Brendan Hanley | |
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| Member of Parliament for Yukon | |
| Assumed office September 20, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Larry Bagnell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 or 1959 (age 64–65)[1] |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Lise Farynowski |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Whitehorse, Yukon |
| Occupation |
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Brendan E. Hanley MP (born 1958 or 1959) is a Canadian politician and physician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election. He represents the electoral district of the Yukon as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.[2] He previously served as the Yukon's chief medical officer of health since 2008. In late-March 2020, he frequently made updates and announcements during the COVID-19 pandemic in Yukon.[3][4]
Hanley was previously an emergency medicine and family practitioner in the territory, having previously worked in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. He also has experience with Doctors without Borders, practicing overseas in Africa and Asia.[4] He received his medical degree from the University of Alberta, a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene from the University of Liverpool, and a Masters in Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.[4]
He is married to Lise Farynowski and has two children.[1]
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Yukon | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Brendan Hanley | 6,471 | 33.35 | -0.15 | ||||
| Conservative | Barbara Dunlop | 5,096 | 26.26 | -6.44 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lisa Vollans-Leduc | 4,354 | 22.44 | +0.44 | ||||
| Independent | Jonas Jacot Smith | 2,639 | 13.6 | – | ||||
| Green | Lenore Morris | 846 | 4.36 | -6.14 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 19,406 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 142 | 0.73 | ||||||
| Turnout | 19,548 | 64.69 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 30,217 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.1 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5] | ||||||||