Glenn Hart

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Preceded bySue Edelman
Succeeded byJan Stick
Preceded byBrad Cathers
Glenn Hart
MLA for Riverdale South
In office
November 4, 2002  October 11, 2011
Preceded bySue Edelman
Succeeded byJan Stick
Minister of Health and Social Services
In office
July 3, 2008  November 5, 2011
PremierDennis Fentie
Darrell Pasloski
Preceded byBrad Cathers
Succeeded byDoug Graham
Minister of the Public Service Commission
In office
November 30, 2006  July 3, 2008
PremierDennis Fentie
Preceded byElaine Taylor
Succeeded byPatrick Rouble
Minister of Community Services
In office
November 30, 2002  July 3, 2008
PremierDennis Fentie
Preceded byPam Buckway
Succeeded byArchie Lang
Minister of Highways and Public Works
In office
November 30, 2002  October 28, 2006
PremierDennis Fentie
Preceded byPam Buckway
Succeeded byArchie Lang
Personal details
PartyYukon Party
OccupationCivil servant; politician

Glenn Hart is a Canadian politician, who represented the Whitehorse, Yukon electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011. He is a member of the Yukon Party.[1]

Hart was elected in Riverdale South in the snap Yukon election of November 2002. He defeated incumbent Yukon Liberal Cabinet minister Sue Edelman, who had held the riding since 1996.

He was appointed to the Cabinet of Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie on November 30, 2002, as the Minister of Community Services, the Minister of Highways and Public Works, and the Minister in charge of the Yukon Housing Corporation.[2]

Hart was re-elected as MLA for Riverdale South in the 2006 Yukon election and re-appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Community Services, Minister of the Public Service Commission, and the Minister responsible for the French Language Services Directorate. He served in that capacity until July 3, 2008, when he was appointed the Minister of Health and Social Services and the Minister responsible for the Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board. He retained responsibility for the French Language Services Directorate.

Hart was defeated in his second re-election attempt of 2011, losing to New Democrat Jan Stick, a former Whitehorse City Councillor.

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