We look north of 60 today on Art’s History to send out birthday greetings to the Premier of Yukon, Sandy Silver.Born in 1969, in Nova Scotia, Mr. Silver studied at storied St. Francis Xavier – whose famed alumni include Brian Mulroney, Allan J. MacEachen, Lowell Murray and Frank McKenna.Sandy Silver became a math teacher and headed north in 1998 to teach in Dawson City. Politics later beckoned and he was elected to the Yukon Assembly in 2011. A mere five years later, he was Premier.Last year, the Territory’s voters elected a minority assembly with Mr. Silver’s Yukon Liberal Party and the Yukon Party (conservatives) each electing eight members. Premier Silver has continued in office with a formal agreement of support for his government provided by the NDP.Sandy Silver turns 52 today. Happy birthday Mr. Premier from Art’s History.[caption id="attachment_590922" align="alignleft" width="495"]
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver meets with PM Justin Trudeau[/caption]Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver meets with PM Justin Trudeau[/caption]Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.