YUKON ELECTION RESULT DELAYED
Dawson City*, Yukon Territory (JFK+50) On December 12, 1921, "nearly every telegraph line in the Yukon" was disabled by storms resulting in a delay in tabulating the final election vote.
At the time of the report by the Evening Star, Captain George Black**, conservative, had a majority of the vote over F. T. Congdon, liberal.
The returns from the Mayo Silver Camps, coming in "by dog sled over the Dawson Trail***," will decide the election.
*Dawson City, located on the Yukon River in NW Canada, was base for the Klondike Gold Rush.
**George Black (1873-1965) was born in Woodstock, New Brunswick & served as Commissioner of Yukon 1912-1918. GB was a Captain in WWI, wounded at the Battle of Amiens. Member of Parliament 1921-1935 & 1940-1949, & Speaker of the House of Commons 1930-1935,
***Overland Trail was a Klondike gold rush era transportation route between Whitehorse, Yukon & Dawson City in Yukon, Canada. Built in 1902, OT spanned 330 miles with wide graded surfaces. Today OT is a recreation route for dog sled teams.
SOURCE
"Wait Vote By Dog Sled," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., December 12, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
