Yukon general election, 2006
Encyclopedia
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. Because of changes in the Yukon Act, the Yukon Party government's mandate resulting from this election is for as long as five years instead of four.
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Klondike
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|Steve Nordick
405
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|Steve Taylor
132
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|Jorn Meier
297
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|Glen Everitt
56
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|Peter Jenkins
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kluane
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|Jim Bowers
176
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|Gary McRobb
317
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|Lillian Grubach-Hambrook
82
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|Freddy Hutter
19
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|Gary McRobb
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lake Laberge
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|Brad Cathers
458
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|Jon Breen
221
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|Nina Sutherland
120
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|Brad Cathers
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mayo-Tatchun
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|Jean VanBibber
166
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|Eric Fairclough
301
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|Karen Gage
99
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|Eric Fairclough
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Lorne
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|Valerie Boxall
236
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|Colleen Wirth
231
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|Steve Cardiff
361
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|Steve Cardiff
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pelly-Nisutlin
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|Marian Horne
241
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|Hammond Dick
145
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|Gwen Wally
146
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|Elvis Aaron Presley ("Tagish" Elvis Presley)
40
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|Dean Hassard
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Southern Lakes
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|Patrick Rouble
276
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|Ethel Tizya
134
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|Kevin Barr
238
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|Patrick Rouble
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Vuntut Gwitchin
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|William Josie
37
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|Darius Elias
65
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|Lorraine Peter
40
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|Lorraine Peter
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Watson Lake
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|Dennis Fentie
495
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|Rick Harder
196
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|Rachael Lewis
45
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|Dale Robert Worsfold
28
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|Dennis Fentie
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Copperbelt
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|Russ Hobbis
374
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|Arthur Mitchell
632
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|David Hedmann
191
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|Arthur Mitchell
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|McIntyre-Takhini
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|Vicki Durrant
201
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|Ed Schultz
328
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|John Edzerza
334
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|John Edzerza
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek Centre
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|Archie Lang
344
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|David Laxton
224
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|Kate White
159
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|Archie Lang
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek North
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|Jim Kenyon
311
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|Dale Cheeseman
191
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|Dave Hobbis
158
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|Jim Kenyon
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek South
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|Dean Hassard
298
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|Don Inverarity
304
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|Samson Hartland
97
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|Pat Duncan
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale North
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|Ted Staffen
429
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|Lesley Cabott
377
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|James McCullough
172
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|Ted Staffen
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale South
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|Glenn Hart
357
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|Phil Treusch
324
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|Peter Lesniak
226
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|Glenn Hart
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse Centre
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|Jerry Johnson
188
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|Bernie Phillips
211
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|Todd Hardy
357
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|Todd Hardy
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse West
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|Elaine Taylor
511
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|Mike Walton
371
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|Rhoda Merkel
75
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|Elaine Taylor
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Trendlines polls from October 2005 to June 2006 are based on a 100 day rolling average. Trendlines polls from July 2006 to October 2006 only include the respective monthly figures.
Trendlines has conducted a poll in every riding every month for several months. According to the September/October polls, the Yukon Party could form a minority government with 7 of the 18 seats; or the Liberal Party and NDP could form a majority coalition with 11 out of the 18 seats.
* Independent candidate Tim Zeigdel has since withdrawn.
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...
, 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...
. The Premier
Premier (Canada)
In Canada, a premier is the head of government of a province or territory. There are currently ten provincial premiers and three territorial premiers in Canada....
of Yukon asked the territorial Commissioner for a dissolution of the Assembly on September 8, 2006. Because of changes in the Yukon Act, the Yukon Party government's mandate resulting from this election is for as long as five years instead of four.
By party
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002 | font style="font-size: 75%;">Dissolution Dissolution of parliament In parliamentary systems, a dissolution of parliament is the dispersal of a legislature at the call of an election.Usually there is a maximum length of a legislature, and a dissolution must happen before the maximum time... |
Elected | % Change | # | % |
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:... |
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:... |
18 | 12 | 9 | 10 | -16.7 | 5,503 | 40.6 |
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:... |
Arthur Mitchell Arthur Mitchell (politician) Arthur Mitchell is the leader of the Yukon Liberal Party. He is a former real estate agent and an assistant to John Ostashek, the Yukon Party government leader from 1992 to 1996. He was elected leader in June 2005 in a leadership race against Pat Duncan, the Yukon's first Liberal premier... |
18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +400.0 | 4,704 | 34.7 |
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... |
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.... |
18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | -40.0 | 3,197 | 23.6 |
Independents Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 143 | 1.1 | |
| Total | 58 | 18 | 18 | 18 | - | 13,547 | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
By region
| Party name | Whitehorse Whitehorse, Yukon Whitehorse is Yukon's capital and largest city . It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1476 on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which originates in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in... |
Rural | Total |
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:... |
Seats: | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Popular vote: | 38.9% | 42.9% | 40.6% |
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:... |
Seats: | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Popular vote: | 38.3% | 30.0% | 34.7% |
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... |
Seats: | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Popular vote: | 22.8% | 24.6% | 23.6% |
Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
Seats: | (no candidate) | 0 | 0 |
Popular vote: | (no candidate) | 2.5% | 1.1% | ||
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| Total seats: | 9 | 9 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
By rank
| Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | |
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| 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:... |
10 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
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:... |
5 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
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... |
3 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
Independents Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Changes since the last election
- Haakon ArntzenHaakon ArntzenHaakon Arntzen is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Copperbelt in the Yukon Legislative Assembly as a member of the Yukon Party....
leaves the Yukon PartyYukon PartyThe 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:...
caucusCaucusA caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States and Canada. As the use of the term has been expanded the exact definition has come to vary among political cultures.-Origin of the term:...
after investigations into several sexual assault cases in the 70's and the 80's began. While serving as an independentIndependent (politician)In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
, he was found guilty. The Opposition called for his resignation, however this was rebuffed by the Government who believed he should be sentenced first.
- The Liberal PartyYukon Liberal PartyThe Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.-History:...
held a leadership raceLeadership conventionIn Canadian politics, a leadership convention is held by a political party when the party needs to choose a leader due to a vacancy or a challenge to the incumbent leader.- Overview :...
after Pat DuncanPat DuncanPat 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...
lost the previous election moving from government to only one seat and third place. The party chose Arthur MitchellArthur Mitchell (politician)Arthur Mitchell is the leader of the Yukon Liberal Party. He is a former real estate agent and an assistant to John Ostashek, the Yukon Party government leader from 1992 to 1996. He was elected leader in June 2005 in a leadership race against Pat Duncan, the Yukon's first Liberal premier...
over Duncan to lead the party.
- Arntzen resigns from the legislature on September 9, 2005. A by-electionBy-electionA by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
was held on November 21, 2005 to fill the Copperbelt seat and Liberal leader Arthur Mitchell won the election with almost 50% of the vote.
- Peter JenkinsPeter 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....
, member for KlondikeKlondike (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...
, resigns from Yukon Party, November 28, 2005 and from the cabinetExecutive Council of YukonThe Executive Council or Cabinet of Yukon, Canada, is chosen by the Premier from the elected members of the governing party in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.The current Executive Council is made up of members of the Yukon Party :...
after a dispute with the Premier over the payment of loans.
- 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....
, member for Kluane, and 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....
, member for Mayo-Tatchun were expelled from the New Democratic Party (NDP)Yukon New Democratic PartyThe 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...
on February 28, 2006 and March 1, 2006 respectively when it is learned that they are exploring the possibility of running as independents or Liberals in the next election.
- McRobb (on March 17, 2006) and Fairclough (on May 1, 2006) both joined the Liberal caucus. Fairclough's joining brought the Liberals ahead of the NDP making them the official opposition. http://www.cbc.ca/north/story/nor-yukon-opposition.html
- Edzerza on August 2, 2006 resigned from cabinet and the Yukon Party caucus; the following day, Edzerza said he would seek the NDP nomination in his riding. In accordance with NDP policy, Edzerza is to sit as an independent until nominated and elected as an NDP candidate.
Campaign slogans
- Yukon PartyYukon PartyThe 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:...
: Imagine tomorrow - Yukon Liberal PartyYukon Liberal PartyThe Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.-History:...
: Putting people first - Yukon New Democratic PartyYukon New Democratic PartyThe 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...
: Leading the way
Results by riding
names in bold indicate cabinet ministers, names in italics are party leadersRural Yukon
|-|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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|Steve Nordick
Steve Nordick
Steve Nordick is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Klondike in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011.He is a member of the Yukon Party.-References:...
405
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|Steve Taylor
132
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|Jorn Meier
297
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|Glen Everitt
56
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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....
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kluane
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|Jim Bowers
176
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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....
317
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|Lillian Grubach-Hambrook
82
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|Freddy Hutter
19
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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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|Brad Cathers
Brad Cathers
Brad Cathers is a Canadian politician. He represents the electoral district of Lake Laberge in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.- Political career :...
458
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|Jon Breen
221
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|Nina Sutherland
120
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|Brad Cathers
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mayo-Tatchun
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|Jean VanBibber
166
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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....
301
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|Karen Gage
99
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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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|Valerie Boxall
236
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|Colleen Wirth
231
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|Steve Cardiff
Steve Cardiff
Steve 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...
361
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|Steve Cardiff
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pelly-Nisutlin
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|Marian Horne
Marian Horne
Marian Horne is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Pelly-Nisutlin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011. She is a member of the Yukon Party....
241
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|Hammond Dick
145
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|Gwen Wally
146
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|Elvis Aaron Presley ("Tagish" Elvis Presley)
40
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|Dean Hassard
Dean Hassard
Dean Hassard is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pelly-Nisutlin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly as a member of the Yukon Party from 2002 to 2006....
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Southern Lakes
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|Patrick Rouble
Patrick Rouble
Patrick Rouble is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Southern Lakes in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011, serving as the Minister of Education and Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources. He was sworn to cabinet on 28 October 2006.He is a member of the...
276
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|Ethel Tizya
134
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|Kevin Barr
Kevin Barr
Kevin 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:...
238
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|Patrick Rouble
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Vuntut Gwitchin
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|William Josie
37
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|Darius Elias
Darius Elias
Darius Mortimer Elias is a Canadian politician. He currently represents the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.He is a member of the Yukon Liberal Party.-References:...
65
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|Lorraine Peter
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...
40
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|Lorraine Peter
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Watson Lake
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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:...
495
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|Rick Harder
196
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|Rachael Lewis
45
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|Dale Robert Worsfold
28
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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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Whitehorse
|-|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Copperbelt
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|Russ Hobbis
374
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|Arthur Mitchell
Arthur Mitchell (politician)
Arthur Mitchell is the leader of the Yukon Liberal Party. He is a former real estate agent and an assistant to John Ostashek, the Yukon Party government leader from 1992 to 1996. He was elected leader in June 2005 in a leadership race against Pat Duncan, the Yukon's first Liberal premier...
632
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|David Hedmann
191
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|Arthur Mitchell
Arthur Mitchell (politician)
Arthur Mitchell is the leader of the Yukon Liberal Party. He is a former real estate agent and an assistant to John Ostashek, the Yukon Party government leader from 1992 to 1996. He was elected leader in June 2005 in a leadership race against Pat Duncan, the Yukon's first Liberal premier...
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|McIntyre-Takhini
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|Vicki Durrant
201
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|Ed Schultz
328
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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:...
334
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|John Edzerza
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek Centre
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|Archie Lang
Archie Lang
Archie Lang is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Porter Creek Centre in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011.-Political career:...
344
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|David Laxton
David Laxton
David Laxton is a Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Porter Creek Centre as a member of the Yukon Party caucus....
224
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|Kate White
Kate 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:...
159
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|Archie Lang
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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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|Jim Kenyon
Jim Kenyon
Jim Kenyon is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Porter Creek North in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011. He is a member of the Yukon Party....
311
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|Dale Cheeseman
191
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|Dave Hobbis
158
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|Jim Kenyon
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek South
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|Dean Hassard
Dean Hassard
Dean Hassard is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pelly-Nisutlin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly as a member of the Yukon Party from 2002 to 2006....
298
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|Don Inverarity
Don Inverarity
Don Inverarity is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Porter Creek South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011. He is a member of the Yukon Liberal Party.-References:...
304
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|Samson Hartland
97
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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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|Ted Staffen
Ted Staffen
Ted Staffen is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale North in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011, and served as the Speaker of the Legislature. He is a member of the Yukon Party....
429
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|Lesley Cabott
377
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|James McCullough
172
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|Ted Staffen
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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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|Glenn Hart
Glenn Hart
Glenn Hart is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011. He is a member of the Yukon Party.-Notes:...
357
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|Phil Treusch
324
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|Peter Lesniak
226
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|Glenn Hart
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse Centre
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|Jerry Johnson
188
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|Bernie Phillips
211
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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....
357
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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....
|-
|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:...
511
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|Mike Walton
371
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|Rhoda Merkel
75
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|Elaine Taylor
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Opinion polls
| Polling Firm | Date | YP | Lib | NDP | Ind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results of Election 2002 | 40 | 29 | 27 | 4 | |
| DataPath | July 2002 | |23 | 35 | 35 | 5 |
| DataPath | March 2004 | |31 | 26 | 22 | 21 |
| DataPath | February 2005 | |31 | 23 | 33 | 13 |
| DataPath | May 2005 | |28 | 29 | 30 | 13 |
| DataPath | August 2005 | |30 | 21 | 43 | 6 |
| TrendLines | August 2005 | |35 | 30 | 34 | |
| TrendLines | September 2005 | |35 | 29 | 35 | |
| TrendLines | October 2005 | |32 | 32 | 36 | |
| DataPath | December 2005 | |25 | 31 | 35 | 9 |
| TrendLines | January 2006 | |26 | 34 | 37 | 2 |
| TrendLines | March 2006 | |31 | 32 | 33 | 4 |
| TrendLines | May 2006 | |27 | 27 | 29 | 17 |
| DataPath | May 2006 | |29 | 31 | 33 | 7 |
| TrendLines | June 2006 | |26 | 26 | 27 | 21 |
| TrendLines | July 2006 | |35 | 33 | 23 | 10 |
| DataPath | August 2006 | |33 | 30 | 31 | 6 |
| TrendLines | September 2006 | |32 | 39 | 23 | 7 |
| DataPath | October 2006 | |34 | 37 | 25 | 4 |
| TrendLines | October 2006 | |35 | 32 | 31 | 2 |
| Results of Election 2006 | 41 | 35 | 24 | 1 | |
Trendlines polls from October 2005 to June 2006 are based on a 100 day rolling average. Trendlines polls from July 2006 to October 2006 only include the respective monthly figures.
Trendlines has conducted a poll in every riding every month for several months. According to the September/October polls, the Yukon Party could form a minority government with 7 of the 18 seats; or the Liberal Party and NDP could form a majority coalition with 11 out of the 18 seats.
| Trendlines Riding polls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | YP | Lib | NDP | Ind |
| Copperbelt | 28 | 56 | 16 | 0 |
| Klondike | 23 | 14 | 55 | 9 |
| Kluane | 14 | 36 | 43 | 7 |
| Lake Laberge | 34 | 31 | 28 | 6* |
| McIntyre-Takhini | 46 | 15 | 38 | 0 |
| Mayo-Tatchun | 33 | 50 | 17 | 0 |
| Mount Lorne | 32 | 18 | 50 | 0 |
| Pelly-Nisutlin | 42 | 8 | 25 | 25 |
| Porter Creek Centre | 50 | 35 | 15 | 0 |
| Porter Creek North | 29 | 29 | 43 | 0 |
| Porter Creek South | 35 | 55 | 10 | 0 |
| Riverdale North | 33 | 40 | 27 | 0 |
| Riverdale South | 50 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| Southern Lakes | 32 | 14 | 46 | 7 |
| Vuntut Gwitchin | 14 | 57 | 29 | 0 |
| Watson Lake | 63 | 17 | 13 | 8 |
| Whitehorse Centre | 10 | 20 | 70 | 0 |
| Whitehorse West | 55 | 41 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
External links
- Election Almanac - Yukon Territorial Election
- Yukon Votes 2006. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.