Wayne Jim is a former Canadian

Canada

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 politician, who represented the electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 of McIntyre-Takhini in the Yukon Legislative Assembly

Yukon Legislative Assembly

-History:From 1900 to 1978, the elected legislative body in the Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council, a ten-member body which did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon...

 from 2000 to 2002.

Jim was elected as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party

Yukon Liberal Party

The Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.-History:...

 in the 2000 election

Yukon general election, 2000

The Yukon general election of 2000 was held on April 17, 2000 to elect members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the Yukon Territory in Canada...

, unexpectedly defeating the NDP and Government Leader Piers McDonald. He was appointed minister for government services. In 2002 he was dismissed from the post, and subsequently became one of three MLAs, along with Mike McLarnon

Mike McLarnon

Mike McLarnon is a lifelong Yukoner and former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse Centre in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2002....

 and Don Roberts

Don Roberts (politician)

Don Roberts is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Porter Creek North in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2002....

, who resigned or were dismissed from the Liberal caucus led by Pat Duncan

Pat Duncan

Pat Duncan is a former politician in the Yukon, Canada. Duncan served as leader of the Yukon Liberal Party from 1998 to 2005 and as the sixth Premier of Yukon from 2000 until 2002...

, reducing Duncan's government to a minority

Minority government

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. In the 2002 election, Jim ran as an independent candidate, but came fourth to Yukon Party

Yukon Party

The Yukon Party , is a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It was previously known as the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.-Declining fortunes:...

 candidate John Edzerza

John Edzerza

John Edzerza was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of McIntyre-Takhini in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.-Political career:...

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Jim also served served on many wildlife and fishery boards and as Kwanlin Dun First Nation

Kwanlin Dün First Nation

The Kwanlin Dün First Nation is located in and around Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It is the largest First Nation in the Yukon. Linguistically, the Kwanlin Dün are affiliated with the Southern Tutchone Tribal Council. The Kwanlin Dün include people of Southern Tutchone, Tagish and...

councillor. In 2011 Jim came third when he ran for the position of chief of the Kwanlin Dun,