2000 Yukon general election

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2000 Yukon general election
Flag of Yukon.svg
  1996 April 17, 2000 2002  

17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout78.58% [1] (Decrease2.svg 1.00pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
YLP
YP
Leader Pat Duncan Piers McDonald John Ostashek
Party Liberal New Democratic Yukon Party
Leader's seat Porter Creek South McIntyre-Takhini
(lost re-election)
Porter Creek North
(lost re-election)
Last election3113
Seats won1061
Seat changeIncrease2.svg7Decrease2.svg5Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote6,1194,6773,466
Percentage42.90%32.80%24.30%
SwingIncrease2.svg18.96pp Decrease2.svg7.01ppDecrease2.svg6.06pp

Yukon Territorial Election 2000 - Results by Riding.svg
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.

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Standings

Summary of the 2000 Legislative Assembly of Yukon election results [2]
PartyParty leaderCandidatesSeatsPopular vote
1996 Dissol. 2000Change#%Change
Liberal Pat Duncan 173410+76,11942.90%+18.96%
New Democratic Piers McDonald 1711106-54,67732.80%-7.01%
Yukon Party John Ostashek 15331-23,46624.30%-6.06%
Total4917171714,262100.00%
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)
SeatBeforeChange
DateMemberPartyReasonDateMemberParty
Lake Laberge [3] August 30, 1999 Doug Livingston   New Democratic ResignationOctober 25, 1999 Pam Buckway   Liberal

Incumbents not Running for Reelection

The Yukon Legislature after the 2000 election. Yukon Legislature after 2000 election.PNG
The Yukon Legislature after the 2000 election.

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

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
YukonLiberalNDPOther
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

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