Elected as Yukon’s MP in September 2021, Dr. Brendan Hanley is bringing Yukon’s voice to the federal table. He is passionate about public health and climate action in the north and strongly advocates for solutions around mental health and addictions, affordable housing, and reconciliation in his political role.

MP Hanley currently serves as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs. He is a member of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs, the Liberal Prairie and North Caucus, and the Liberal Rural Caucus. He also serves as Chair of the Liberal Physician's Caucus.

Before politics, he was Yukon’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, holding the position for 13 years, and culminating in overseeing Yukon’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Hanley has been a northern physician for over 25 years. His medical work has been primarily focused on northern, remote, and underprivileged populations with a background in emergency and family medicine and relief work in international conflict zones.

Brendan is an accomplished clarinet player and long-distance runner. Brendan Hanley and his wife, Lise Farynowski, a life-time Yukoner, have two teenage children Aniela and Finnian.