The Yukon general election of 2000 was held on April 17, 2000 to elect members of 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...

 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 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...

. The incument NDP government was defeated by the Liberal Party who formed a majority government

Results by party

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Votes
				Before	After	% Change	#	%	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:...	Pat Duncan Pat Duncan Pat Duncan is a former politician in the Yukon, Canada. Duncan served as leader of the Yukon Liberal Party from 1998 to 2005 and as the sixth Premier of Yukon from 2000 until 2002...	17	4	10	+150%	6092	42.7%	New Democrats 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...	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...	17	10	6	-40%	4677	32.8%	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:...	John Ostashek John Ostashek John Ostashek was a former Yukon politician. An entrepreneur, he was elected leader of the Yukon Party in June 1992 and led it to victory in the fall 1992 election in which he also won a seat in the legislature for the first time....	15	3	1	-66%	3466	24.3%
Total			49	17	17		14235	100%

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Party		Seats	Second	Third
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:...	10	6	1	New Democrats 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...	6	7	4	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:...	1	4	10

Yukon Votes 2000

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|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 = Independent*YNDP = Yukon New Democratic Party*YLP = Yukon Liberal Party...

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|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....

 
53
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|Trevor Harding

Trevor 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...

177
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|Trevor Harding
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|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...

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|Peter Jenkins

Peter Jenkins (politician)

Peter Jenkins is a Canadian politician. Formerly deputy premier and health minister in the territorial government of the Yukon, he is currently serving as mayor of Dawson City....

 
424
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|Stuart Schmidt
397
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|Aedes Scheer
249
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|Peter Jenkins
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kluane
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|Charlie Eikland
208
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|Gerald Brown
113
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|Gary McRobb

Gary McRobb

Gary 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....

405
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|Gary McRobb
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lake Laberge

Lake Laberge (electoral district)

Lake Laberge is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada.The current MLA is Brad Cathers, who was elected on November 4, 2002, and served as Minister of Health and Social Services and Minister responsible for Yukon Workers'...

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|Roger Gallagher
363
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|Pam Buckway

Pam Buckway

Pam Buckway is a former Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Lake Laberge in the Yukon Legislative Assembly as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party....

514
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|Gary LeGoffe
182
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|Pam Buckway
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|McIntyre-Takhini
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|John Edzerza

John Edzerza

John Edzerza was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of McIntyre-Takhini in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.-Political career:...

265
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|Wayne Jim

Wayne Jim

Wayne Jim is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of McIntyre-Takhini in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2002....

376
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|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...

338
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|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...

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mayo-Tatchun
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|Wilf Tuck
277
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|Eric Fairclough

Eric Fairclough

Eric Fairclough is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Mayo-Tatchun in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2011....

446
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|Eric Fairclough
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Lorne

Mount Lorne (electoral district)

Mount Lorne is a former electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada....

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|Ken Gabb
269
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|Cynthia Tucker

Cynthia Tucker (politician)

Cynthia Tucker is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Mount Lorne in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2002. She was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party.-References:...

 
563
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|Lois Moorcroft

Lois Moorcroft

Lois 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...

422
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|Lois Moorcroft
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek North

Porter Creek North

Porter Creek North is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada...

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|John Ostashek

John Ostashek

John Ostashek was a former Yukon politician. An entrepreneur, he was elected leader of the Yukon Party in June 1992 and led it to victory in the fall 1992 election in which he also won a seat in the legislature for the first time....

323
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|Don Roberts

Don Roberts (politician)

Don Roberts is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Porter Creek North in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2002....

 
504
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|Sidney Maddison
114
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|John Ostashek

John Ostashek

John Ostashek was a former Yukon politician. An entrepreneur, he was elected leader of the Yukon Party in June 1992 and led it to victory in the fall 1992 election in which he also won a seat in the legislature for the first time....

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek South
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|Larry W Carlyle
235
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|Pat Duncan

Pat Duncan

Pat Duncan is a former politician in the Yukon, Canada. Duncan served as leader of the Yukon Liberal Party from 1998 to 2005 and as the sixth Premier of Yukon from 2000 until 2002...

607
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|Mark Dupuis
103
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|Pat Duncan

Pat Duncan

Pat Duncan is a former politician in the Yukon, Canada. Duncan served as leader of the Yukon Liberal Party from 1998 to 2005 and as the sixth Premier of Yukon from 2000 until 2002...

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale North
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|Daphne White
172
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|Dale Eftoda

Dale Eftoda

Dale Eftoda is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale North in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2002. He was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party caucus.-References:...

454
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|Rachael Lewis
233
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|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...

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|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...

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|Ginny Macdonald
205
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|Sue Edelman

Sue Edelman

Sue Edelman is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2002. She was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party. She served as Women's Issues Minister, Health Minister and Social Services Minister.She resigned her post...

422
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|Heather Finton
237
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|Sue Edelman
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverside
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|Michael Wienert
100
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|Scott Kent

Scott Kent

Scott Kent is a Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Riverdale North as a member of the Yukon Party caucus.-References:...

 
359
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|Jasbir Randhawa
202
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|Jack Cable

Jack Cable

Ivan John "Jack" Cable is a former Canadian politician. He served as a member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2000, representing the electoral district of Riverside as a member and leader of the Yukon Liberal Party...

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Rossriver Southern Lakes
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|Ed Hall
150
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|Dorothy John
187
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|Dave Keenan 
357
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|Dave Keenan
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Vuntut Gwitchin
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|Kathie Nukon

Kathie Nukon

Kathie Emma Nukon is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Old Crow in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1985...

53
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|Esau Schafer

Esau Schafer

Esau Schafer is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in 1996. He was a member of the Yukon Party....

 
61
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|Lorraine Netro

Lorraine Peter

Lorraine Peter, née Netro, is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2006...

 
69
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|Robert Bruce

Robert 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....

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Watson Lake
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|Mickey Thomas
144
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|Isaac Wood
272
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|Dennis Fentie

Dennis Fentie

Dennis 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:...

 
434
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|Dennis Fentie

Dennis Fentie

Dennis 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:...

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse Centre
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|Vicki Durrant
130
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|Mike McLarnon

Mike McLarnon

Mike McLarnon is a lifelong Yukoner and former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse Centre in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2002....

312
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|Todd Hardy

Todd Hardy

Todd 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....

229
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|Todd Hardy

Todd Hardy

Todd 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....

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse West

Whitehorse West

Whitehorse West is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada...

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|Elaine Taylor

Elaine Taylor

Elaine Taylor is a Canadian politician. She currently represents the electoral district of Whitehorse West in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.She is a member of the Yukon Party.-References:...

 
425
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|Dennis Schneider

Dennis Schneider

Dennis Lars Schneider is a real estate agent and political figure in the Yukon, Canada. He represented Whitehorse West in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2002 as a Liberal....

621
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|David Sloan

David 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...

 
480
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|David Sloan
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Member changes from previous election

• Lake Laberge, Pam Buckway (Lib) elected in October 1999 by-election to replace Doug Livingston
  Doug Livingston
  Douglas 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....
  
  (NDP)
• Liberals form Official Opposition, bumping the Yukon Party.