List of articles about Yukon NDP members
Encyclopedia
This is a list of members of the Yukon
, Canada
, branch of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
(CCF), a social democratic
political party, and its successor, the Yukon New Democratic Party
(NDP).
to the Yukon Territorial Council
. Three seats were available. The other two seats were won by non-partisan candidates.
In the 1947 election, no CCF candidates ran.
to the Yukon Territorial Council. Three seats were available. The other two seats were won by non-partisan candidates.
In the 1953, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, and 1965 elections, no CCF or NDP candidates ran.
to the Yukon Territorial Council. The other ten seats returned non-partisan candidates.
to the newly created Yukon Legislative Assembly
. This was the first fully partisan election.
, and three more won for the first time for a total of six of the sixteen seats in the Legislature. The NDP again formed the Official Opposition.
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in the Legislature.
, and formed a majority government.
.
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....
, Canada
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...
, branch of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...
(CCF), a social democratic
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...
political party, and its successor, 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).
1944 general election
One CCF candidate was elected in the 1944 electionYukon general election, 1944
The 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....
to the Yukon Territorial Council
Yukon Territorial Council
The Yukon Territorial Council was the first sitting of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. The Council began with the appointment of its first members on July 8, 1898 and was dissolved in June of 1909.-Appointed members:...
. Three seats were available. The other two seats were won by non-partisan candidates.
- Alex Smith - ? - CCF - Whitehorse - 1943–1947
In the 1947 election, no CCF candidates ran.
1949 general election
One CCF candidate was elected in the 1949 electionYukon general election, 1949
The 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....
to the Yukon Territorial Council. Three seats were available. The other two seats were won by non-partisan candidates.
- Charles J. "Bunny" Lelievre - ? - CCF - Dawson City - 1949–1952
In the 1953, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, and 1965 elections, no CCF or NDP candidates ran.
1974 general election
Two NDP candidates were elected in the twelve seats available in the 1974 electionYukon general election, 1974
The 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...
to the Yukon Territorial Council. The other ten seats returned non-partisan candidates.
- Fred BergerFred Berger (politician)Fred Berger was a Canadian politician. First elected to the non-partisan Yukon Territorial Council in the 1974 territorial election, he became the first leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party when the territory adopted political parties for the first time in the 1978 election...
- ? - NDP - Dawson - 1974–1978 (ran, NDP lost) - Stu McCall - ? - NDP - Faro - 1974–1978 (ran, NDP lost)
1978 general election
One of the fourteen NDP candidates was elected in the sixteen seats available in the 1978 electionYukon 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...
to the newly created 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...
. This was the first fully partisan election.
- Tony PenikettTony PenikettAntony 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...
- NDP - City Councillor - Whitehorse 1978-1982-1985-1989-1992-?
1981 by-election
One NDP candidate won a by-election, and one MLA elected as an independent crossed the floor to the NDP, which gave it enough seats to form the Official Opposition.- Maurice ByblowMaurice ByblowMaurice Byblow is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Faro in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1978 to 1985 and from 1989 to 1996....
- teacher & businessman - Faro 1978-1981 independent, NDP 1981-1982-1985 (retired, NDP lost), 1989 - Roger KimmerlyRoger KimmerlyRoger 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....
- NDP - Judge - Whitehorse South Centre 1981 by-election -1982-1985-1989 (moved out of Yukon, NDP won)
1982 general election
Three NDP MLAs were re-elected in the 1982 electionYukon 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:...
, and three more won for the first time for a total of six of the sixteen seats in the Legislature. The NDP again formed the Official Opposition.
- Piers McDonaldPiers McDonaldPiers McDonald, OC is a Yukon politician and trade unionist.Born in Kingston, Ontario, McDonald, a miner by profession, was vice-president of the Yukon Federation of Labour from 1981-1982...
- NDP - trade unionist - Mayo (Elsa) 1982-1985-1989-?, McIntyre-Takhini 1992-1996-2000 (ran, NDP lost) - Margaret Joe reverted her name to Margaret Commodore - NDP - Native activist - Whitehorse North 1982-1985-1989, Whitehorse Centre 1992
- Dave Porter - NDP - Native activist - Campbell 1982-1985, Watson Lake 1985-1989 (retired, NDP lost)
1985
The six NDP MLAs were re-elected, and two more won for the first time for a total of eight of the sixteen seats in the Legislature. The NDP formed a minority governmentMinority government
A minority government or a minority cabinet is a cabinet of a parliamentary system formed when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament but is sworn into government to break a Hung Parliament election result. It is also known as a...
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- Sam JohnstonSam Johnston (Yukon politician)Samuel Timothy "Sam" Johnston is a former chief of the Teslin Tlingit Council from 1970 to 1984 and former political figure in the Yukon, Canada. He represented Campbell in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1992 as a NDP member.He was born in Teslin, Yukon, the son of David Peter...
- NDP - former chief of Teslin Tlingit CouncilTeslin Tlingit CouncilThe Teslin Tlingit Council is a First Nation government in the central Yukon in Canada, located in Teslin, Yukon along the Alaska Highway and Teslin Lake. The language originally spoken by the Teslin is Tlingit...
- Campbell 1985-1989-? - Art WebsterArt WebsterArt Webster is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Klondike in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1992. He was a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party....
- NDP - City Councillor - Klondike 1985-1989, later Mayor of Dawson City - Norma KassiNorma KassiNorma Kassi is a native Gwich'in from Yukon Territory, Canada, and a former member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly and current chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation . She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2002, together with Sarah James and Jonathon Solomon...
- NDP - native activist - Old Crow 1985-1989-?
1987 by-election
The NDP won one by-election in 1987, to give it a majorityMajority government
A majority government is when the governing party has an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or parliament in a parliamentary system. This is as opposed to a minority government, where even the largest party wins only a plurality of seats and thus must constantly bargain for support from...
in the Legislature.
- Danny JoeDanny JoeDanny Joe is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Tatchun from 1987 to 1992, and Mayo-Tatchun from 1992 to 1996, in the Yukon Legislative Assembly....
- NDP - former Chief Selkirk First NationSelkirk First NationThe Selkirk First Nation is a First Nation in the central Yukon Territory in Canada. Its original population centre was the trading post of Selkirk, Yukon along the Yukon River, but most of its citizens now live in Pelly Crossing, Yukon where the Klondike Highway crosses the Pelly River. The...
- Tatchun 1987 by-election-1989, 1992, to 1996
1989 general election
The NDP won nine of the sixteen seats available in the 1989 electionYukon 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:...
, and formed a majority government.
- Joyce HaydenJoyce HaydenJoyce Hayden was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse South Centre in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1992. She was a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party.-Background:...
- NDP - Whitehorse South Centre 1989-1992
1992 general election
The NDP lost the election to the Yukon Party and became the official opposition.- Trevor HardingTrevor Harding (politician)Trevor Harding is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Faro in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2001.A member of the Yukon New Democratic Party, he served as the party's interim leader in 2000 following the resignation of Piers McDonald...
- Faro - 1992-1996-2000, Interim leader in 2000, resigned in 2001 - Lois MoorcroftLois MoorcroftLois Moorcroft is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral districts of Mount Lorne from 1992 to 2000, and Copperbelt South since 2011, in the Yukon Legislative Assembly...
- Mount Lorne - ? by-election -1996 Lost in 2000 - David SloanDavid Sloan (politician)David Sloan is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse West in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2000...
- Whitehorse West - ? by-election -1996 Lost in 2000
1996 general election
NDP won the election and formed a majority government under Piers McDonald.- Gary McRobbGary McRobbGary McRobb is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Kluane in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2011.Originally a member of the Yukon NDP, McRobb was expelled from the party in 2006. He is now a Yukon Liberal Party MLA....
Activist - Kluane - 1996-2000-2002-2006, May (Became a Liberal) - Doug LivingstonDoug LivingstonDouglas Roy "Doug" Livingston is an educator and former political figure in the Yukon, Canada. He represented Lake Laberge in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 1999 as a NDP member....
schoolteacher and principal - Lake Laberge - 1996, resigned in 1999 - Eric FaircloughEric FaircloughEric Fairclough is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Mayo-Tatchun in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2011....
Chief Little Salmon/Carmacks First NationLittle Salmon/Carmacks First NationThe Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation is a First Nation in the central Yukon Territory in Canada. Its original population centre was Little Salmon, Yukon, but most of its citizens live in Carmacks, Yukon...
- Mayo-Tatchun - 1996-2000-2002-May 2006 (Became a Liberal), Party leader 2001-2002 - Dave Keenan Chief, Teslin Tlingit CouncilTeslin Tlingit CouncilThe Teslin Tlingit Council is a First Nation government in the central Yukon in Canada, located in Teslin, Yukon along the Alaska Highway and Teslin Lake. The language originally spoken by the Teslin is Tlingit...
- Ross River Southern Lakes - 1996-2000, did not run again. - Robert BruceRobert Bruce (politician)Robert Bruce is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2000. He was a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party....
- Vuntut Gwitchin - 1996-1997 by-election because of recount of 1996 vote-2000 retired - Dennis FentieDennis FentieDennis G. Fentie, MLA is a Canadian politician. He was the seventh Premier of Yukon and leader of the Yukon Party, serving from 2002 to 2011, as well as the MLA for Watson Lake.-Background:...
logger - Watson Lake - 1996-2000-2002 (switched parties) - Todd HardyTodd HardyTodd Hardy was a Canadian politician, and former Leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party. He has also served as Leader of the Opposition in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2006....
Trade union leader - Whitehorse Centre - 1996-2000 (ran, NDP lost), 2002-present, Party leader in 2002
2000 general election
NDP lost the election, but became the official opposition- Lorraine PeterLorraine PeterLorraine Peter, née Netro, is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2006...
- Vuntut Gwitchin - 2000-2002-2006 (ran, NDP lost)
2002 general election
The NDP won five of the 18 seats available in the 2002 election, and formed the Official opposition.- Steve CardiffSteve CardiffSteve Cardiff was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Mount Lorne in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.-Political career:He was first elected to the Yukon legislature in the 2002 general election and re-elected in 2006...
- Mount Lorne 2002–2006–present
2006 general election
The NDP won three of the 18 seats available in the 2006 electionYukon 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...
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- John EdzerzaJohn EdzerzaJohn Edzerza was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of McIntyre-Takhini in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.-Political career:...
- McIntyre-Takhini
2011 general election
- Kevin BarrKevin BarrKevin Barr is a Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes as a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party caucus.-References:...
- Jan StickJan StickJan Stick is a Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election. She represents the electoral district of Riverdale South as a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party caucus.-References:...
- Jim TredgerJim TredgerJim Tredger is a Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Mayo-Tatchun as a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party caucus.-References:...
- Kate WhiteKate White (politician)Kate White is a Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election. She represents the electoral district of Takhini-Kopper King as a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party caucus.-References:...
Prominent NDPers/CCFers at the municipal level
- Mike Comadain - CCF - mayor of Dawson City
- Art WebsterArt WebsterArt Webster is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Klondike in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1992. He was a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party....
- mayor of Dawson City
See also
- List of CCF/NDP members
- List of British Columbia CCF/NDP members
- List of Alberta CCF/NDP members
- List of Saskatchewan CCF/NDP members
- List of Manitoba CCF/NDP members
- List of Ontario CCF/NDP members
- List of Nova Scotia CCF/NDP members