The Honourable
Richard Mostyn
MLA
In office
December 3, 2016 – January 14, 2023
PremierSandy Silver
Preceded byScott Kent
Currie Dixon
Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
for Whitehorse West
Assumed office
November 7, 2016
Preceded byElaine Taylor
Personal details
Political partyYukon Liberal Party

Richard Mostyn is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in the 2016 election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Whitehorse West as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party. He is currently the Minister of Highways and Public Works and the Public Service Commission.[2]

Political career

Mostyn was elected on November 7, 2016, defeating high profile, three-term incumbent and Yukon Party Deputy Premier Elaine Taylor by just 22 votes. Taylor, at the time, was the longest-serving Cabinet minister in the Yukon and in Canada. Mostyn was elected as part of the incoming Yukon Liberal majority government of Sandy Silver.

On December 3, 2016, Mostyn was sworn into Cabinet as the Minister of Highways and Public Works and the Minister of the Public Service Commission.[3] Mostyn is also currently a member of the Standing Committee on Rules, Elections and Privileges.[4]

Personal life

He arrived in Yukon with his wife in 1989.[5]

Prior to entering politics, Mostyn was a journalist and editor of the Yukon News. Throughout his career, he covered small business, politics, health, energy, technology, mining, the environment, and the arts. His career as a journalist spanned the administrations of Yukon Premiers Tony Penikett, John Ostashek, Piers McDonald, Pat Duncan, Dennis Fentie and Darrell Pasloski.[6]

In the course of his career, he was published in The Globe and Mail, National Post, Vancouver Sun, and Up Here Magazine, and appeared on CBC Radio and TV and the BBC World Service.[7]

After leaving journalism in 2011, Mostyn worked for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society and its campaign to champion the Peel Watershed land-use plan. In 2012, he joined the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board before running for territorial politics.[8]

Electoral record

2021 Yukon general election: Whitehorse West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Mostyn 398 39.68 -6.1%
Yukon Party Angela Drainville 376 37.48 -6.1%
New Democratic Ron Davis 229 22.83 +12.1%
Total valid votes 1,003
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Liberal hold Swing -7.33
Source(s)
"Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2016 general election

Whitehorse West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Richard Mostyn 455 45.8% +17.1%
Yukon Party Elaine Taylor 433 43.6% -14.3%
  NDP Stu Clark 106 10.7% -2.2%
Total 994 100.0% –

References

  1. ^ "Golden night for Silver". Yukon News, November 8, 2016.
  2. ^ Richard Mostyn, Yukon Legislative Assembly. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  3. ^ Richard Mostyn, Yukon Legislative Assembly. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  4. ^ Richard Mostyn, Yukon Legislative Assembly. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  5. ^ "Richard Mostyn, Whitehorse West". Yukon Liberals. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  6. ^ Richard Mostyn, Liberal Candidate. Yukon Liberal Party. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  7. ^ Richard Mostyn, Liberal Candidate. Yukon Liberal Party. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  8. ^ Richard Mostyn, Liberal Candidate. Yukon Liberal Party. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  9. ^ Unofficial Results, Whitehorse West Elections Yukon, November 7, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
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