Dean Hassard

Dean Hassard
MLA for Pelly-Nisutlin
In office November 4, 2002 – October 10, 2006
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Marian Horne
Personal details
Party	Yukon Party
Occupation	Businessman

Dean Hassard is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pelly-Nisutlin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly as a member of the Yukon Party from 2002 to 2006.

Hassard ran for the Yukon Party in the newly created riding of Pelly-Nisutlin in the snap election of 2002. Hassard ran against Liberal Jim McLachlan, the former Mayor of Faro and the incumbent MLA for Faro. McLachlan's riding had been dissolved to form part of Pelly-Nisutlin. Hassard beat McLachlan comfortably and joined the government of Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie, who defeated the incumbent Liberals.

During his term in office, Hassard served as a backbench MLA. He was a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Regulatory Review Committee. He was also the Yukon Party's Caucus Whip and the Deputy Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly.

After Hassard decided to move his family to Whitehorse permanently, he chose to stand as the Yukon Party's candidate in the Whitehorse riding of Porter Creek South in the 2006 territorial election. However, he was defeated by Liberal candidate Don Inverarity by just six votes.

Prior to his election to the legislature, Hassard was a businessman and municipal councilor in Teslin, Yukon. He is the brother of current Pelly-Nisutlin MLA Stacey Hassard, a former Cabinet minister, who is the incumbent Leader of the Opposition in the Yukon.

Electoral record

2006 general election

Porter Creek South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Inverarity	304	43.4%	-8.3%
	Yukon Party	Dean Hassard	298	42.6%	+4.5%
	NDP	Samson Hartland	97	13.9%	+3.8%
Total			700	100.0%	–

2002 general election

Pelly-Nisutlin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Dean Hassard	297	46.4%	–
	Liberal	Jim McLachlan	181	28.3%	–
	NDP	Buzz Burgess	162	25.3%	–
Total			640	100.0%	–

External links

• Dean Hassard