Danny Joe is a former

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politician. He represented the

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of Tatchun from 1987 to 1992, and Mayo-Tatchun from 1992 to 1996, in the

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. A member of the

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, Joe was formerly a Chief of the Selkirk First Nation. He first won the riding in a

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in 1987, following the resignation of Roger Coles, and was reelected in the 1989 election. He was subsequently re-elected in the redistricted Mayo-Tatchun in the 1992 election. He did not run again in

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and was replaced by Eric Fairclough who also won the riding for the NDP. Joe was inducted as a member of the

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in 2022 in recognition of his advocacy for First Nations culture and languages in the territory.

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