2011 Yukon general election
{{Short description|Canadian territorial election}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2012}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2011 Yukon general election
| country = Yukon
| type = legislative
| party_colour = no
| party_name = no
| previous_election = 2006 Yukon general election
| previous_year = 2006
| previous_mps = 32nd Yukon Legislative Assembly
| election_date = October 11, 2011
| elected_mps = members
| next_election = 2016 Yukon general election
| next_year = 2016
| seats_for_election= All 19 seats to the Legislative Assembly
| majority_seats = 10
| opinion_polls = #Opinion polls
| image1 = 150x150px
| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|nohash}}
| leader1 = Darrell Pasloski
| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|name}}
| leader_since1 = May 28, 2011
| leaders_seat1 = Mountainview
| last_election1 = 10 seats, 40.6%
| seats_before1 = 11
| seats1 = 11
| seat_change1 = {{steady}}0
| popular_vote1 = 6,400
| percentage1 = 40.44%
| swing1 = {{decrease}}0.1%
| image2 = 150x150px
| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|nohash}}
| leader2 = Elizabeth Hanson
| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|name}}
| leader_since2 = September 26, 2009
| leaders_seat2 = Whitehorse Centre
| last_election2 = 3 seats, 23.6%
| seats_before2 = 1
| seats2 = 6
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}5
| popular_vote2 = 5,154
| percentage2 = 32.57%
| swing2 = {{increase}}9.0%
| image3 =
| colour3 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|nohash}}
| leader3 = Arthur Mitchell
| party3 = {{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|name}}
| leader_since3 = June 2005
| leaders_seat3 = Ran in
Copperbelt NorthMitchell represented Copperbelt in the 32nd Assembly, but he unsuccessfully ran in Copperbelt North, one of four ridings Copperbelt was divided into at the last redistribution.
{{small|(Lost)}}
| last_election3 = 5 seats, 34.7%
| seats_before3 = 5
| seats3 = 2
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}3
| popular_vote3 = 3,979
| percentage3 = 25.33%
| swing3 = {{decrease}}9.5%
| map_image = Yukon_Election_Map_2011.svg
| map_size = 351px
| map_caption = Popular vote by riding. As this is a First-Past-The-Post election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom of the map.
| title = Premier
| posttitle = Premier after election
| before_election = Darrell Pasloski
| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|name}}
| after_election = Darrell Pasloski
| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|name}}
}}
The 2011 general election in Yukon, Canada, took place on October 11, 2011, to return members to the 33rd Yukon Legislative Assembly.
The incumbent government was led by Darrell Pasloski, who was elected as leader of the Yukon Party at a convention on May 28, 2011, replacing former Premier Dennis Fentie. The Yukon Party won its third majority government, with Elizabeth Hanson's NDP becoming the Official Opposition, replacing the Liberal Party, whose leader Arthur Mitchell was unable to return to the Assembly.
Pre-writ period
=Redistribution=
In 2008, the Yukon Assembly struck a committee to review the electoral district boundaries for this election. The committee decided to increase the number of seats in the territory to 19. Yukon now matches the other territorial assemblies in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in terms of the number of seats.
The rural districts outside of the capital city of Whitehorse remained unchanged with the exception of Mount Lorne and Southern Lakes which were merged into a single district. The total number of rural districts dropped from 9 to 8.{{cite web|title=Yukon Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report|url= http://www.electionsyukon.gov.yk.ca/docs/final_report_08.pdf|publisher=Elections Yukon|date=March 2008|access-date=June 2, 2011}}
The urban ridings in Whitehorse were increased to 11 from 9. Only three districts in Whitehorse had no boundary changes, Whitehorse Centre, Riverdale North and Riverdale South. The riding that received the most significant alteration was Copperbelt. That district was split into four ridings, primarily Copperbelt North and Copperbelt South, while McIntyre-Takhini was significantly expanded in western uninhabited part of Copperbelt and renamed Takhini-Kopper King. An entirely new riding was also created out of Copperbelt called Mountainview. The remaining urban districts all received minor boundary adjustments.
The boundary changes were adopted by the Yukon Legislative Assembly in 2009.
=Lake Laberge dispute=
In the fall of 2009, Yukon Party MLA Brad Cathers had a falling out with Premier Dennis Fentie, and ended up sitting as an independent on the opposition side.
Cathers remained a party member despite his public criticism of Fentie. On May 19, 2010, the Yukon Party riding executive of Lake Laberge nominated Brad Cathers as a delegate to the party's 2010 convention. The meeting lasted three hours and saw the riding executive loyal to Fentie, including the President, walk out on the 60 members who attended. Former MLA Al Falle defended Cathers at the meeting. The meeting ended with a board of directors loyal to Cathers being elected.{{cite news|title=Not your typical riding meeting|author=John Thompson|publisher=Yukon News|url=http://yukon-news.com/news/18131/|date=May 21, 2010}}
Summary of results
{{Election results|caption=Summary of Results|image=File:2011 Yukon Legislative Assembly.svg|colour1=#035B9B|colour2=#F4A460|colour3=#EA6D6A|party1=Yukon Party|votes1=6400|seattype1=2006|seattype2=Dissolution|seattype3=Elected|seattype4=Change|party2=New Democratic|party3=Liberal|votes2=5154|votes3=4008|colour4=#6b8e23|party4=Green|votes4=104|st1t1=10|st2t1=11|st3t1=11|st4t1=+1|st1t2=3|st2t2=1|st3t2=6|st4t2=+3|st1t3=5|st2t3=5|st2t4=New|st3t3=2|st4t3=-3|st1t4=New|st3t4=0|st4t4=New|colour5=#dcdcdc|party5=First Nations Party|st1t5=New|st2t5=New|st3t5=0|st4t5=New|party6=Independents|votes6=79|votes5=81|st1t6=0|st2t6=0|st3t6=0|st4t6=±0|row7=Vacant|st2t7=1|total_st3t=19|totall_st4t=+1|total_st4t=+1}}{{Bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|Yukon Party|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon}}|40.44}}
{{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP}}|32.57}}
{{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal}}|25.33}}
{{Bar percent|Green|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Green}}|0.56}}
{{Bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Independent}}|1.10}}}}{{Bar box|title=Seats summary|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|Yukon Party|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon}}|57.89}}
{{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP}}|31.58}}
{{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal}}|10.53}}}}
Candidates running
Bold incumbents indicates cabinet members and party leaders and the speaker of the assembly are italicized.{{cite web|title=Election Results|url=http://www.electionsyukon.gov.yk.ca/docs/results_2011.pdf|publisher=Elections Yukon|access-date=August 20, 2015}}
=Rural Yukon=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=YT|Yukon|NDP|Liberal|Other}}
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Klondike
| ||Steve Nordick
404 (37.4%)
| ||Jorn Meier
147 (13.6%)
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| ||Sandy Silver
530 (49.0%)
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| ||Steve Nordick
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kluane
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| ||Wade Istchenko
287 (37.9%)
| ||Eric Stinson
220 (29.0%)
| ||Timothy Cant
219 (28.9%)
| ||Gerald Dickson (FNP)
32 (4.2%)
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| ||Gary McRobb†
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lake Laberge
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| ||Brad Cathers
528 (51.9%)
| ||Frank Turner
330 (32.4%)
| ||Mike Simon
159 (15.6%)
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| ||Brad Cathers
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mayo-Tatchun
| ||Elaine Wyatt
214 (31.6%)
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| ||Jim Tredger
282 (41.7%)
| ||Eric Fairclough
181 (26.7%)
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| ||Eric Fairclough
|-
|rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Deborah Fulmer
395 (37.9%)
|rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|rowspan=3|Kevin Barr
488 (46.8%)
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Ted Adel
111 (10.6%)
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Stanley James (FNP)
49 (4.7%)
|{{Canadian party colour|YK|vacant|background}}|
|Vacant
Mount Lorne
|-
|colspan=2|Merged district
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|Patrick Rouble†
Southern Lakes
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pelly-Nisutlin
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| ||Stacey Hassard
275 (49.4%)
| ||Carol Geddes
178 (32.0%)
| ||Carl Sidney
73 (13.1%)
| ||Elvis Presley (Ind.)
31 (5.6%)
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| ||Marian Horne
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Vuntut Gwitchin
| ||Garry Njootli
52 (35.9%)
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| ||Darius Elias
93 (64.1%)
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}| ||Darius Elias
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Watson Lake
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| ||Patti McLeod
276 (37.8%)
| ||Liard McMillan
242 (33.1%)
| ||Thomas Slager
165 (22.6%)
| ||Patricia Gilhooly (Ind.)
48 (6.6%)
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| ||Dennis Fentie†
|}
=Whitehorse=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=YT|Yukon|NDP|Liberal|Other}}
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Copperbelt North
|rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|rowspan=2|Currie Dixon
520 (47.9%)
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Skeeter Miller-Wright
159 (14.6%)
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Arthur Mitchell
407 (37.5%)
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|colspan=2|Split district
|-
|rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}|
|rowspan=2|Arthur Mitchell
Copperbelt
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Copperbelt South
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Valerie Boxall
394 (40.4%)
|rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|rowspan=2|Lois Moorcroft
397 (40.7%)
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Colleen Wirth
184 (18.9%)
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=2|Split district
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mountainview
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| ||Darrell Pasloski
480 (44.8%)
| ||Stephen Dunbar-Edge
376 (35.1%)
| ||Dave Sloan
216 (20.1%)
| ||
|colspan=2|New district
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek Centre
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| ||David Laxton
298 (38.6%)
| ||Jean-François Des Lauriers
230 (29.8%)
| ||Kerry Huff
245 (31.7%)
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| ||Archie Lang†
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek North
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| ||Doug Graham
400 (49.8%)
| ||Mike Tribes
253 (31.5%)
| ||Dawn Beauchemin
82 (10.2%)
| ||Mike Ivens (Green)
69 (8.6%)
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek South
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| ||Mike Nixon
257 (42.9%)
| ||John Carney
99 (16.5%)
| ||Don Inverarity
243 (40.6%)
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}}|
|Don Inverarity
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale North
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| ||Scott Kent
366 (37.1%)
| ||Peter Lesniak
296 (30.0%)
| ||Christie Richardson
289 (29.3%)
| ||Kristina Calhoun (Green)
35 (3.5%)
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale South
| ||Glenn Hart
314 (32.4%)
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| ||Jan Stick
380 (39.3%)
| ||Dan Curtis
274 (28.3%)
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|Glenn Hart
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Takhini-Kopper King
| ||Samson Hartland
316 (31.7%)
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| ||Kate White
458 (45.9%)
| ||Cherish Clarke
224 (22.4%)
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|John Edzerza†
McIntyre-Takhini
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse Centre
| ||Marian Horne
202 (24.3%)
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}| ||Elizabeth (Liz) Hanson
525 (63.2%)
| ||Patrick Singh
104 (12.5%)
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}}|
|Elizabeth (Liz) Hanson
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse West
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}| ||Elaine Taylor
422 (58.2%)
| ||Louis R. Gagnon
94 (13.0%)
| ||Cully Robinson
209 (28.8%)
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}}|
|Elaine Taylor
|}
Timeline
- October 10, 2006, the Yukon Party, under Dennis Fentie, wins its second majority government in the 36th Yukon general election.
- January 2009, John Edzerza resigns from the YNDP to sit again as an independent.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-mla-edzerza-quits-ndp-will-sit-as-independent-1.791850|title=Yukon MLA Edzerza quits NDP, will sit as Independent|work=cbc.ca|date=January 28, 2009|access-date=May 23, 2015}}
- August 28, 2009, Brad Cathers, MLA for Lake Laberge resigns from cabinet and the government caucus to sit as an independent member over issues with Premier Dennis Fentie.{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/yukon-ministers-resignation-threatens-to-collapse-government/article4284952/|title=Yukon minister's resignation threatens to collapse government|work=The Globe and Mail|date=August 31, 2009|access-date=May 23, 2015}}{{cite news|title=Cathers resigns over ATCO scandal|url=http://yukon-news.com/news/14343/|newspaper=Yukon News|date=August 28, 2009|access-date=June 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718145827/http://yukon-news.com/news/14343/|archive-date=July 18, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|title=Cathers Shocker Creates a Minority Government|url=http://whitehorsestar.com/News/cathers-shocker-creates-a-minority-government|newspaper=Whitehorse Star|date=August 28, 2009|access-date=May 23, 2015}}
- September 26, 2009, the NDP chooses Elizabeth Hanson as party leader.
- October 22, 2009, John Edzerza joins the Yukon Party (which he had previously been a member of until 2006){{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/edzerza-rejoins-yukon-party-1.841336|title=Edzerza rejoins Yukon Party|work=cbc.ca|date= October 22, 2009|access-date=May 23, 2015}} and now serves as Minister of the Environment.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/edzerza-named-yukon-environment-minister-1.900543|title=Edzerza named Yukon environment minister|work=cbc.ca|date=February 4, 2010|access-date=May 23, 2015}}
- July 28, 2010, Todd Hardy, MLA for Whitehorse Centre and former leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party dies after a long battle with leukemia at age 53.{{cite news|title=Todd Hardy succumbs to cancer|url=http://www.yukon-news.com/news/19017/|access-date=March 25, 2011|newspaper=Yukon News|date=July 28, 2010}}
- September 17, 2010, the United Citizens Party of Yukon is registered.{{cite web|last=Munson|first=James|title=Phelps' party in limbo|url=http://www.yukon-news.com/news/20770/|publisher=Yukon News|access-date=September 3, 2011|date=December 3, 2010}}
- December 13, 2010, in a by-election, Elizabeth Hanson is elected MLA of Whitehorse Centre with 51% of the vote.{{citation needed|date=June 2011}}
- February 28, 2011, the Yukon Green Party is registered.{{cite web|last=Sander-Green|first=Nadine|title=Greens are a party of balance, candidate says|url=http://whitehorsestar.com/News/greens-are-a-party-of-balance-candidate-says|publisher=Whitehorse Daily Star|access-date=May 23, 2015|date=August 9, 2011}}
- April/May 2011, United Citizens Party leader Willard Phelps resigns.{{cite news|title=United Citizens Party of Yukon loses leader|publisher=CBC News |date=May 9, 2011|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/united-citizens-party-of-yukon-loses-leader-1.1019971}}
- May 28, 2011, the Yukon Party chooses Darrell Pasloski as party leader and Premier at a convention in Whitehorse.
- June 12, 2011, Darrell Pasloski is sworn in as Premier.
- June 29, 2011, Brad Cathers rejoins the Yukon Party.{{cite news|title=Cathers returns to Yukon Party caucus|publisher=CBC News|date=June 29, 2011|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/cathers-returns-to-yukon-party-caucus-1.982156}}
- July 6, 2011, Steve Cardiff MLA for Mount Lorne dies in a car accident.{{cite news|title=Yukon NDP MLA killed in crash|publisher=CBC News|date=July 6, 2011|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/yukon-ndp-mla-killed-in-crash-1.1089196}}
- August 2011, Kristina Calhoun is appointed leader of the Yukon Green Party.{{cite web|last=Thomson|first=John|title=Green shoots grow slow|url=http://www.yukon-news.com/news/24280/|publisher=Yukon News|access-date=September 3, 2011|date=August 12, 2011}}
- September 6, 2011, the Yukon First Nations Party is registered, Gerald Dickson is the leader.{{cite web|last=Sander-Green|first=Nadine|title=Yukon First Nations Party established|url=http://whitehorsestar.com/News/yukon-first-nations-party-established|publisher=Whitehorse Daily Star|access-date=May 23, 2015|date=September 9, 2011}}
- September 9, 2011, issue of the writs.{{cite web|title=Election Calendar – 2011 General Election|url=http://www.electionsyukon.gov.yk.ca/docs/calendar.pdf|publisher=Elections Yukon}}
- September 19, 2011, 62 candidates are successfully nominated,{{cite web|title=List of Candidates|url=http://www.electionsyukon.gov.yk.ca/docs/candidates2011.pdf|publisher=Elections Yukon|access-date=September 19, 2011|date=September 19, 2011}} none from the United Citizens Party, causing it to be deregistered.{{cite web|title=Registration of United Citizens of Yukon Cancelled|url=http://www.electionsyukon.gov.yk.ca/docs/up_cancelled.pdf|publisher=Election Yukon|access-date=September 28, 2011|date=September 19, 2011}}
- October 2 & 3, 2011, advance polling.
- October 5, 2011, CBC North hosts a leader's debate with Hanson, Mitchell, and Pasloski.{{cite web|title=Yukon's political leaders pack the house|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-s-political-leaders-pack-the-house-1.1105159|publisher=CBC News|access-date=October 9, 2011|date=October 6, 2011}}
- October 11, 2011, polling day.
- October 17, 2011, return of the writs. Elections Yukon also announces the results of a recount in Copperbelt South, confirming Lois Moorcroft's three-vote margin of victory over Valerie Boxall.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/moorcroft-confirmed-copperbelt-south-winner-1.1009963 "Moorcroft confirmed Copperbelt South winner"]. CBC News, October 17, 2011.
=Retiring MLAs=
Opinion polls
| class="wikitable"
!Polling Firm !Date of Polling !Link |{{Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon|background}} align="center"| Yukon Party |{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|background}} align="center"| New Democratic |{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}} align="center"| Liberal |{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|YT|Green|background}} align="center"| Green | ||||||
| DataPath Systems | October 2–6, 2011 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20120425061155/http://www.datapathsystems.net/Company/PressReleases/2011/PR-%20Oct%2072011%20Preelection%20poll%20results.pdf] | 35 | 35 | 26 | 2 |
| DataPath Systems | July 17–25, 2011 | [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-party-leads-in-pre-election-poll-1.1005392] | 40 | 35 | 15 | 7 |
| DataPath Systems | July 2010 | [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-party-leads-in-pre-election-poll-1.1005392] | 22 | 26 | 39 |
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://www.electionsyukon.gov.yk.ca/ Elections Yukon]
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