2000 Yukon general election

2000 Yukon general election
17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly; 9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	78.58%
	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 before election; Piers McDonald; New Democratic	Premier after election ; Pat Duncan; Liberal

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

Summary of the 2000 Legislative Assembly of Yukon election results^[2]
Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	Candidates	1996	Dissol.	2000	Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Pat Duncan	17	3	4	10	+7	6,119	42.90%	+18.96%
	New Democratic	Piers McDonald	17	11	10	6	-5	4,677	32.80%	-7.01%
	Yukon Party	John Ostashek	15	3	3	1	-2	3,466	24.30%	-6.06%
Total			49	17	17	17		14,262	100.00%

Popular vote

Liberal			42.90%
New Democratic			32.80%
Yukon Party			24.30%

Seats summary

Liberal			58.82%
New Democratic			35.29%
Yukon Party			5.88%

Member Changes from Previous Election

Changes in seats held (1996-2000)
Seat	Before				Change
Seat	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Lake Laberge^[3]	August 30, 1999	Doug Livingston	█ New Democratic	Resignation	October 25, 1999	Pam Buckway	█ Liberal

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

Incumbents not Running for Reelection

The Yukon Legislature after the 2000 election.

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

Liberal Party

Jack Cable (Riverside)

New Democratic Party

Robert Bruce (Vuntut Gwitchin)

Yukon Party

Doug Phillips (Riverdale North)

Results by Riding

Bold indicates party leaders
† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA

Electoral district	Candidates							Incumbent
Electoral district	Yukon		Liberal		NDP		Other	Incumbent
Faro				Jim McLachlan 53		Trevor Harding 177			Trevor Harding
Klondike		Peter Jenkins 424		Stuart Schmidt 397		Aedes Scheer 249			Peter Jenkins
Kluane		Charlie Eikland 208		Gerald Brown 113		Gary McRobb 405			Gary McRobb
Lake Laberge		Roger Gallagher 363		Pam Buckway 514		Gary LeGoffe 182			Pam Buckway
McIntyre-Takhini		John Edzerza 265		Wayne Jim 376		Piers McDonald 338			Piers McDonald
Mayo-Tatchun				Wilf Tuck 277		Eric Fairclough 446			Eric Fairclough
Mount Lorne		Ken Gabb 269		Cynthia Tucker 563		Lois Moorcroft 422			Lois Moorcroft
Porter Creek North		John Ostashek 323		Don Roberts 504		Sidney Maddison 114			John Ostashek
Porter Creek South		Larry W Carlyle 235		Pat Duncan 607		Mark Dupuis 103			Pat Duncan
Riverdale North		Daphne White 172		Dale Eftoda 454		Rachael Lewis 233			Doug Phillips†
Riverdale South		Ginny Macdonald 205		Sue Edelman 422		Heather Finton 237			Sue Edelman
Riverside		Michael Wienert 100		Scott Kent 359		Jasbir Randhawa 202			Jack Cable†
Ross River-Southern Lakes		Ed Hall 150		Dorothy John 187		Dave Keenan 357			Dave Keenan
Vuntut Gwitchin		Kathie Nukon 53		Esau Schafer 61		Lorraine Netro 69			Robert Bruce†
Watson Lake		Mickey Thomas 144		Isaac Wood 272		Dennis Fentie 434			Dennis Fentie
Whitehorse Centre		Vicki Durrant 130		Mike McLarnon 312		Todd Hardy 229			Todd Hardy
Whitehorse West		Elaine Taylor 425		Dennis Schneider 621		David Sloan 480			David Sloan

References

^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved March 25, 2021
^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved March 25, 2021
^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on a By-election in Lake Laberge Elections Yukon, 1999. Retrieved March 25, 2021

[1] Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved March 25, 2021

[2] Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved March 25, 2021

[3] Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on a By-election in Lake Laberge Elections Yukon, 1999. Retrieved March 25, 2021

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