Haakon Arntzen
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Haakon Arntzen | |
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| Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly for Copperbelt | |
| In office November 4, 2002 – September 9, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Mitchell |
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| Born | |
| Party | Yukon Party (2002-2004) Independent (2004-2005) |
| Occupation | Truck Driver, Businessman |
Haakon Arntzen is a Canadian politician. He represented the Whitehorse, Yukon electoral district of Copperbelt in the Yukon Legislative Assembly as a member of the Yukon Party from 2002 to 2005.
First elected in the 2002 territorial election, Arntzen served as a backbench government Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) during the first part of his term. He was elected to represent the newly created Whitehorse riding of Copperbelt on behalf of the Yukon Party, which was swept into government after defeating the Yukon Liberals of Pat Duncan.
After indecent assault charges, he left the Yukon Party caucus on April 28, 2004 to sit as an Independent.[2]
Arntzen resigned his seat on September 9, 2005 and he was succeeded in a by-election by newly elected Liberal leader Arthur Mitchell, whom Arntzen had defeated in the riding of Copperbelt in the 2002 election. Despite Arntzen's resignation, the Yukon Party retained its majority status in the legislature.