Flo Whyard
Yukon politician
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| Intro | Yukon politician | |
| Places | Canada | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 13 January 1917, London | |
| Death | 23 April 2012Whitehorse (aged 95 years) |
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Florence "Flo" Whyard (January 13, 1917 – April 23, 2012) was a Canadian politician and former newspaper editor of the Whitehorse Star.
In 1974, aged 57, she was elected to the Yukon Territorial Council, representing the Whitehorse West constituency. She served as a minister of the Yukon territorial cabinet from 1975 to 78. She was elected the mayor of Whitehorse, the capital and largest city of Yukon. She served as mayor from 1982 to 1984, and shepherded the construction of the city's Macauley Lodge. Whyard died on April 23, 2012 in Whitehorse, aged 95.