Darrell Pasloski

Darrell Thomas Pasloski (born December 2, 1960) is a territorial politician from Yukon, Canada, who was leader of the Yukon Party, and served as the eighth Premier of Yukon from 2011 to 2016. His party was defeated in the general election of November, 2016, and he lost his own seat. He was succeeded by Sandy Silver as Premier of Yukon on December 3, 2016.[2]

Darrell Pasloski
8th Premier of Yukon Minister of Finance
In office June 11, 2011 – December 3, 2016
Commissioner	Doug Phillips
Preceded by	Dennis Fentie
Succeeded by	Sandy Silver
MLA for Mountainview
In office October 11, 2011 – November 7, 2016
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Jeanie Dendys
Leader of the Yukon Party
In office May 28, 2011 – November 7, 2016
Preceded by	Dennis Fentie
Succeeded by	Stacey Hassard (interim)
Personal details
Born	Darrell Thomas Pasloski December 2, 1960[1] St. Boniface, Manitoba
Political party	Yukon Party
Other political affiliations	Conservative Party of Canada
Spouse(s)	Tammie
Residence	Whitehorse, Yukon
Education	University of Saskatchewan College of Pharmacy
Occupation	Pharmacist, business owner

Early life

The oldest of three children, Darrell Pasloski was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, with his family moving to Saskatchewan when he was a year old. Between grades 6 – 9, Pasloski and his family resided in High Level, Alberta, which was booming at the time with 1,000-1,500 people in the community.

Pasloski attended the College of Pharmacy at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, though he initially considered medical school. In 1982, Pasloski graduated with distinction from the College of Pharmacy.

Following graduation, he moved to Red Deer, Alberta for his first job.

Pasloski took a new position with Shoppers Drug Mart in Red Deer in 1986. The following year, he took over as the store owner. In June, 1987, Pasloski opened the first Shoppers Drug Mart in Yorkton, Sask.

In 1991, he moved to Whitehorse and took over the Shoppers Drug Mart at Qwanlin Mall and later purchased the second Shoppers Drug Mart on Main Street.

By 2009, Pasloski relinquished ownership of both Shoppers Drug Mart locations and people began encouraging him to run territorially and for leadership of the Yukon Party.[3]

Court case

Pasloski appeared in a Yukon territorial court and plead guilty to charges on September 7, 2005 after the Shoppers Drug Mart store number 299 operating under the corporation titled Darrell Pasloski Pharmacy Ltd. was caught selling tobacco to an undercover minor. The store was first warned in November 2002 and a second incident occurred which resulted in charges on October 23, 2004. His company was fined $400.00 under the federal Tobacco Act.[4]

Political career

Pasloski ran for a seat to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2008 Canadian federal election under the Conservative banner. He finished second place to incumbent Larry Bagnell in a four way race in the Yukon electoral district.[5]

Pasloski ran for leadership of the territorial Yukon Party and won at a convention held on May 28, 2011, winning over MLA Jim Kenyon and businessman Rod Taylor.[6] He was formally sworn in as leader and premier on June 11.[7] He was not a sitting member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly at the time of his investiture as premier; however, he won a seat in the 2011 election, representing the new electoral district of Mountainview.

Pasloski's government was defeated in the 2016 election in which he came in third in his constituency. He announced his resignation as Yukon Party leader on election night.[8]

Election record

Yukon general election, 2016

Mountainview

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeanie Dendys	439	34.6%	+14.5%
	NDP	Shaunagh Stikeman	432	34.0%	-1.0%
	Yukon Party	Darrell Pasloski	399	31.4%	-13.3%
Total			1,270	100.0%	–

Yukon general election, 2011

Mountainview

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Darrell Pasloski	480	44.7%	–
	NDP	Stephen Dunbar-Edge	376	35.0%	–
	Liberal	Dave Sloan	216	20.1%	–
Total			1,072	100.0%	–

Canadian federal election, 2008

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	6,715	45.80	-3.26	$56,745
	Conservative	Darrell Pasloski	4,788	32.66	+9.12	$68,782
	Green	John Streicker	1,881	12.83	+9.00	$14,609
	New Democratic	Ken Bolton	1,276	8.70	-14.85	$13,004
Total valid votes/Expense limit			14,660	100.0%	–	$82,727
	Liberal hold		Swing		-6.19

Personal life

Pasloski is married and has four grown children.[9]

References

1. "About Premier Darrell Pasloski". Facebook. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
2. "Liberals officially sworn in, forming new Yukon government". CBC News. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
3. "An Interview With The Premier". Midnight Sun News. September 4, 2012. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013.
4. "R. v. Shoppers Drug Mart, 2005 YKTC 63" (PDF). Yukon Territorial Court. September 7, 2005.
5. "Yukon election results". Parliament of Canada. October 14, 2008. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
6. "Yukon Party selects Darrell Pasloski as new leader, Denis Fentie's reign ends". Winnipeg Free Press. May 29, 2011. Archived from the original on 30 May 2011.
7. "Darrell Pasloski sworn in as Yukon premier". The Globe and Mail, June 11, 2011.
8. "Yukon Liberals win majority after 14 years of conservative government," CBC, November 7,2016.
9. Globe and Mail, October 14, 2008: "Federal Election 2008: Pasloski, Darrell."