Geoff Lattin
Canadian politician (1920–1992)
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Edward Geoffrey Lattin (May 9, 1920 – July 24, 1992) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse North Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Yukon from 1978 to 1982 as a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.[1]
Geoff Lattin | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Whitehorse North Centre | |
| In office 1978–1982 | |
| Preceded by | Ken McKinnon |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Commodore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 9, 1920 |
| Died | July 24, 1992 (aged 72) |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | hotel manager, businessman |
Born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1920, Lattin moved to Yukon in 1952.[2] He worked as a railway foreman for several years until he and his brother Con bought Northland Beverages, a local soft drink distributor in 1958;[1] they subsequently also purchased Whitehorse's Fort Yukon Hotel, where Lattin was manager until his election to the legislature.[1] He was also an unsuccessful candidate for Whitehorse City Council in a by-election in 1976.[3]
First elected in the 1978 Yukon general election, he suffered a heart attack in the legislative assembly in April 1979.[4] He was appointed to the Executive Council of Yukon as Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs in 1980.[5] He was admitted to hospital in December 1981 with chest pains from a suspected second heart attack, but was not considered to be in serious condition as he had been able to drive himself to the hospital.[6] He held the cabinet role until the 1982 Yukon general election, in which he was defeated by Margaret Commodore of the Yukon New Democratic Party.[7] He died on July 24, 1992, from a heart attack.[1][8]
