Eric Fairclough is a Canadian politician, who was a Cabinet minister and Leader of the Official Opposition in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.
[1] Fairclough was re-elected as a member of the New Democrats in the 2000, but that election saw his party reduced to Official Opposition status.
He was appointed Official Opposition critic for Health and Social Services and Public Schools.
[3] However, he was later expelled in 2006 from the New Democrat caucus by leader Todd Hardy when it was discovered that he and his colleague, Kluane MLA Gary McRobb, were publicly consulting constituents about considering quitting the New Democrats for the Liberals due to Hardy's isolated decision-making and a lack of faith in his leadership.
McRobb too was re-elected, and the Liberals retained their Official Opposition status under a Yukon Party majority government.
Fairclough announced his intention to seek re-election in his riding of Mayo-Tatchun in the 2011 Yukon election, but was defeated in his attempt by the New Democrat's Jim Tredger.