Tracy McPhee

Tracy-Anne McPhee is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in the 2016 election. She represented the electoral district of Riverdale South as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party until 2025.

She served as the Minister of Health and Social Services and the Minister of Justice in the Yukon.

Personal life

Prior to entering territorial politics, McPhee worked in law for more than two decades as a practitioner, educator, and consultant, focusing on administrative law, labour law, criminal and regulatory prosecutions, and child protection cases. In 2002, she became the first female President of the Yukon Law Society, a position she held for four terms before becoming the President of the Canadian Federation of Law Societies. She is a recipient of the Canadian Bar Association Award for outstanding service to the association.

McPhee was appointed Yukon Ombudsman and Information and Privacy Commissioner from 2007 to 2012. She also served as the Executive Director of the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre in Whitehorse.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dalhousie University (1983), a Bachelor of Education from Saint Mary's University (1984), and an L.L.B. from Dalhousie University Law School (1990). She was admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Law Society of Yukon in 1992. However, all 7 Liberal MLAs present voted against the motion and to keep McPhee as MLA, and Premier Silver expressed support for her. Because of this, YP leader Currie Dixon has said he could consider a motion of no confidence against Silver.

She did not run in the 2025 Yukon general election.

Electoral record

2016 general election Liberal Tracy McPhee

NDP Jan Stick