9, Pasloski and his family resided in High Level, Alberta, which was booming at the time with 1,000-1,500 people in the community.

Pasloski attended the College of Pharmacy at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, though he initially considered medical school. In 1982, Pasloski graduated with distinction from the College of Pharmacy.

Following graduation, he moved to Red Deer, Alberta for his first job.

Pasloski took a new position with Shoppers Drug Mart in Red Deer in 1986. The following year, he took over as the store owner. In June, 1987, Pasloski opened the first Shoppers Drug Mart in Yorkton, Sask.

In 1991, he moved to Whitehorse and took over the Shoppers Drug Mart at Qwanlin Mall and later purchased the second Shoppers Drug Mart on Main Street.

By 2009, Pasloski relinquished ownership of both Shoppers Drug Mart locations and people began encouraging him to run territorially and for leadership of the Yukon Party.[3]

Court case

Pasloski appeared in a Yukon territorial court and plead guilty to charges on September 7, 2005 after the Shoppers Drug Mart store number 299 operating under the corporation titled Darrell Pasloski Pharmacy Ltd. was caught selling tobacco to an undercover minor. The store was first warned in November 2002 and a second incident occurred which resulted in charges on October 23, 2004. His company was fined $400.00 under the Yukon Tobacco Act.[4]

Political career

Pasloski ran for a seat to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2008 Canadian federal election under the Conservative banner. He finished a close second place to incumbent Larry Bagnell in a four way race in the Yukon electoral district.[5]

Pasloski ran for leadership of the territorial Yukon Party and won at a convention held on May 28, 2011, winning over MLA Jim Kenyon and businessman Rod Taylor.[6] He was formally sworn in as leader and premier on June 11.[7] He was not a sitting member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly at the time of his investiture as premier; however, he won a seat in the 2011 election, representing the new electoral district of Mountainview.

Pasloski's government was defeated in the 2016 election in which he came in third in his constituency. He announced his resignation as Yukon Party leader on election night.[8]

Personal life

Pasloski is married and has four grown children.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "About Premier Darrell Pasloski". Facebook. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Liberals officially sworn in, forming new Yukon government". CBC News. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  3. ↑ "An Interview With The Premier". Midnight Sun News. September 4, 2012.
  4. ↑ "R. v. Shoppers Drug Mart, 2005 YKTC 63" (PDF). Yukon Territorial Court. September 7, 2005.
  5. ↑ "Yukon election results". Parliament of Canada. October 14, 2008. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Yukon Party selects Darrell Pasloski as new leader, Denis Fentie's reign ends". Winnipeg Free Press. May 29, 2011. Archived from the original on 29 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Darrell Pasloski sworn in as Yukon premier". The Globe and Mail, June 11, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Yukon Liberals win majority after 14 years of conservative government," CBC, November 7,2016.
  9. ↑ Globe and Mail, October 14, 2008: "Federal Election 2008: Pasloski, Darrell."

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Darrell Pasloski.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.