List of Yukon general elections
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Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
territory of Yukon's unicameral legislative body, the Yukon Legislative Assembly
Yukon Legislative Assembly
-History:From 1900 to 1978, the elected legislative body in the Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council, a ten-member body which did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon...
. The number of seats has increased over time, from eight for the first election in 1900, to the current eighteen. Since 1978, each riding (electoral district) has elected one member by first past the post to the Yukon Legislative Assembly
Yukon Legislative Assembly
-History:From 1900 to 1978, the elected legislative body in the Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council, a ten-member body which did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon...
. Political parties
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
were officially recognized and registered beginning in 1978.
The chart on the right shows the information graphically, with the most recent elections on the right (going as far back as the introduction of political parties in 1978). The Yukon Party
Yukon Party
The Yukon Party , is a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It was previously known as the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.-Declining fortunes:...
(which was named the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party prior to 1992) has been the most successful since political parties were officially recognised, having won five out of nine elections. The NDP
Yukon New Democratic Party
The Yukon New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Yukon territory of Canada.The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leadership of Tony Penikett from 1985 to 1992, and under the leadership of Piers McDonald from 1996 to 2000. The party's...
have won three elections, and the Liberal
Yukon Liberal Party
The Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.-History:...
party have won one election.
Summary of results
The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major political parties at each election. It also shows the percentage of the vote obtained by the major political parties at each election. The winning party's total's are shown in bold. There has been only one election (in 1985) where the party that formed the government did not have the largest share of the vote. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.| Election | Yukon Party Yukon Party The Yukon Party , is a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It was previously known as the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.-Declining fortunes:... |
Liberal Yukon Liberal Party The Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.-History:... |
N.D.P. Yukon New Democratic Party The Yukon New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Yukon territory of Canada.The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leadership of Tony Penikett from 1985 to 1992, and under the leadership of Piers McDonald from 1996 to 2000. The party's... |
Independent | Total seats | ||||||
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| Vote (%) | Seats | Vote (%) | Seats | Vote (%) | Seats | Vote (%) | Seats | ||||
| 37th | October 11, 2011 | |align=center|11 |
|align=center|2 |
|align=center|6 |
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19 | |||||
| 36th Yukon general election, 2006 The 36th Yukon general election was held on October 10, 2006, in Yukon, Canada, to elect members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. The Premier of Yukon asked the territorial Commissioner for a dissolution of the Assembly on September 8, 2006... |
October 10, 2006 | 40.6% |align=center|10 |
34.7% |align=center|5 |
23.6% |align=center|3 |
1.1% |align=center|0 |
18 | |||||
| 35th | November 4, 2002 | 40.3% |align=center|12 |
29.0% |align=center|1 |
26.9% |align=center|5 |
3.8% |align=center|0 |
18 | |||||
| 34th Yukon general election, 2000 The Yukon general election of 2000 was held on April 17, 2000 to elect members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the Yukon Territory in Canada... |
April 17, 2000 | 24.3% |align=center|1 |
42.9% |align=center|10 |
32.8% |align=center|6 |
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17 | |||||
| 33rd Yukon general election, 1996 The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30, 1996 to elect the seventeen members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon Territory, Canada. The governing Yukon Party, a conservative party, was defeated by the social democratic Yukon New Democratic Party . The NDP formed the... |
September 30, 1996 | 30.4% |align=center|3 |
23.9% |align=center|3 |
39.8% |align=center|11 |
5.9% |align=center|0 |
17 | |||||
| 32nd Yukon general election, 1992 The 1992 Yukon general election was held on October 19, 1992 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the Yukon Party.-Results by party:-Yukon Votes 1992:... |
October 19, 1992 | 35.9% |align=center|7 |
16.1% |align=center|1 |
35.1% |align=center|6 |
12.9% |align=center|3 |
17 | |||||
| 31st Yukon general election, 1989 The 1989 Yukon general election was held on 20 February 1989 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party.-Results:-Results by riding:... |
February 20, 1989 | 43.9% |align=center|7 |
11.1% |align=center|0 |
45.0% |align=center|9 |
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16 | |||||
| 30th Yukon general election, 1985 The 1985 Yukon general election was held on May 13, 1985 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party.-Results:-Results by riding:... |
May 13, 1985 | 46.9% |align=center|6 |
7.6% |align=center|2 |
41.1% |align=center|8 |
4.4% |align=center|0 |
16 | |||||
| 29th Yukon general election, 1982 The 1982 Yukon general election was held on June 7, 1982 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.-Results:-Results by riding:... |
June 7, 1982 | 45.8% |align=center|9 |
15.0% |align=center|0 |
35.4% |align=center|6 |
3.8% |align=center|1 |
16 | |||||
| 28th Yukon general election, 1978 The 1978 Yukon general election, held on November 20, 1978, was the first conventional legislative election in the history of Canada's Yukon Territory. Prior elections were held to elect representatives to the Yukon Legislative Council, a non-partisan body that acted in an advisory role to the... |
November 20, 1978 | 37.1% |align=center|11 |
26.0% |align=center|2 |
20.3% |align=center|1 |
16.6% |align=center|2 |
16 | |||||
Number of candidates
| Election | Yukon Party Yukon Party The Yukon Party , is a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It was previously known as the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.-Declining fortunes:... |
Liberal Yukon Liberal Party The Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.-History:... |
N.D.P. Yukon New Democratic Party The Yukon New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Yukon territory of Canada.The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leadership of Tony Penikett from 1985 to 1992, and under the leadership of Piers McDonald from 1996 to 2000. The party's... |
Independent | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37th | October 11, 2011 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 62 | |
| 36th Yukon general election, 2006 The 36th Yukon general election was held on October 10, 2006, in Yukon, Canada, to elect members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. The Premier of Yukon asked the territorial Commissioner for a dissolution of the Assembly on September 8, 2006... |
October 10, 2006 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 58 | |
| 35th | November 4, 2002 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 60 | |
| 34th Yukon general election, 2000 The Yukon general election of 2000 was held on April 17, 2000 to elect members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the Yukon Territory in Canada... |
April 17, 2000 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 49 | |
| 33rd Yukon general election, 1996 The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30, 1996 to elect the seventeen members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon Territory, Canada. The governing Yukon Party, a conservative party, was defeated by the social democratic Yukon New Democratic Party . The NDP formed the... |
September 30, 1996 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 54 | |
| 32nd Yukon general election, 1992 The 1992 Yukon general election was held on October 19, 1992 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the Yukon Party.-Results by party:-Yukon Votes 1992:... |
October 19, 1992 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 52 | |
| 31st Yukon general election, 1989 The 1989 Yukon general election was held on 20 February 1989 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party.-Results:-Results by riding:... |
February 20, 1989 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 47 | |
| 30th Yukon general election, 1985 The 1985 Yukon general election was held on May 13, 1985 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party.-Results:-Results by riding:... |
May 13, 1985 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 44 | |
| 29th Yukon general election, 1982 The 1982 Yukon general election was held on June 7, 1982 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.-Results:-Results by riding:... |
June 7, 1982 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 51 | |
| 28th Yukon general election, 1978 The 1978 Yukon general election, held on November 20, 1978, was the first conventional legislative election in the history of Canada's Yukon Territory. Prior elections were held to elect representatives to the Yukon Legislative Council, a non-partisan body that acted in an advisory role to the... |
November 20, 1978 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 52 | |
Note
- Changed its name from Yukon Progressive Conservative PartyYukon Progressive Conservative PartyThe Yukon Progressive Conservative Party was a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It is now known as the Yukon Party.-History:...
to the Yukon Party prior to the 1992 election.
1900 to 1974
There were no territorial parties in the YukonYukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
before 1978. From the territory's creation in 1898 until 1978, the Yukon was governed by a federally-appointed Commissioner advised by the Territorial Council. The Territorial council was wholly appointed from 1898 to 1900; part elected, part appointed from 1900 to 1908; and wholly elected from 1909 to 1978.
The number of members varied considerably during the council's 80-year history. The 1900 election elected just two out of eight members; the elections from 1903 to 1907 elected five out of ten members. The wholly elected Council comprised ten members from 1909, which was reduced to three from the 1920 election. This was increased to five from the 1952 election, seven from the 1961 election, and twelve for the final general election to the Council in 1974.
- Yukon general election, 1974Yukon general election, 1974The 1974 Yukon general election was held on 7 October 1974 to elect the twelve members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was 10 non-partisan and 2 members elected for the Yukon NDP had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner for some departments, but had full...
- Yukon general election, 1970Yukon general election, 1970The 1970 Yukon general election was held on 8 September 1970 to elect the seven members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner. There were twenty-one candidates, and 5,152 out of a potential 7,700...
- Yukon general election, 1967Yukon general election, 1967The 1967 Yukon general election was held on 11 September 1967 to elect the seven members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner....
- Yukon general election, 1964Yukon general election, 1964The 1964 Yukon general election was held on 8 September 1964 to elect the seven members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner....
- Yukon general election, 1961Yukon general election, 1961The 1961 Yukon general election was held on 11 September 1961 to elect the seven members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner....
- Yukon general election, 1958Yukon general election, 1958The 1958 Yukon general election was held on 8 September 1958 to elect the five members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner....
- Yukon general election, 1955Yukon general election, 1955The 1955 Yukon general election was held on 28 September 1955 to elect the five members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner Randy James....
- Yukon general election, 1952Yukon general election, 1952The 1952 Yukon general election was held on 20 August 1952 to elect the five members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan, and worked on the basis of consensus government....
- Yukon general election, 1949Yukon general election, 1949The 1949 Yukon general election was held on 25 July 1949 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner....
- Yukon general election, 1947Yukon general election, 1947The 1947 Yukon general election was held on 13 February 1947 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner....
- Yukon general election, 1944Yukon general election, 1944The 1944 Yukon general election was held on 9 February 1944 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner....
- Yukon general election, 1940Yukon general election, 1940The 1940 Yukon general election was held on 25 November 1940 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner....
- Yukon general election, 1937Yukon general election, 1937The 1937 Yukon general election was held on 27 August 1937 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner....
- Yukon general election, 1934Yukon general election, 1934The 1934 Yukon general election was held on 17 September 1934 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner....
- Yukon general election, 1931Yukon general election, 1931The 1931 Yukon general election was held on 10 August 1931 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner....
- Yukon general election, 1928Yukon general election, 1928The 1928 Yukon general election was held on 16 July 1928 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner....
- Yukon general election, 1925Yukon general election, 1925The 1925 Yukon general election was held on 7 September 1925 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner....
- Yukon general election, 1922Yukon general election, 1922The 1922 Yukon general election was set to be held on Sept 11, 1922. The results of the election were known on August 12, 1922 when all three electoral districts returned members to the Yukon Territorial Council by acclamation...
- Yukon general election, 1920Yukon general election, 1920The 1920 Yukon general election was held on February 25, 1920 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The number of councilors was reduced from ten in the previous election to three following the general decline in population since the Klondike Gold Rush. The Council held an...
- Yukon general election, 1917Yukon general election, 1917The 1917 Yukon general election was held on March 15, 1917 to elect the ten members to the 4th Yukon Legislative Council. This election was contested between the Liberals and Conservatives.-Campaign:This campaign was contested by the Yukon and Liberal parties...
- Yukon general election, 1915Yukon general election, 1915The 1915 Yukon general election was held on March 4th to elect the ten members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The members were chosen from five different electoral districts with the top two in plurality winning a seat.-Members elected:...
- Yukon general election, 1912Yukon general election, 1912The 1912 Yukon general election was held on April 29 to elect the ten members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner....
- Yukon general election, 1909Yukon general election, 1909The 1909 Yukon general election was held on 28 June 1909 to elect the ten members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner...
- Yukon general election, 1907Yukon general election, 1907The 1907 Yukon general election was held on 16 April 1907 to elect five of the ten members of the Yukon Territorial Council.-Members Elected:...
- Yukon general election, 1905Yukon general election, 1905The 1905 Yukon general election was held on 12 April 1905 to elect five of the ten members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Yukon Liberals and Conservatives fought the election on fully defined party lines for the first time in Yukon history....
- Yukon general election, 1903Yukon general election, 1903The 1903 Yukon general election was held on January 13, 1903. The council was expanded to elect five of the ten members to the Yukon Territorial Council...
- Yukon general election, 1900Yukon general election, 1900The 1900 Yukon general election was the first general election in the history of the Yukon territory held on October 18, 1900.-Campaign:The six-member territorial council was expanded to eight by adding two elected members. This was the smallest general election in Canadian history.The election was...