Archie Lang (politician)
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Archibald Donald Lang (April 3, 1948 – March 11, 2021) was a Canadian politician, who represented the
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of
Porter Creek Centre Porter Creek Centre is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada. It was created in 2002 out of the Whitehorse ridings of Porter Creek North and Porter Creek South. It encompass ...
in the
Yukon Legislative Assembly The Yukon Legislative Assembly () is the legislative assembly for Yukon, Canada. Unique among Canada's three territories, the Yukon Legislative Assembly is the only territorial legislature which is organized along political party lines. In contr ...
from 2002 to 2011.


Political career

He was a member of the
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and is Minister of Highways and Public Works and Minister of Community Services. Lang announced his retirement from the legislature on July 6, 2011. His twin brother Daniel Lang served in the
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from 2009 to 2017. Lang died on March 11, 2021, from cancer at the age of 72.


Electoral record


Yukon general election, 2006

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Yukon general election, 2002

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References

Yukon Party MLAs 2021 deaths Politicians from Whitehorse 21st-century members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly 1948 births {{Yukon-politician-stub