Ted Adel

Ted Adel
Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
for Copperbelt North
In office
November 7, 2016 – March 12, 2021
Preceded byCurrie Dixon
Succeeded byCurrie Dixon
Personal details
Political partyYukon Liberal Party

Ted Adel is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in the 2016 election.[1] He represented the electoral district of Copperbelt North as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party untl his defeat in the 2021 Yukon general election.

Adel worked for Canada Post and held executive positions within the Canadian Union of Postal Workers before retiring in 2007. He worked as a real estate agent and for the Yukon Liquor Corporation before entering territorial politics.[2]

He has a bachelor of arts from Wilfrid Laurier University.[3]

Adel first ran unsuccessfully in the rural riding of Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes for the Yukon Liberal Party in the 2011 Yukon election, losing to New Democrat Kevin Barr. Adel was elected on November 7, 2016 as MLA for the Whitehorse riding of Copperbelt North as part of the Liberal majority government, narrowly defeating Yukon Party president Pat McInroy. He served as a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the Standing Committee on Rules, Elections and Privileges, the Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments and the Standing Committee on Appointments to Major Government Boards and Committees.[4]

Electoral record

2021 Yukon general election: Copperbelt North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Yukon Party Currie Dixon 717 51.91 +9.8
Liberal Ted Adel 346 25.05 -20.0
New Democratic Saba Javed 318 23.02 +10.2
Total valid votes 1,381
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Yukon Party gain Swing -13.43
Source(s)
"Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2016 general election

Copperbelt North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Ted Adel 566 45.1% +10.8%
Yukon Party Pat McInroy 529 42.1% -1.7%
  NDP André Bourcier 161 12.8% -0.6%
Total 1256 100.0% –

2011 general election

Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Kevin Barr 488 46.8% –
Yukon Party Deborah Fulmer 395 37.9% –
  Liberal Ted Adel 111 10.6% –
  First Nations Party Stanley James 49 4.7% –
Total 1043 100.0% –

References

  1. ^ "Results: 01 - Copperbelt North". Elections Yukon, November 7, 2016.
  2. ^ Ted Adel, Liberal candidate. Yukon Liberal Party
  3. ^ Ted Adel, Liberal candidate. Yukon Liberal Party
  4. ^ Ted Adel, Yukon Legislative Assembly. Retrieved March 3, 2017.


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