Yukon Progressive Conservative Party

The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party (in French: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Yukon) was a conservative

Conservatism

Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism...

political party in the Yukon

Yukon

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....

Territory of Canada

Canada

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. It is now known as 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:...

History

The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party was founded in 1978 with Hilda Watson

Hilda Watson

Hilda Watson was a Canadian schoolteacher and politician from the Yukon Territory. She was the first woman in Canadian history to lead a political party which was successful in having its members elected....

as its first leader. Watson had been a member of the territorial Legislative Council

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...

since 1970, and became the first woman in Canadian history to lead a political party into a general election. However, she was unable to win a seat in the 1978 election

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...

, and consequently resigned. Chris Pearson

Chris Pearson (politician)

Christopher William Pearson was the first leader of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party and the first Government Leader in the Yukon. Pearson moved to the Yukon in 1957 and worked for the government from 1960 until 1973 when he entered private business...

became leader of the party as well as the government.

The Progressive Conservatives were defeated in the 1985 election

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:...

by the Yukon New Democratic Party

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...

(NDP) led by Tony Penikett

Tony Penikett

Antony David John Penikett is a mediator and negotiator and former politician in Yukon, Canada.-Life and work:An activist with the New Democratic Party , Penikett was campaign manager in 1972 for Wally Firth, the first indigenous northern MP ever elected to the House of Commons...

. With Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Canada

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Brian Mulroney

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's Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

federal government's increasing unpopularity, the Yukon Progressive Conservatives decided to sever their relations with the federal Conservatives, and renamed themselves the "Yukon Party" prior to the 1992 election

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:...

Election results

Year	Yukon Progressive Conservative Party Leader	No. Seats	% Popular Vote	Results
1978 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...	Chris Pearson Chris Pearson Chris Pearson is the name of:* Chris Pearson * Chris Pearson * Chris Pearson , first premier of the Yukon* Chris Pearson , British radio presenter* Christopher Pearson, journalist... (led by Hilda Watson Hilda Watson Hilda Watson was a Canadian schoolteacher and politician from the Yukon Territory. She was the first woman in Canadian history to lead a political party which was successful in having its members elected.... during the election)	11	37.1%	Majority Government
1982 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:...	Chris Pearson Chris Pearson Chris Pearson is the name of:* Chris Pearson * Chris Pearson * Chris Pearson , first premier of the Yukon* Chris Pearson , British radio presenter* Christopher Pearson, journalist...	10	46.9%	Majority Government
1985 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:...	Willard Phelps Willard Phelps Willard Leroy Phelps is a former Yukon politician.-Political career:Phelps was first elected to the territorial legislature in 1974 but did not run in the first election with political party participation in 1978...	6	46.9%	Official Opposition
1989 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:...	Willard Phelps Willard Phelps Willard Leroy Phelps is a former Yukon politician.-Political career:Phelps was first elected to the territorial legislature in 1974 but did not run in the first election with political party participation in 1978...	7	43.9%	Official Opposition

History

Election results

See also