Dennis Fentie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Dennis Fentie

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1950

Place of Birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Date of Death: 30-Aug-2019

Profession: businessperson, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Dennis Fentie

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  • Fentie (November 8, 1950 – August 30, 2019) was a Canadian politician.
  • He was the seventh Premier of Yukon and leader of the Yukon Party, serving from 2002 to 2011, as well as the MLA for Watson Lake. Before entering politics, Fentie was involved in logging, tourism, mining, trucking, and fuel distribution in and around Watson Lake.
  • Fentie had served as director of both the Association of Yukon Forests and the Watson Lake Chamber of Commerce. Fentie was elected twice (in 1996 and 2000) as a NDP MLA after which he joined the Yukon party, later getting elected as its leader.
  • In the 2002 election, Fentie led the Yukon Party to a majority government.
  • The party won 12 of 18 seats available in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.
  • Fentie was re-elected for a fourth time in the riding of Watson Lake and the Yukon Party was voted to a second straight majority government.
  • The Yukon Party won 12 of 18 seats in the legislative assembly.
  • On April 27, 2011, Fentie announced he was stepping down as premier and would not seek re-election as MLA in the 2011 election. In 2003, Fentie along with two other territorial premiers opposed the Health Accord proposed by Ottawa.
  • He maintained that the deal did not take into consideration the ground realities and cost of delivering services in the northern regions.
  • Eventually a new funding deal was brought up as a result of which the three territories received greater funding from Ottawa.
  • The negotiations had also led to a new approach for the North.
  • Among Fentie's major accomplishments were the establishment of the hospitals at Watson Lake and Dawson City, the improvements to the Robert Campbell Highway and increase in the industry in Watson Lake.
  • Fentie along with the officials and MLAs conducted the annual community tours,to visit every community and conducted public meetings with the residents to let their problems be known to the bureaucrats.

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