Answer the following question: Facts: - successor: joyce hayden - party: new democrat - predecessor: jack hibberd - office: mla for whitehorse south centre - term end: 1989 - term start: 1981 - birth date: 27 january 1948 - name: roger kimmerly - birth place: ottawa , ontario Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of roger kimmerly .
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roger stephen kimmerly is a former canadian politician , who represented the electoral district of whitehorse south centre in the yukon legislative assembly from 1981 to 1989 .he was a member of the yukon new democratic party .he was first elected in a by-election in 1981 , following the resignation of jack hibberd .his victory resulted in the new democrats replacing the yukon liberal party as the official opposition in the legislative assembly .he was subsequently re-elected in the 1982 and 1985 elections .he did not run in the 1989 election .