Don Hutton
	
Don Hutton was born in the Yukon and raised in Mayo by his parents Irene and Oliver Hutton. Don began a 34-year career as a wildland firefighter in the later 1970s. He became a Resource Management Officer with the federal government until a secondment in 1996 allowed him to work with the Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation (NND) in setting up their Lands and Resources Department. He was a member of the Canadian Rangers from 1882 to 2012.((“Meet Don.” Yukon Liberals, 2020 website: https://www.ylp.ca/don_hutton.))
	
Hutton became involved in municipal politics in the 1980s and served first as a Mayo councillor and then as mayor. In 2011, he received the Premier’s Award of Excellence for his work during the Mayo flood.((Maura Forrest, "Former Mayo mayor seeks Liberal nomination." //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 6 April 2016.)) After devolution, Hutton transferred to the Yukon Government and ended his career as Zone Protection Manager for Yukon Wildland Fire management. Hutton retired in 2013 and took a one-year contract as Director of the NND Lands and Resources Department. He was first elected as a Liberal to the Yukon Legislature for the Mayo-Tatchun district in November 2016. He was elected the Deputy Speaker and Chair of the Committee of the Whole in January 2017.((“Meet Don.” Yukon Liberals, 2020 website: https://www.ylp.ca/don_hutton.))