1996 Yukon general election
{{Short description|Canadian territorial election}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1996 Yukon general election
| country = Yukon
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = no
| party_name = no
| previous_election = 1992 Yukon general election
| previous_year = 1992
| next_election = 2000 Yukon general election
| next_year = 2000
| seats_for_election = 17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
| majority_seats = 9
| election_date = September 30, 1996
| image1 =
| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|nohash}}
| leader1 = Piers McDonald
| leader_since1 = 1995
| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|name}}
| leaders_seat1 = McIntyre-Takhini
| last_election1 = 6
| seats1 = 11
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}5
| popular_vote1 = 5,760
| percentage1 = 39.81%
| swing1 = {{increase}}4.73pp
| image2 =
| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|nohash}}
| leader2 = John Ostashek
| leader_since2 = 1992
| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|name}}
| leaders_seat2 = Porter Creek North
| last_election2 = 7
| seats2 = 3
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}4
| popular_vote2 = 4,392
| percentage2 = 30.36%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}5.52pp
| image3 =
| colour3 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|nohash}}
| leader3 = Ken Taylor
| leader_since3 = 1995
| party3 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|name}}
| leaders_seat3 = Ran in Mount Lorne (lost)
| last_election3 = 1
| seats3 = 3
| seat_change3 = {{increase}}2
| popular_vote3 = 3,464
| percentage3 = 23.94%
| swing3 = {{increase}}7.84pp
| map_image = File:Yukon_Territorial_Election_1996_-_Results_by_Riding.svg
| map_size = 360px
| map_caption = 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.
| title = Government Leader
| posttitle = Premier after election
| before_election = John Ostashek
| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|name}}
| after_election = Piers McDonald
| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|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 Government Leader. 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
{{election table|title=Summary of the 1996 Legislative Assembly of Yukon election results[https://electionsyukon.ca/sites/elections/files/1996_general_election_0.pdf Report 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
{{Canadian party colour|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%
{{Canadian party colour|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%
{{Canadian party colour|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%
{{Canadian party colour|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;"|
|}
{{Bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP}}|39.81}}
{{Bar percent|Yukon Party|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon}}|30.36}}
{{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal}}|23.94}}
{{Bar percent|Independent|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Independent}}|5.89}}}}{{Bar box|title=Seats summary|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP}}|64.70}}
{{Bar percent|Yukon Party|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon}}|17.65}}
{{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal}}|17.65}}}}
Member Changes from Previous Election
| class="wikitable" style="border: none;"
|+ Changes in seats held (1992-1996) |
| rowspan="2" width="10%"| Seat
!colspan="4" width="50%"| Before !colspan="3" width="40%"| Change |
|---|
| width="13%"|Date
!width="13%"|Member !width="14%"|Party !width="10%"|Reason !width="13%"|Date !width="13%"|Member !width="14%"|Party |
| Whitehorse West
|September 27, 1995 |{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|colour&name|short}} |Resignation |February 5, 1996 |{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|colour&name|short}} |
| Vuntut Gwitchin
|October 13, 1995 |{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|colour&name|short}} |Death |February 5, 1996 |{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|colour&name|short}} |
Incumbents not Running for Reelection
The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 1996 election:
Independent
New Democratic Party
Yukon Party
Riding Results
Bold indicates party leaders
† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=YT|NDP|Yukon|Liberal|Independent}}
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Faro
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|Trevor Harding
530
|
|
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|Ed Peake
29
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Klondike
|
|Tim Gerberding
372
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|Peter Jenkins
603
|
|Glen Everitt
96
|
|John Cramp
21
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kluane
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|Gary McRobb
377
|
|Olli Wirth
144
|
|John Farynowski
177
|
|Bonnie Lock
66
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lake Laberge
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|Doug Livingston
328
|
|Mickey Fisher
325
|
|Linda Biensch
242
|
|Mark Bain
221
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|Mickey Fisher
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|McIntyre-Takhini
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|Piers McDonald
441
|
|Scott Howell
251
|
|Rosemary Couch
182
|
|Clinton Fraser
21
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mayo-Tatchun
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|Eric Fairclough
454
|
|Michael McGinnis
180
|
|
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Lorne
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|Lois Moorcroft
484
|
|Allan Doherty
247
|
|Ken Taylor
299
|
|Allen Luheck
166
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|Lois Moorcroft
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek North
|
|Luigi Zanasi
191
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|John Ostashek
403
|
|Don Roberts
384
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek South
|
|Mark Dupuis
181
|
|Alan Nordling
397
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}|
|Pat Duncan
435
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Independent|background}}|
|Alan Nordling
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale North
|
|Dave Stockdale
347
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|Doug Phillips
450
|
|Flo Leblanc-Hutchinson
146
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|Doug Phillips
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale South
|
|
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|Barbara Toombs
349
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}|
|Sue Edelman
476
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Independent|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverside
|
|Gary Umbrich
260
|
|Ed Henderson
160
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}|
|Jack Cable
267
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ross River-Southern Lakes
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|Dave Keenan
484
|
|
|
|Bill Munroe
49
|
|Willard Phelps
317
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Independent|background}}|
|Willard Phelps
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Vuntut Gwitchin
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|Robert Bruce
69 *
|
|Esau Schafer
69
|
|Shirlee Frost
27
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|Esau Schafer
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Watson Lake
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|Dennis Fentie
442
|
|Barrie Ravenhill
249
|
|Dave Kalles
106
|
|Mickey Thomas
40
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse Centre
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|Todd Hardy
328
|
|Linda Dixon
216
|
|Jon Breen
188
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse West
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|David Sloan
486
|
|Shelda Hutton
323
|
|Larry Bagnell
383
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|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
{{Reflist}}
{{YU Elections}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yukon general election, 1996}}