# Steve Cardiff

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**Steve Cardiff** (August 10, 1957 – July 6, 2011) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadian) politician. He represented the [electoral district](/source/Electoral_district_(Canada)) of [Mount Lorne](/source/Mount_Lorne_(electoral_district)) in the [Yukon Legislative Assembly](/source/Yukon_Legislative_Assembly).

## Political career

He was first elected to the Yukon legislature in the 2002 general election and re-elected in 2006.[1] He won convincingly both times.

He was the NDP caucus critic for the Department of Community Services, the Department of Education, the Department of Highways and Public Works, the Department of Justice, the Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board, the Yukon Housing Corporation and the Yukon Liquor Corporation. Cardiff shared critic responsibilities for the Department of Economic Development with party leader [Todd Hardy](/source/Todd_Hardy), and was the Third Party House Leader.

Prior to becoming Mount Lorne's MLA Cardiff worked as a certified sheet metal journeyman on industrial, commercial and residential projects in every Yukon community.

For 16 of his 20 years in the sheet metal trade, he volunteered as the local president of the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters. He volunteered on the executive of the Yukon Federation of Labour for two years at the same time. He also served on Yukon College's board of governors, which he did for nine years, acting as chair for his final three. He is an active volunteer with the Mount Lorne Community Association.

In February 2009, Cardiff declared his candidacy for the leadership of the New Democrats, following Hardy's resignation as party leader.[2] However, he withdrew from the race later in the year for unspecified personal reasons.[3]

Cardiff was killed in a two-vehicle [road accident](/source/Road_accident), one kilometre north of [Lewes Lake](/source/Lewes_Lake) on the [South Klondike Highway](/source/South_Klondike_Highway), involving a [tractor trailer](/source/Tractor_trailer) and a small vehicle.[4]

## Electoral record

### 2006 general election

|-

| [NDP](/source/Yukon_New_Democratic_Party) | **Steve Cardiff** | align="right"|361 | align="right"|43.6% | align="right"| +3.9%

| [Liberal](/source/Yukon_Liberal_Party) | Colleen Wirth | align="right"|231 | align="right"|27.9% | align="right"| -0.2%

|- ! align=left colspan=3|Total ! align=right|**828** ! align=right|**100.0%** ! align=right| – |}

### 2002 general election

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| [NDP](/source/Yukon_New_Democratic_Party) | **Steve Cardiff** | align="right"|334 | align="right"|39.7% | align="right"| +6.0%

| [Liberal](/source/Yukon_Liberal_Party) | [Cynthia Tucker](/source/Cynthia_Tucker_(politician)) | align="right"|236 | align="right"|28.1% | align="right"| -16.9%

|- ! align=left colspan=3|Total ! align=right|**841** ! align=right|**100.0%** ! align=right| – |}

## References

1. [Yukon Votes 2006: Mount Lorne](http://www.cbc.ca/yukonvotes2006/riding/007/). [cbc.ca](/source/Cbc.ca).

1. ["Cardiff enters Yukon NDP leadership race"](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/cardiff-enters-yukon-ndp-leadership-race-1.853819), [cbc.ca](/source/Cbc.ca), February 12, 2009.

1. ["Hanson hopes Fentie’s loss is her gain"](http://www.yukon-news.com/news/14473/). *[Yukon News](/source/Yukon_News)*, September 8, 2009.

1. ["Yukon NDP MLA killed in crash"](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/yukon-ndp-mla-killed-in-crash-1.1089196). [CBC.ca](/source/CBC.ca). 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-07-07.

## External links

- [Steve Cardiff](https://web.archive.org/web/20090511131901/http://www.legassembly.gov.yk.ca/mlas/cardiff.html)

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