Richard Mostyn
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The Honourable Richard Mostyn MLA |
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| Minister of Highways and Public Works Minister of the Public Service Commission |
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Assumed office December 3, 2016 |
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| Premier | Sandy Silver |
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Scott Kent Currie Dixon |
| Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly for Whitehorse West |
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Assumed office November 7, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Elaine Taylor |
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| Political party | Yukon Liberal Party |
Richard Mostyn is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in the 2016 election. He represents the electoral district of Whitehorse West as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party. He is currently the Minister of Highways and Public Works and the Public Service Commission.
Mostyn was elected on November 7, 2016, defeating high profile, three-term incumbent and Yukon Party Deputy Premier Elaine Taylor by just 22 votes. Taylor, at the time, was the longest-serving Cabinet minister in the Yukon and in Canada. Mostyn was elected as part of the incoming Yukon Liberal majority government of Sandy Silver.
On December 3, 2016, Mostyn was sworn in to Cabinet as the Minister of Highways and Public Works and the Minister of the Public Service Commission.
Prior to entering politics, Mostyn was a journalist and editor of the Yukon News. Throughout his career, he covered small business, politics, health, energy, technology, mining, the environment, and the arts. His career as a journalist spanned the administrations of Yukon Premiers Tony Penikett, John Ostashek, Piers McDonald, Pat Duncan, Dennis Fentie and Darrell Pasloski.
In the course of his career, he was published in the Globe and Mail, National Post, Vancouver Sun, and Up Here Magazine, and appeared on CBC Radio and TV and the BBC World Service.
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