1996 Yukon general election

Canadian territorial election September 2023 March 2017 1996 Yukon general election Yukon parliamentary no no no 1992 Yukon general election 1992 28th Yukon Legislative Assembly 2000 Yukon general election members 2000 17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly 9 September 30, 1996 79.58%Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1996 General Election Elections Yukon, 1996. Retrieved March 25, 2021 ( 2.04pp) YT NDP nohash Piers McDonald 1995 YT NDP name McIntyre-Takhini 6 11 5 5,760 39.81% 4.73pp YP YT Yukon nohash John Ostashek 1992 YT Yukon name Porter Creek North 7 3 4 4,392 30.36% 5.52pp YLP YT Liberal nohash Ken Taylor 1995 YT Liberal name Ran in Mount Lorne (lost) 1 3 2 3,464 23.94% 7.84pp File:Yukon_Territorial_Election_1996_-_Results_by_Riding.svg 360px Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead by the result in each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom. Government Leader Premier after election John Ostashek YT Yukon name Piers McDonald YT NDP name The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30, 1996 to elect the seventeen members of the 29th Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon Territory, Canada. The governing Yukon Party, a conservative party, was defeated by the social democratic New Democratic Party (NDP). The NDP formed a new majority government of the territory with 11 seats. Party leader Piers McDonald became Premier of Yukon. The Yukon Party and the centrist Yukon Liberal Party each won three seats, although Liberal leader Ken Taylor failed to be elected. Results by party Summary of the 1996 Legislative Assembly of Yukon election resultsReport of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1996 General Election Elections Yukon, 1996. Retrieved March 25, 2021 |- style="background:#ccc;" ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Party ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Party leader !rowspan="2"|Candidates ! colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Seats !colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Popular vote |- style="background:#ccc;" | style="text-align:center;"|1992 | style="text-align:center;font-size: 80%;"|Dissol. | style="text-align:center;"|1996 | style="text-align:center;"|Change | style="text-align:center;"|# | style="text-align:center;"|% | style="text-align:center;"|Change YT NDP row-name |align=left|Piers McDonald |align="right"|16 |align="right"|6 |align="right"|6 |align="right"|11 |align="right"|+5 |align="right"|5,760 |align="right"|39.81% |align="right"|+4.73% YT Yukon row-name |align=left|John Ostashek |align="right"|15 |align="right"|7 |align="right"|7 |align="right"|3 |align="right"|-4 |align="right"|4,392 |align="right"|30.36% |align="right"|-5.52% YT Liberal row-name |align=left|Ken Taylor |align="right"|16 |align="right"|1 |align="right"|1 |align="right"|3 |align="right"|+2 |align="right"|3,464 |align="right"|23.94% |align="right"|+7.84% YT Independent row | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Independent |align="right"|7 |align="right"|3 |align="right"|3 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|-3 |align="right"|852 |align="right"|5.89% |align="right"|N/A |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"|Total | style="text-align:right;"|54 | style="text-align:right;"|17 | style="text-align:right;"|17 | style="text-align:right;"|17 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"|14,468 | style="text-align:right;"|100.00% | style="text-align:right;"| |} Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px New Democratic YT NDP 39.81 Yukon Party YT Yukon 30.36 Liberal YT Liberal 23.94 Independent YT Independent 5.89Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px New Democratic YT NDP 64.70 Yukon Party YT Yukon 17.65 Liberal YT Liberal 17.65 Member Changes from Previous Election + Changes in seats held (1992-1996) Seat Before ChangeDateMemberPartyReasonDateMemberPartyWhitehorse WestSeptember 27, 1995Tony PenikettYT NDP colour&name shortResignationFebruary 5, 1996David SloanYT NDP colour&name shortVuntut GwitchinOctober 13, 1995Johnny AbelYT Yukon colour&name shortDeathFebruary 5, 1996Esau SchaferYT Yukon colour&name short right|thumb|The Yukon Legislature after the 1996 election. Incumbents not Running for Reelection The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 1996 election: Independent Bea Firth (Riverdale South) New Democratic Party Danny Joe (Mayo-Tatchun) Margaret Commodore (Whitehorse Centre) Yukon Party Bill Brewster (Kluane) David Millar (Klondike) John Devries (Watson Lake) Riding Results Bold indicates party leaders † - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA YT NDP Yukon Liberal Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Faro |YT NDP background|  |Trevor Harding530 | | | |Ed Peake29 | |  |YT NDP background|  |Trevor Harding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Klondike | |Tim Gerberding372 |YT Yukon background|  |Peter Jenkins 603 | |Glen Everitt96 | |John Cramp21 |YT Yukon background|  |David Millar† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kluane |YT NDP background|  |Gary McRobb 377 | |Olli Wirth144 | |John Farynowski177 | |Bonnie Lock66 |YT Yukon background|  |Bill Brewster† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lake Laberge |YT NDP background|  |Doug Livingston328 | |Mickey Fisher325 | |Linda Biensch242 | |Mark Bain221 |YT Yukon background|  |Mickey Fisher |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|McIntyre-Takhini |YT NDP background|  |Piers McDonald441 | |Scott Howell251 | |Rosemary Couch182 | |Clinton Fraser21 |YT NDP background|  |Piers McDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mayo-Tatchun |YT NDP background|  |Eric Fairclough454 | |Michael McGinnis180 | | | | |YT NDP background|  |Danny Joe† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Lorne |YT NDP background|  |Lois Moorcroft484 | |Allan Doherty247 | |Ken Taylor299 | |Allen Luheck166 |YT NDP background|  |Lois Moorcroft |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek North | |Luigi Zanasi191 |YT Yukon background|  |John Ostashek403 | |Don Roberts384 | | |YT Yukon background|  |John Ostashek |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek South | |Mark Dupuis181 | |Alan Nordling397 |YT Liberal background|  |Pat Duncan435 | |  |YT Independent background|  |Alan Nordling |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale North | |Dave Stockdale347 |YT Yukon background|  |Doug Phillips450 | |Flo Leblanc-Hutchinson146 | |  |YT Yukon background|  |Doug Phillips |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale South | | | |Barbara Toombs349 |YT Liberal background|  |Sue Edelman476 | | |YT Independent background|  |Bea Firth† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverside | |Gary Umbrich260 | |Ed Henderson160 |YT Liberal background|  |Jack Cable267 | | |YT Liberal background|  |Jack Cable |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ross River-Southern Lakes |YT NDP background|  |Dave Keenan484 | | | |Bill Munroe49 | |Willard Phelps317 |YT Independent background|  |Willard Phelps |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Vuntut Gwitchin |YT NDP background|  |Robert Bruce69 * | |Esau Schafer69 | |Shirlee Frost27 | |  |YT Yukon background|  |Esau Schafer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Watson Lake |YT NDP background|  |Dennis Fentie442 | |Barrie Ravenhill249 | |Dave Kalles106 | |Mickey Thomas40 |YT Yukon background|  |John Devries† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse Centre |YT NDP background|  |Todd Hardy328 | |Linda Dixon216 | |Jon Breen188 | | |YT NDP background|  |Margaret Commodore† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse West |YT NDP background|  |David Sloan486 | |Shelda Hutton323 | |Larry Bagnell383 | |  |YT NDP background|  |David Sloan |} Because of the tie vote, Robert Bruce was declared elected after his name was drawn from a hat. He was later re-elected after a 1997 by-election after irregularities led to a court order invalidating the election. References Category:1996 elections in Canada 1996 Election Category:September 1996 in Canada