Archibald Donald Lang (April 3, 1948 – March 11, 2021) was a Canadian politician, who represented the
electoral district
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
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
Yukon Party
The Yukon Party, formerly the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in Yukon, Canada.
History
The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party was founded in April 1978. Long time Yukon legislator Hilda Watson was ...
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
Senate of Canada
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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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,
Liberal
,
David Laxton
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, align="right", 30.8%
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,
NDP
,
Kate White
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, align="right", 21.9%
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!align="right", 727
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Yukon general election, 2002
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,
Liberal
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Scott Kent
, align="right", 312
, align="right", 40.3%
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,
NDP
, Judi Johnny
, align="right", 63
, align="right", 8.1%
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!align="right", 774
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References
Yukon Party MLAs
2021 deaths
Politicians from Whitehorse
21st-century members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
1948 births
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