Yukon general election, 2016
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The 38th general election in Yukon, Canada, took place on November 7, 2016 to return members to the 34th Yukon Legislative Assembly.[1]
The incumbent Yukon Party government, led by Darrell Pasloski, was defeated by the Liberal Party of Sandy Silver, with Pasloski losing his own seat.
Pre-writ period
- August 17, 2012: Darius Elias resigns as interim Liberal leader and sits as an independent.[2]
- July 8, 2013: Darius Elias crosses the floor to the Yukon Party.[3]
- March 1, 2014: Sandy Silver agrees to lead the Liberal Party.[4][5]
- May 10, 2016: David Laxton stepped down as Speaker and as a member of the Yukon Party caucus to sit as an Independent MLA due to personal reasons.[6] It would later come out that the resignation was due to an allegation of sexual harassment leveled at Laxton.[7] One month later, the Yukon Party would bar Laxton from running for the party in the upcoming election.[8]
- June 8, 2016: Education Minister and veteran territorial and municipal politician Doug Graham announces he will not seek re-election in his riding of Porter Creek North.[9]
- June 15, 2016: Currie Dixon, minister for Community Services, announces he will not seek a second term as MLA for Copperbelt North. In 2011, Dixon became the Yukon's youngest-ever cabinet minister at the age of 26.[10]
- Aug. 11, 2016: After saying he would not run in the upcoming territorial election, Education Minister Doug Graham announced he would seek the Yukon Party nomination in Whitehorse Centre. Graham has been the Yukon Party MLA for Porter Creek North since 2011.[11]
- October 7, 2016: Premier Darrell Pasloski calls the election for November 7, 2016, starting the official 31-day campaign period.[12]
Standings
Summary of the 2016 Legislative Assembly of Yukon election results (Unofficial results)[13]
| Party | Party leader | Candidates | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Dissol. | 2016 | Change | # | % | Change | ||||
| Liberal | Sandy Silver | 19 | 2 | 1 | 11 | +10 | 7,404 | 39.4% | +14.2% | |
| Yukon Party | Darrell Pasloski | 19 | 11 | 11 | 6 | -5 | 6,272 | 33.4% | -7.1% | |
| New Democratic | Liz Hanson | 19 | 6 | 6 | 2 | -4 | 4,928 | 26.2% | -6.4% | |
| Green | Frank De Jong | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 145 | 0.8% | +0.1% | |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 38 | 0.2% | -0.3% | ||
| Total | 63 | 19 | 19 | 19 | ||||||
Candidates
Bold incumbents indicates cabinet members and party leaders and the speaker of the assembly are italicized.[14] Results are unofficial.
Rural Yukon
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon | NDP | Liberal | Green | Other | ||||||||
| Klondike | Brad Whitelaw 365 (31.4%) |
Jay Farr 111 (9.5%) |
Sandy Silver 687 (59.1%) |
Sandy Silver | ||||||||
| Kluane | Wade Istchenko 338 (43.3%) |
Sally Wright 153 (19.5%) |
Mathieya Alatini 289 (37.1%) |
Wade Istchenko | ||||||||
| Lake Laberge | Brad Cathers 558 (46.5%) |
Anne Tayler 261 (21.8%) |
Alan Young 342 (28.5%) |
Julie Anne Ames 38 (3.2%) |
Brad Cathers | |||||||
| Mayo-Tatchun | Cory Bellmore 166 (22.7%) |
Jim Tredger 233 (31.9%) |
Don Hutton 331 (45.3%) |
Jim Tredger | ||||||||
| Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes | Rob Schneider 284 (24.2%) |
Kevin Barr 437 (37.3%) |
John Streicker 451 (38.5%) |
Kevin Barr | ||||||||
| Pelly-Nisutlin | Stacey Hassard 280 (42.4%) |
Ken Hodgins 207 (31.3%) |
Carl Sidney 152 (23.0%) |
Frank De Jong 22 (3.3%) |
Stacey Hassard | |||||||
| Vuntut Gwitchin | Darius Elias 70 (46.7%) |
Skeeter Wright 3 (2.0%) |
Pauline Frost 77 (51.3%) |
Darius Elias | ||||||||
| Watson Lake | Patti McLeod 299 (38.9%) |
Erin Labonte 219 (28.5%) |
Ernie Jamieson 212 (27.6%) |
Victor Kisoun 38 (5.0%) |
Patti McLeod | |||||||
Whitehorse
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon | NDP | Liberal | Green | Other | ||||||||
| Copperbelt North | Pat McInroy 529 (42.1%) |
André Bourcier 161 (12.8%) |
Ted Adel 566 (45.1%) |
Currie Dixon† | ||||||||
| Copperbelt South | Scott Kent§ 449 (36.9%) |
Lois Moorcroft 331 (27.2%) |
Jocelyn Curteanu 425 (34.9%) |
Phillipe Leblond 12 (1.0%) |
Lois Moorcroft | |||||||
| Mountainview | Darrell Pasloski 399 (31.4%) |
Shaunagh Stikeman 433 (34.1%) |
Jeanie Dendys 439 (34.5%) |
Darrell Pasloski | ||||||||
| Porter Creek Centre | Michelle Kolla 379 (36.3%) |
Pat Berrel 213 (20.4%) |
Paolo Gallina 452 (43.3%) |
David Laxton† | ||||||||
| Porter Creek North | Geraldine Van Bibber 435 (44.0%) |
Francis van Kessel 145 (14.7%) |
Eileen Melnychuk 372 (37.6%) |
Mike Ivens 37 (3.7%) |
Doug Graham§ | |||||||
| Porter Creek South | Mike Nixon 285 (39.4%) |
Shirley Chua-Tan 102 (14.1%) |
Ranj Pillai 337 (46.6%) |
Mike Nixon | ||||||||
| Riverdale North | Mark Beese 258 (23.1%) |
Rod Snow 337 (30.2%) |
Nils Clarke 486 (43.5%) |
Kristina Calhoun 36 (3.2%) |
Scott Kent§ | |||||||
| Riverdale South | Danny Macdonald 323 (28.6%) |
Jan Stick 384 (34.0%) |
Tracy McPhee 421 (37.3%) |
Jan Stick | ||||||||
| Takhini-Kopper King | Vanessa Innes 229 (17.5%) |
Kate White 605 (46.1%) |
Jeane Lassen 478 (36.4%) |
Kate White | ||||||||
| Whitehorse Centre | Doug Graham§ 193 (17.4%) |
Liz Hanson 487 (43.8%) |
Tamara Goeppel 432 (38.9%) |
Liz Hanson | ||||||||
| Whitehorse West | Elaine Taylor 433 (43.6%) |
Stu Clark 106 (10.7%) |
Richard Mostyn 455 (45.8%) |
Elaine Taylor | ||||||||
§ - denotes incumbent MLAs who have opted to run in another district
† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA
Opinion polls
| Polling Firm | Date of Polling | Link | Yukon Party | New Democratic | Liberal | Green | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainstreet Technologies | February 3, 2016 | [15] | 6 | 11 | 22 | -- | 61 |
| DataPath Systems | December, 2015 | [16] | 20 | 28 | 32 | -- | 19 |
| 2011 election | October 11, 2011 | 40.5 | 32.6 | 25.3 | 0.66 |
References
- ↑ "Carbon tax and First Nations relations: Parties lay out agendas for Yukon election". CBC News. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ "Old Crow MLA quits Liberal Party". CBC News. August 18, 2012. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- ↑ "Elias joins the Yukon Party". Yukon News. July 8, 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- ↑ "Sandy Silver named new Yukon Liberal Party leader". CBC News. February 11, 2014. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- ↑ "N.S. native to head Yukon Liberals". The Chronicle Herald. February 13, 2014. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- ↑ "David Laxton resigns as Yukon Speaker, Patti McLeod takes over". CBC News. 2016-05-10. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ "Yukon Speaker resigned because of sexual harassment allegation". CBC News. 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ "Former Speaker David Laxton dumped as candidate by Yukon Party". CBC News. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ "Graham plans to leave politics". Whitehorse Daily Star. 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ "Yukon cabinet minister Currie Dixon won't seek re-election". CBC News. 2016-06-15. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ "Yukon cabinet minister Doug Graham shelves retirement plans". CBC News. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ "Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski calls election for Nov. 7". Toronto Star. October 7, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Unofficial Results". Elections Yukon. 2016-11-08.
- ↑ "Candidate List" (PDF). Retrieved October 18, 2016.
- ↑ http://www.mainstreetresearch.ca/yukon-liberals-lead-with-high-undecided/
- ↑ Maura Forrest (2016-02-03). "Liberals in the lead, Yukon Party lagging: polls". Yukon News. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
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