Dale Eftoda

Dale Eftoda
MLA for Riverdale North
In office
2000–2002
Preceded by Doug Phillips
Succeeded by Ted Staffen
Personal details
Born 1949
Political party Liberal

Dale Eftoda is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale North in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2002.[1] He was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party caucus.

Eftoda became the first openly gay member of the Yukon legislature when he introduced his partner in the assembly on November 29, 2001.[2] Prior to his election to the legislature, he was executive director of the AIDS Yukon Alliance, an HIV/AIDS education and service agency in Whitehorse.[3]

He was defeated by Ted Staffen of the Yukon Party in the 2002 territorial election, in which every incumbent Liberal MLA except party leader Pat Duncan lost their seats.

References

  1. Yukon Votes 2006: Riverdale North. CBC News, October 10, 2006.
  2. Hansard. Yukon Legislative Assembly, November 29, 2001.
  3. "Yukon: Four new HIV cases reported". The Globe and Mail, April 18, 1995.


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