Jim Tredger is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
politician, who was elected to in the
Yukon Legislative Assembly
The Yukon Legislative Assembly (french: Assemblée législative du Yukon) is the legislative assembly for Yukon, Canada. Unique among Canada's three territories, the Yukon Legislative Assembly is the only territorial legislature which is organiz ...
in the
2011 election. He represented the electoral district of
Mayo-Tatchun
Mayo-Tatchun is an electoral district which returns an MLA to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. It is an amalgamation of the former Mayo and Tatchun electoral districts.
Mayo-Tatchun is currently one of the Yukon's ...
as a member of the
Yukon New Democratic Party
The Yukon New Democratic Party (NDP; french: Nouveau Parti démocratique du Yukon) is a social-democratic political party in the Yukon territory of Canada.
The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leadership of Tony ...
caucus from 2011 to 2016.
Prior to elected office, Tredger served as president of both the Association of Yukon School Administrators and the Yukon Teachers Association. He has also sat on the boards of the Canadian Association of Principals, Yukon College, United Way Yukon and Food for Learning Yukon.
During his term in office, Tredger served as the NDP critic for education, energy, mines and resources, and rural issues. He was defeated by
Liberal candidate
Don Hutton in the
2016 Yukon general election
The 2016 general election in Yukon, Canada, took place on November 7, 2016, to return members to the 34th Yukon legislative assembly.
The election was fought over issues relating to the economy, the environment, First Nations reconciliation, frac ...
.
Tredger is married with four children and four grandchildren.
Electoral record
2016 general election
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Liberal
,
Don Hutton
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, align="right", 45.3%
, align="right", +18.6%
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NDP
, Jim Tredger
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, align="right", 31.9%
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2011 general election
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NDP
, Jim Tredger
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, align="right", 41.7%
, align="right", +24.2%
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Liberal
,
Eric Fairclough
, align="right", 181
, align="right", 26.7%
, align="right", -26.5%
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References
Yukon New Democratic Party MLAs
Living people
21st-century Canadian politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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