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Piers McDonald (born 1955) is a Yukon politician and trade unionist. McDonald, a miner by profession, was vice-president of the Yukon Federation of Labour from 1981- 1982. He won election to the Yukon legislature on behalf of the NDP in 1982 and became minister of education and minister of community and transport when Tony Penikett led the NDP to power in 1985. In 1989, McDonald became minister of finance and served in that position until 1991 when he again became minister of education until the NDP's defeat in the 1992 election.

McDonald succeeded Penikett as NDP leader and leader of the opposition in 1995 and led the NDP back to power in the 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan election winning 11 of the territory's 17 seats but in 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri his government was defeated and McDonald narrowly lost his seatSeat can refer to: A place to sit, particularly the area you sit on, rather than other elements, like armrests. See chair. The seat in a parliament. A " chair" or "seat" is also a seat of office, authority, or dignity, such as the chairperson of a committ in the legislature. While his government left a $60 million budget surplus and earned a good reputation for promoting social programs and protecting the environment, it had suffered from a decline in the territory's economy due to a fall in world metal prices and the closure of several mines. This became a major campaign issue along with the resulting mass exodus of people from the Yukon with 10% of the population leaving between 1996 and 2000. Soon after his electoral defeat McDonald resigned as party leader.

Preceded by:
John OstashekJohn Ostashek (born 1936) is a former Yukon politician. An entrepreneur, he was elected leader of the Yukon Party in June 1992 and led it to victory in the fall 1992 election in which he also won a seat in the legislature for the first time. Ostashek decl
1992-1996

Yukon PremierThis is a list of the government leaders and premiers of Yukon Territory, Canada, since 1978 when responsible government was certain governmental powers were devolved from the federal government to the territory. Prior to 1978 the territory had a legislat
1996-2000

Succeeded by:
Pat Duncan
2000-2002

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