Lane Tredger
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lane Tredger
| honorific-suffix=MLA
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| caption = Tredger in 2021
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| residence = Whitehorse, Yukon
| office1 = House Leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party
| term_start1 = April 12, 2021
| term_end1 =
| assembly2 = Yukon Legislative
| constituency_AM2 = Whitehorse Centre
| term_start2 = April 12, 2021
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = Elizabeth Hanson
| successor2 =
| party = Yukon New Democratic Party
| religion =
| occupation = Speech pathologist
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Lane Tredger (formerly Emily Tredger) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2021 Yukon general election.Paul Tukker, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-election-night-2021-results-1.5984799 "CBC projects minority government in Yukon election, winner too close to call"]. CBC North, April 12, 2021. They represent the electoral district of Whitehorse Centre as a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party.
Prior to their election to the legislature Tredger worked as a speech pathologist in Whitehorse, including as executive director of Teegatha’Oh Zheh, an organization supporting Yukon residents with developmental disabilities, and served as president of the Queer Yukon Society.[https://www.whitehorsestar.com/News/new-democrats-unveil-two-more-candidates-1 "New Democrats unveil two more candidates"]. Whitehorse Star, March 4, 2021.
Tredger is the Yukon's first out non-binary MLA,[https://xtramagazine.com/power/identity/yukon-ndp-mla-lane-tredger-nonbinary-248299 "Lane Tredger is Yukon’s first out non-binary MLA"]. Xtra, March 29, 2023. and changed their name in March 2023.[https://yukonassembly.ca/member/lane-tredger "Lane Tredger"]. Yukon Legislative Assembly.
As of September 29, 2024, Tredger serves as the Yukon New Democratic Party House Leader and the Deputy Chair of Committee of the Whole of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. They also serve as the Third Party critic for Housing, Environment, Highways and Public Works, the Women’s Directorate, the Yukon Liquor Corporation, Yukon Lotteries, the Yukon Energy Corporation, and the Yukon Development Corporation.
Electoral record
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Category:Yukon New Democratic Party MLAs
Category:Canadian LGBTQ people in provincial and territorial legislatures
Category:Politicians from Whitehorse
Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
Category:Canadian non-binary politicians
Category:21st-century members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
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