Yukon Liberal Party

The Yukon Liberal Party[1] (French: Parti libéral du Yukon) is a political party in the territory of Yukon, Canada. The party is not organizationally linked to the federal Liberal Party of Canada in any official manner.

Yukon Liberal Party
Parti libéral du Yukon
Active territorial party
LeaderRanj Pillai
PresidentCarly Carruthers
Founded1978; 46 years ago (1978)
Headquarters108 Elliott Street
Unit 183
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 6C4
IdeologyLiberalism (Canadian)
Political positionCentre
ColoursRed
Seats in Legislature
8 / 19
Website
www.ylp.ca

History edit

After twenty years as a minor party, the Yukon Liberal Party won the 2000 general election and formed a government under Premier Pat Duncan. The government, however, was reduced to minority government status. Duncan called a snap election for November 2002 in the hope of regaining her government's majority. The party was almost completely wiped out, however, by the Yukon Party. Duncan won the Liberals' sole seat in the Yukon Party's landslide.

The Liberal Party remained in opposition until the 2016 general election where the party went from third place in the legislature to majority government with its leader, Sandy Silver, becoming Premier.

Election results edit

ElectionLeaderVotes%Seats+/–PositionGovernment
1978Iain MacKay26.0
2 / 16
2 2ndOfficial Opposition
1982Ron Veale15.0
0 / 16
2 No seats
1985Roger Coles7.6
2 / 16
2 3rdThird Party
1989Jim McLachlan11.1
0 / 16
2 No seats
1992Paul Thériault16.1
1 / 17
1 4thFourth Party
1996Ken Taylor3,48624.1
3 / 17
2 3rdThird Party
2000Pat Duncan6,09242.7
10 / 17
7 1stMajority Government
20024,05629.0
1 / 18
7 3rdThird Party
2006Arthur Mitchell4,70434.7
5 / 18
4 2ndOfficial Opposition
20113,97925.2
2 / 19
3 3rdThird Party
2016Sandy Silver7,40439.4
11 / 19
10 1stMajority Government
20216,13232.37%
8 / 19
3 1stMinority Government

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Notes edit

  1. ^ "Yukon Liberals". Yukon Liberals. Retrieved 2016-09-21.