Yukon who is who

Howard Tracey (b. 1937)

Howard and Stacey Tracey purchased the Carmacks Hotel in 1971.¹⁾ He was elected in the Tatchun riding to the Yukon Legislative Assembly for the Progressive Conservatives in 1978 and again in 1982.²⁾ In 1978, the ridings of Klondike and Pelly River joined to become the Tatchun electoral district. It was one of the initial electoral districts created when partisan politics was introduced to the Yukon in 1978. It included Carmacks, Pelly Crossing, and Little Salmon and contained 325 voters. It was amalgamated with the riding of Mayo to form the riding of Mayo-Tatchun in 1992.³⁾

The Epp Letter of 9 October 1979 initiated responsible government in the Yukon and an Executive Council was established on 22 October 1979. All existing Executive Committee appointments were revoked, and the members were appointed to the Executive Council. From May 1981 to May 1985, Howard Tracey held the portfolios of Justice, Government Services, Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Workers’ Compensation Board, Health and Human Resources, Renewable resources, Government Services, Public Works, and Highways and Transportation.⁴⁾

The Traceys constructed the Tatchun Centre General Store in 1980 and expanded the operation in 1990 and 1996 to reach a retail space of 5,000 square feet. The Tracys retired in 2000 after twenty-nine years of hard work in a business that was the backbone of the community. They sold the family business to their daughter Kendell Tricker who immediately added a full-service RV park to the operation and moved the showers and laundromat to a separate building.⁵⁾