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2000 Yukon general election

{{Short description|Canadian territorial election}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{More citations needed|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2000 Yukon general election

| country = Yukon

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| party_colour = no

| party_name = no

| previous_election = 1996 Yukon general election

| previous_year = 1996

| next_election = 2002 Yukon general election

| next_year = 2002

| seats_for_election = 17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly

| majority_seats = 9

| election_date = April 17, 2000

| turnout = 78.58%[https://electionsyukon.ca/sites/elections/files/2000_general_election_0.pdf Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2000 General Election] Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved March 25, 2021

| image1 =

YLP

| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|nohash}}

| leader1 = Pat Duncan

| leader_since1 =

| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|name}}

| leaders_seat1 = Porter Creek South

| last_election1 = 3

| seats1 = 10

| seat_change1 = {{increase}}7

| popular_vote1 = 6,119

| percentage1 = 42.90%

| swing1 = {{increase}}18.96pp

| image2 =

| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|nohash}}

| leader2 = Piers McDonald

| leader_since2 =

| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|name}}

| leaders_seat2 = McIntyre-Takhini
(lost re-election)

| last_election2 = 11

| seats2 = 6

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}5

| popular_vote2 = 4,677

| percentage2 = 32.80%

| swing2 = {{decrease}}7.01pp

| image3 =

YP

| colour3 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|nohash}}

| leader3 = John Ostashek

| leader_since3 =

| party3 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|name}}

| leaders_seat3 = Porter Creek North
(lost re-election)

| last_election3 = 3

| seats3 = 1

| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}2

| popular_vote3 = 3,466

| percentage3 = 24.30%

| swing3 = {{decrease}}6.06pp

| map_image = File:Yukon_Territorial_Election_2000_-_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 = Piers McDonald

| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|name}}

| after_election = Pat Duncan

| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|name}}

}}

The 2000 Yukon general election was held on April 17, 2000 to elect members of the 30th Yukon Legislative Assembly in the Yukon Territory in Canada. The incumbent NDP government was defeated by the Liberal Party, which formed a majority government.

Standings

{{election table|title=Summary of the 2000 Legislative Assembly of Yukon election results[https://electionsyukon.ca/sites/elections/files/2000_general_election_0.pdf Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2000 General Election] Elections Yukon, 2000. 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;"|1996

| style="text-align:center;font-size: 80%;"|Dissol.

| style="text-align:center;"|2000

| style="text-align:center;"|Change

| style="text-align:center;"|#

| style="text-align:center;"|%

| style="text-align:center;"|Change

{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|row-name}}

|align=left|Pat Duncan

|align="right"|17

|align="right"|3

|align="right"|4

|align="right"|10

|align="right"|+7

|align="right"|6,119

|align="right"|42.90%

|align="right"|+18.96%

{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|row-name}}

|align=left|Piers McDonald

|align="right"|17

|align="right"|11

|align="right"|10

|align="right"|6

|align="right"|-5

|align="right"|4,677

|align="right"|32.80%

|align="right"|-7.01%

{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|row-name}}

|align=left|John Ostashek

|align="right"|15

|align="right"|3

|align="right"|3

|align="right"|1

|align="right"|-2

|align="right"|3,466

|align="right"|24.30%

|align="right"|-6.06%

|-

| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"|Total

| style="text-align:right;"|49

| style="text-align:right;"|17

| style="text-align:right;"|17

| style="text-align:right;"|17

| style="text-align:right;"|

| style="text-align:right;"|14,262

| style="text-align:right;"|100.00%

| style="text-align:right;"|

|}

{{Bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal}}|42.90}}

{{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP}}|32.80}}

{{Bar percent|Yukon Party|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon}}|24.30}}}}

{{Bar box|title=Seats summary|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal}}|58.82}}

{{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP}}|35.29}}

{{Bar percent|Yukon Party|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon}}|5.88}}}}

Member Changes from Previous Election

class="wikitable" style="border: none;"

|+ Changes in seats held (1996-2000)

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

Lake Laberge[https://electionsyukon.ca/sites/elections/files/1999_lake_laberge_0.pdf Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on a By-election in Lake Laberge] Elections Yukon, 1999. Retrieved March 25, 2021

|August 30, 1999

|Doug Livingston

|{{Canadian party colour|YK|NDP|colour&name|short}}

|Resignation

|October 25, 1999

|Pam Buckway

|{{Canadian party colour|YK|Liberal|colour&name|short}}

  • Liberals form Official Opposition, following Lake Laberge by-election.

Incumbents not Running for Reelection

Image:Yukon Legislature after 2000 election.PNG

The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 2000 election:

Liberal Party

New Democratic Party

Yukon Party

Results by Riding

Bold indicates party leaders

† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA

{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=YT|Yukon|Liberal|NDP|Other}}

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Faro

|

|

|

|Jim McLachlan
53

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| 

|Trevor Harding
177

|

| 

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| 

|Trevor Harding

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Klondike

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| 

|Peter Jenkins
424

|

|Stuart Schmidt
397

|

|Aedes Scheer
249

|

| 

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| 

|Peter Jenkins

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kluane

|

|Charlie Eikland
208

|

|Gerald Brown
113

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| 

|Gary McRobb
405

|

| 

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| 

|Gary McRobb

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lake Laberge

|

|Roger Gallagher
363

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| 

|Pam Buckway
514

|

|Gary LeGoffe
182

|

| 

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| 

|Pam Buckway

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|McIntyre-Takhini

|

|John Edzerza
265

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| 

|Wayne Jim
376

|

|Piers McDonald
338

|

|

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| 

|Piers McDonald

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mayo-Tatchun

|

|

|

|Wilf Tuck
277

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| 

|Eric Fairclough
446

|

|

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| 

|Eric Fairclough

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Lorne

|

|Ken Gabb
269

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| 

|Cynthia Tucker
563

|

|Lois Moorcroft
422

|

| 

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| 

|Lois Moorcroft

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek North

|

|John Ostashek
323

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| 

|Don Roberts
504

|

|Sidney Maddison
114

|

|

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| 

|John Ostashek

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek South

|

|Larry W Carlyle
235

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| 

|Pat Duncan
607

|

|Mark Dupuis
103

|

| 

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| 

|Pat Duncan

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale North

|

|Daphne White
172

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| 

|Dale Eftoda
454

|

|Rachael Lewis
233

|

| 

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| 

|Doug Phillips†

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale South

|

|Ginny Macdonald
205

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| 

|Sue Edelman
422

|

|Heather Finton
237

|

| 

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| 

|Sue Edelman

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverside

|

|Michael Wienert
100

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| 

|Scott Kent
359

|

|Jasbir Randhawa
202

|

|

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| 

|Jack Cable†

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ross River-Southern Lakes

|

|Ed Hall
150

|

|Dorothy John
187

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| 

|Dave Keenan
357

|

| 

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| 

|Dave Keenan

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Vuntut Gwitchin

|

|Kathie Nukon
53

|

|Esau Schafer
61

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| 

|Lorraine Netro
69

|

| 

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| 

|Robert Bruce†

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Watson Lake

|

|Mickey Thomas
144

|

|Isaac Wood
272

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| 

|Dennis Fentie
434

|

| 

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| 

|Dennis Fentie

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse Centre

|

|Vicki Durrant
130

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| 

|Mike McLarnon
312

|

|Todd Hardy
229

|

|

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| 

|Todd Hardy

|-

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse West

|

|Elaine Taylor
425

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| 

|Dennis Schneider
621

|

|David Sloan
480

|

| 

|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| 

|David Sloan

|}

{{YU Elections}}

References

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