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The 1982 Yukon general election was held on June 7, 1982, to elect members of the 25th Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.
| Party | Party leader | Candidates | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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| 1978 | Dissol. | 1982 | Change | # | % | Change | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Pearson | 16 | 11 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 4,770 | 45.79% | +8.69% | |
| New Democratic | Tony Penikett | 16 | 1 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 3,689 | 35.42% | +15.15% | |
| Liberal | Ron Veale | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 1,564 | 15.02% | -13.44% | |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 393 | 3.77% | N/A | ||
| Total | 51 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 10,416 | 100.00% | ||||
| Seat | Before | Change | |||||
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| Date | Member | Party | Reason | Date | Member | Party | |
| Old Crow | May 25, 1979 | Grafton Njootli | █ PC | Removed from PC Caucus | █ Independent | ||
| Whitehorse Riverdale South | January 1981 | Iain MacKay | █ Liberal | Resignation | March 9, 1981 | Ron Veale | █ Liberal |
| Campbell | April 27, 1981 | Robert Fleming | █ Independent | Joined PC Caucus | █ PC | ||
| Faro | September 16, 1981 | Maurice Byblow | █ Independent | Joined NDP Caucus | █ New Democratic | ||
| Whitehorse South Centre | April 15, 1981 | Jack Hibberd | █ PC | Resignation | October 13, 1981 | Roger Kimmerly | █ New Democratic |
The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 1982 election:
Progressive Conservative
Bold indicates party leaders
† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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| PC | Liberal | NDP | Other | |||||||
| Campbell | Robert Fleming 214 | Bill Webber 43 | Dave Porter 225 | Robert Fleming | ||||||
| Faro | Doris Gates 205 | Wayne Peace 160 | Maurice Byblow 357 | Maurice Byblow | ||||||
| Hootalinqua | Al Falle 368 | Patrick James 92 | Max Fraser 344 | Al Falle | ||||||
| Klondike | Clarke Ashley 306 | Art Webster 283 | Meg McCall† | |||||||
| Kluane | Bill Brewster 241 | Alice McGuire 16 | Dave Joe 196 | Alice McGuire | ||||||
| Mayo | Swede Hanson 173 | Eleanor Van Bibber 35 | Piers McDonald 230 | Swede Hanson | ||||||
| Old Crow | Kathie Nukon 59 | Abraham Peter 29 | Bruce Charlie 35 | Grafton Njootli 11 | Grafton Njootli | |||||
| Tatchun | Howard Tracey 106 | Roger Coles 103 | Bill Larson 101 | Howard Tracey | ||||||
| Watson Lake | Dave Rollie 142 | Eileen Van Bibber 60 | James Cahill 18 | Don Taylor 170 Brian Shanahan 154 | Don Taylor | |||||
| Whitehorse North Centre | Geoff Lattin 227 | Bert Hadvick 65 | Margaret Commodore 292 | Don Branigan 58 | Geoff Lattin | |||||
| Whitehorse Porter Creek East | Dan Lang 645 | Betty Toews 92 | Gerry Dobson 240 | Dan Lang | ||||||
| Whitehorse Porter Creek West | Andy Philipsen 299 | Lawrence Whelan 45 | David Cosco 119 | Doug Graham† | ||||||
| Whitehorse Riverdale North | Chris Pearson 395 | Jim Kennelly 188 | Velma Smith 148 | Chris Pearson | ||||||
| Whitehorse Riverdale South | Bea Firth 562 | Ron Veale 469 | Jon Pierce 232 | Ron Veale | ||||||
| Whitehorse South Centre | Chuck Rear 320 | Carol Christian 108 | Roger Kimmerly 328 | Roger Kimmerly | ||||||
| Whitehorse West | Pat Harvey 508 | Adam Skrutkowski 59 | Tony Penikett 541 | Tony Penikett | ||||||
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