Scott Kent
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Scott Kent MLA |
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| Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly for Copperbelt South |
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Assumed office November 7, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Lois Moorcroft |
| Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources Minister of Highways and Public Works |
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In office August 5, 2013 – December 3, 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Darrell Pasloski |
| Preceded by |
Brad Cathers Wade Istchenko |
| Succeeded by |
Ranj Pillai Richard Mostyn |
| Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly for Riverdale North |
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In office October 11, 2011 – November 7, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Ted Staffen |
| Succeeded by | Nils Clarke |
| Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly for Riverside |
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In office April 17, 2000 – November 4, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Jack Cable |
| Succeeded by | Riding Abolished |
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Yukon Party (2011-present) Yukon Liberal Party (2000-2002) |
| Residence | Whitehorse, Yukon |
Scott Kent is a Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2000, 2011 and 2016 Yukon elections. He currently represents the Whitehorse electoral district of Copperbelt South as a member of the Yukon Party caucus.
Kent was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly as MLA for Riverside on April 17, 2000, for the Yukon Liberal Party as part of the short-lived government of Premier Pat Duncan. Kent served as Deputy Chair of Committee of the Whole from June 5, 2000 to June 12, 2001. He was appointed to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the Standing Committee on Rules, Elections and Privileges during the 30th Legislative Assembly.
In June 2001, Kent was appointed to the Executive Council (Cabinet) as Minister of Economic Development. He later acquired responsibility for the Department of Infrastructure, the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, and the Yukon Development Corporation/Yukon Energy Corporation. He was also the Minister responsible for Youth. Kent's riding of Riverside was dissolved prior to the 2002 election, and he opted to run for re-election in the newly created riding of Porter Creek Centre. However, he was defeated by Archie Lang of the Yukon Party.
Kent re-entered territorial politics in 2011, when he crossed the floor to join the Yukon Party. He was elected in the riding of Riverdale North - which included part of his former riding of Riverside - in that year's election. He was appointed again to Cabinet on November 5, 2011, serving as Minister of Education, Minister responsible for the Yukon Housing Corporation, Minister responsible for the Yukon Liquor Corporation (including the Yukon Lottery Commission), Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, Minister responsible for the Yukon Development Corporation and Yukon Energy Corporation, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, and Minister of Highways and Public Works. During his time Minister of Education, his department drew criticism for its handling of the Catholic school system's stance on homosexuality, which came to light in a school document which labeled homosexual urges a "disorder" and homosexual acts an "intrinsic moral evil.". Kent was later moved out of the education portfolio in August 2013.
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