Kevin Barr is a

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politician, who served in the

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from 2011 to 2016. He represented the electoral district of

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as a member of the

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caucus. First elected in the 2011 election, he was defeated in the 2016 election by

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of the

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Political career

Barr first entered politics when he ran unsuccessfully for the

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in the rural Yukon seat of Southern Lakes against incumbent

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MLA Patrick Rouble in the 2006 Yukon election He tried again - this time in 2011 - for the Yukon seat in the

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under the

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banner against

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incumbent

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in the 2011 federal election. Barr finished in fourth place, trailing Bagnell,

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(who narrowly defeated Bagnell), and

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candidate

. Barr sought office again later that year for the

in the 2011 Yukon territorial election, this time in the newly created rural riding of

where he lives. Barr won comfortably. During the 33rd Legislative Assembly, Barr served as New Democrat Caucus Chair, as well as caucus critic for Community Services, Tourism and Culture, the Yukon Liquor Corporation, and the Child and Youth Advocate. In office, Barr was a vocal opponent to

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in the Yukon. In December 2015, he also presented a petition to establish

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as a new statutory holiday in the territory.Kevin Barr to run again for New Democrats in Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes
''Yukon News'' (Myles Dolphin), February 22, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2017. Barr announced his intent to seek re-election in Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes in the 2016 Yukon election, but was defeated narrowly in the campaign by now- Yukon Liberal John Streicker, who had placed ahead of Barr in the 2011 federal election. Streicker defeated Barr by just 14 votes; one of the closest that election. Barr was one of the four New Democrat incumbents to lose their seat in that campaign, in which the New Democrats was reduced to third party status.

Personal life

Prior to his term in the legislature, Barr was a community worker in

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and

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,"Yukon NDP selects Barr as federal candidate"

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, March 31, 2011. and a musician with the band Undertakin' Daddies (which was a nominee for the Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group).

Electoral record

Yukon general election, 2016

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Yukon general election, 2011

Canadian federal election, 2011

Yukon general election, 2006

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References

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