Bill Brewster (Canadian politician)

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Bill Brewster

| caption =

| birth_name=William George Brewster

| birth_date ={{Birth date|1924|10|24}}

| birth_place =Banff, Alberta

| death_date={{death date and age|2014|11|13|1924|10|24}}

| death_place=Delburne, Alberta

| residence = Haines Junction, Yukon

| office = MLA for Kluane

| term_start = 1982

| term_end = 1996

| predecessor = Alice McGuire

| successor = Gary McRobb

| party = Progressive Conservative → Yukon Party

| occupation =

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William George Brewster (October 24, 1924 – November 13, 2014) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Kluane in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1996. He was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party until 1992, and the Yukon Party thereafter.{{cite web|title=Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly Of Yukon|url=http://www.hansard.gov.yk.ca/27-legislature/session1/001_Mar_8_1989.html|accessdate=29 November 2010}}Pierre G. Normandin, [https://books.google.com/books?id=qHeJAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Brewster%22+AND+%22Kluane%22 The Canadian Parliamentary Guide]. Gale Canada, 1995.

Prior to his election to the legislature, Brewster organized and coached minor league hockey in Haines Junction.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/former-kluane-mla-bill-brewster-dies-at-age-90-1.2840977 "Former Kluane MLA Bill Brewster dies at age 90"]. CBC News, November 19, 2014. A sports facility in the town has been named in his honour.

He died at the age of 90 in 2014.