Jeremy Harper

Jeremy Harper was elected as a Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly in 2021 and subsequently elected as Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly.

Jeremy is a member of Selkirk First Nation and has worked in recreation with Selkirk First Nation for more than 20 years. He most recently served as the Recreation Coordinator for the last seven of those years.

In addition, Jeremy was elected three times by Selkirk First Nation as Wolf Councillor. He has also been on the board of the Selkirk Development Corporation for the past nine and a half years.

Since being elected to the Selkirk First Nation government, Harper has worked to help his First Nation move forward in the right direction. He was involved in building and maintaining good working relationships with organizations and companies in order to ensure adequate water systems were in place, training and jobs were available Selkirk people as well as building housing is home of Pelly.

Jeremy has also been both a hockey and swimming coach and has attended the North American Indigenous Games as both an athlete and coach. Jeremy is a Canadian Ranger and has been since 2007.