WHITEHORSE — The Yukon’s premier-designate says he’s ready to start implementing key promises from his election campaign but stopped short of pledging electoral reform even after residents voted in favour of changing to a ranked ballot.

Currie Dixon made history Monday when his Yukon Party picked up 14 of the 21 available ridings, lining him up to become the first premier born in the territory.

Dixon said in an interview that his early priorities include a promised expansion of Whitehorse General Hospital and improvements to the territory’s electrical infrastructure.

Unofficial results released by Elections Yukon show that 10,186 of 18,130 voters cast a ballot in favour of changing the Yukon’s voting system from the current first-past-the-post system to a ranked ballot.

The vote is non

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