Erik Fairclough (b. 1962)
	
Erik Fairclough was born in Whitehorse. He was the chief of the Little Salmon First Nation from 1990 to 1996. In September 1996, he was elected to the Yukon legislature for the Yukon Democratic Party (NDP) in Mayo-Tatchum. He was the Minister of Renewable Resources in Piers McDonald’s government from October 1996 to May 2000.  He was leader of the NDP, the official opposition, from 2000 to 2002.((“Erik Fairclough.” //Wikipedia//, 2019 website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Fairclough))
	
In 2006, NDP leader Todd Hardy expelled Fairclough and Gary McRobb from the NDP caucus when they questioned his leadership and went public in considering their plans to join the Liberal Party.((Graeme McElheran, “Two down, but the NDP’s not out.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), updated 27 June 2027.)) Fairclough and McRobb did join the Liberal caucus and Hardy’s New Democrats were reduced to third party status, while the Yukon Liberals became the official opposition. In 2006, Fairclough was re-elected as a Liberal in Mayo-Tatchum and served in the 32nd legislature as an opposition critic and the Liberal’s whip. He was defeated in the 2011 election.((“Erik Fairclough.” //Wikipedia,// 2019 website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Fairclough))
	
Fairclough returned as the elected chief of the Litle Salmon Carmacks First Nation in 2012.((Jesse Winter, “Fairclough returns as Carmacks chief.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), updated 27 June 2017.)) He served one term.