Flo Whyard

Florence "Flo" Whyard (January 13, 1917 – April 23, 2012) was a Canadian politician and former newspaper editor of the Whitehorse Star.^[1][2]

Florence Whyard
Member of the Yukon Territorial Council
In office 1974–1978
Preceded by	Ken McKinnon
Succeeded by	Tony Penikett
Constituency	Whitehorse West
Mayor of Whitehorse, Yukon
In office 1982–1984
Preceded by	Don Branigan
Succeeded by	Don Branigan
Personal details
Born	(1917-01-13)January 13, 1917 London, Ontario
Died	April 23, 2012(2012-04-23) (aged 95) Whitehorse, Yukon

In 1974, at the age of 57, she was elected to the Yukon Territorial Council, representing the Whitehorse West constituency. She served as a minister of the Yukon territorial cabinet from 1975 to 1978. She was elected the mayor of Whitehorse, the capital and largest city of Yukon. She served as mayor from 1982 to 1984, and shepherded the construction of the city's Macauley Lodge. Whyard died on April 23, 2012, in Whitehorse at the age of 95.^[1]