Always a leader : Vuntut Gwitchin chief remembers the late Darius Elias
Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm says the death of former MLA Darius Elias last week has left a huge hole in his community.
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Posted: Feb 23, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: February 23
Vuntut Gwitchin Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm, left, and former deputy chief Darius Elias who died in 2021.(Alexandra Byers/CBC)
Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm remembers talking to the late Darius Elias in 2018, when the two men both ran for the leadership of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation.
Elias was already a seasoned politician at the time he d served as MLA for the Vuntut Gwitchin riding for 10 years while Tizya-Tramm was, by comparison, relatively new to elected politics.
Former Yukon MLA Darius Elias has died
Former Yukon MLA Darius Elias has died. He served 10 years in the Yukon legislature before becoming deputy chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation.
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Elias served 10 years as MLA for the Vuntut Gwitchin riding, first as a Liberal then with the Yukon Party
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Posted: Feb 18, 2021 6:08 PM CT | Last Updated: February 19
Former Yukon MLA Darius Elias, who represented the Vuntut Gwitchin riding for 10 years in the territorial legislature, has died. (Alexandra Byers/CBC)
Darius Elias, a former MLA who represented Yukon s northernmost community for 10 years in the legislature, has died.