Richard Mostyn
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| name = Richard Mostyn
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| office = Minister of Highways and Public Works
| premier = Sandy Silver
| term_start = December 3, 2016
| term_end = January 14, 2023
| predecessor = Scott Kent
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| assembly1 = Yukon Legislative
| constituency_AM1 = Whitehorse West
| term_start1 = November 7, 2016
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Richard Mostyn is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in the 2016 election.[http://www.yukon-news.com/news/golden-night-for-silver/ "Golden night for Silver"]. Yukon News, November 8, 2016. He represents the electoral district of Whitehorse West as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party. He is currently the Minister of Highways and Public Works and the Public Service Commission.[http://www.legassembly.gov.yk.ca/members/mostyn.html Richard Mostyn], Yukon Legislative Assembly. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
Political career
Mostyn was elected on November 7, 2016, defeating high profile, three-term incumbent and Yukon Party Deputy Premier Elaine Taylor by just 22 votes. Taylor, at the time, was the longest-serving Cabinet minister in the Yukon and in Canada. Mostyn was elected as part of the incoming Yukon Liberal majority government of Sandy Silver.
On December 3, 2016, Mostyn was sworn into Cabinet as the Minister of Highways and Public Works and the Minister of the Public Service Commission.[http://www.legassembly.gov.yk.ca/members/mostyn.html Richard Mostyn], Yukon Legislative Assembly. Retrieved January 25, 2017. Mostyn is also currently a member of the Standing Committee on Rules, Elections and Privileges.[http://www.legassembly.gov.yk.ca/members/mostyn.html Richard Mostyn], Yukon Legislative Assembly. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
Personal life
He arrived in Yukon with his wife in 1989.{{Cite web|title=Richard Mostyn, Whitehorse West|url=https://www.ylp.ca/richard_mostyn_whitehorse_west|access-date=2021-04-12|website=Yukon Liberals|language=en}}
Prior to entering politics, Mostyn was a journalist and editor of the Yukon News. Throughout his career, he covered small business, politics, health, energy, technology, mining, the environment, and the arts. His career as a journalist spanned the administrations of Yukon Premiers Tony Penikett, John Ostashek, Piers McDonald, Pat Duncan, Dennis Fentie and Darrell Pasloski.[http://www.ylp.ca/richard_mostyn Richard Mostyn, Liberal Candidate]. Yukon Liberal Party. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
In the course of his career, he was published in The Globe and Mail, National Post, Vancouver Sun, and Up Here Magazine, and appeared on CBC Radio and TV and the BBC World Service.[http://www.ylp.ca/richard_mostyn Richard Mostyn, Liberal Candidate]. Yukon Liberal Party. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
After leaving journalism in 2011, Mostyn worked for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society and its campaign to champion the Peel Watershed land-use plan. In 2012, he joined the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board before running for territorial politics.[http://www.ylp.ca/richard_mostyn Richard Mostyn, Liberal Candidate]. Yukon Liberal Party. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
Electoral record
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=2016 general election=
{{Election box begin | title=Whitehorse West[http://results.electionsyk.ca/results/19.htm Unofficial Results, Whitehorse West] Elections Yukon, November 7, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017.}}
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{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|row}}
| Liberal
| Richard Mostyn
| align="right"| 455
| align="right"| 45.8%
| align="right"| +17.1%
|-
{{CANelec |YT |Yukon | Elaine Taylor | 433 | 43.6% | -14.3% }}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|row}}
| NDP
| Stu Clark
| align="right"| 106
| align="right"| 10.7%
| align="right"| -2.2%
|-
! align=left colspan=3|Total
! align=right| 994
! align=right| 100.0%
! align=right| –
|}
References
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Category:Yukon Liberal Party MLAs
Category:Politicians from Whitehorse
Category:21st-century members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly