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The 1985 Yukon general election was held on May 13, 1985 to elect members of the 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...

of the territory of Yukon, Canada

Canada

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. It was won by the 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...

Results

	Party	Leader	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:...	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)	New Democratic 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...	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...	6	8	+33%		41.1%	Progressive Conservative Yukon Progressive Conservative Party The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party was a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It is now known as the Yukon Party.-History:...	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...	10	6	-40%		46.9%	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:...	Roger Coles Roger Coles (politician) Roger Coles is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Tatchun in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1986. He was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party, and the party's leader from 1984 to 1986....	0	2	N/A		7.6%	Independents		0	0	0%		4.4%
Total			16	16	-		100%

Results by riding

Electoral District	Party	Candidate
Campbell		Sam Johnston Sam 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...
Faro Faro (electoral district) Faro was an electoral district that returned a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada between 1978 and 2002.-MLAs:I = IndependentYNDP = Yukon New Democratic Party*YLP = Yukon Liberal Party...		Jim McLachlan Jim McLachlan Jim McLachlan is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Faro in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1989 and from 2001 to 2002. He was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party, and the party's leader from 1986 to 1989....
Hootalinqua		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...
Klondike Klondike (electoral district) Klondike is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in Canada. It was the only seat won by the Yukon Party in the 2000 territorial election...		Art Webster Art Webster Art 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....
Kluane		Bill Brewster Bill Brewster (politician) Bill Brewster is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Kluane in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1996. He was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party until 1992, and the Yukon Party thereafter....
Mayo		Piers McDonald Piers McDonald Piers 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...
Old Crow		Norma Kassi Norma Kassi Norma 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...
Tatchun		Roger Coles Roger Coles (politician) Roger Coles is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Tatchun in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1986. He was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party, and the party's leader from 1984 to 1986....
Watson Lake		Dave Porter
Whitehorse Porter Creek East Porter Creek North Porter Creek North is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada...		Dan Lang Daniel Lang (Yukon politician) Hector Daniel Lang is a Canadian politician and a Conservative member of the Canadian Senate. He was appointed on the advice of Stephen Harper to the Senate on January 2, 2009.-Political career:...
Whitehorse Porter Creek West		Alan Nordling Alan Nordling Alan Nordling is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse Porter Creek West from 1985 to 1992, and Porter Creek South from 1992 to 1996, in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. He was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.Nordling was first...
Whitehorse Riverdale North		Doug Phillips Doug Phillips (politician) Douglas George Phillips, also known as Doug Phillips, is a Canadian businessman and politician and the current Commissioner of Yukon.Born in Toronto in 1946, Phillips moved to Whitehorse with his family as a child. He was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in 1985, serving fifteen...
Whitehorse Riverdale South Riverdale South Riverdale South is an electoral district which elects a Member of the Legislative Assembly to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada...		Bea Firth Bea Firth Beatrice Ann Firth was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1996. She was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party....
Whitehorse North Centre		Margaret Joe
Whitehorse West Whitehorse West Whitehorse West is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada...		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...
Whitehorse South Centre		Roger Kimmerly Roger Kimmerly Roger 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....

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