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18 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly 10 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 78.1% [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2002 Yukon general election was held on November 4, 2002, to elect members of the 31st Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon, Canada.
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular vote | ||||
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| Before | After | % Change | # | % | ||||
| Yukon Party | Dennis Fentie | 18 | 2 | 12 | +500% | 5650 | 40.3% | |
| New Democratic | Todd Hardy | 18 | 4 | 5 | +25% | 3763 | 26.9% | |
| Liberal | Pat Duncan | 18 | 8 | 1 | -87.5% | 4056 | 29.0% | |
| Independents | 6 | 3 | 0 | -100% | 535 | 3.8% | ||
| Total | 60 | 17 | 18 | +5.6 | 14004 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | |
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| Yukon Party | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| New Democratic | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
names in bold indicate party leaders
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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| Yukon | Liberal | NDP | Other | |||||||
| Copperbelt | Haakon Arntzen 374 | Arthur Mitchell 312 | Lillian Grubach-Hambrook 263 | New district | ||||||
| Klondike | Peter Jenkins 508 | Glen Everitt 224 | Lisa Hutton 200 | Peter Jenkins | ||||||
| Kluane | Michael Crawshay 124 | Paul Birckel 109 | Gary McRobb 442 | Gary McRobb | ||||||
| Lake Laberge | Brad Cathers 466 | Pam Buckway 218 | Bill Commins 150 | Pam Buckway | ||||||
| McIntyre-Takhini | John Edzerza 288 | Judy Gingell 204 | Maureen Stephens 270 | Wayne Jim 129 | Wayne Jim | |||||
| Mayo-Tatchun | Jerry C. Kruse 102 | Pat Van Bibber 210 | Eric Fairclough 339 | Dibs Williams 36 | Eric Fairclough | |||||
| Mount Lorne | Darcy Tkachuk 271 | Cynthia Tucker 236 | Steve Cardiff 334 | Cynthia Tucker | ||||||
| Pelly-Nisutlin | Dean Hassard 297 | Jim McLachlan 181 | Buzz Burgess 162 | Jim McLachlan | ||||||
| Porter Creek Centre | Archie Lang 399 | Scott Kent 312 | Judi Johnny 63 | Scott Kent | ||||||
| Porter Creek North | Jim Kenyon 331 | Dave Austin 148 | Mark Bowers 135 | Roger Rondeau 112 | Don Roberts | |||||
| Porter Creek South | Lynn Ogden 301 | Pat Duncan 408 | Paul Warner 80 | Pat Duncan | ||||||
| Riverdale North | Ted Staffen 446 | Dale Eftoda 355 | Jan Slipetz 223 | Dale Eftoda | ||||||
| Riverdale South | Glenn Hart 385 | Sue Edelman 332 | Cary Gryba 253 | Sue Edelman | ||||||
| Southern Lakes | Patrick Rouble 227 | Manfred Janssen 106 | Rachael Lewis 190 | Warren Braunberger 41 | Dave Keenan | |||||
| Vuntut Gwitchin | Randall Tetlichi 41 | Joe Tetlichi 34 | Lorraine Peter 68 | Lorraine Peter | ||||||
| Watson Lake | Dennis Fentie 521 | Tom Cove 130 | Kathy Magun 174 | Dennis Fentie | ||||||
| Whitehorse Centre | Vicki Durrant 171 | Bernie Phillips 218 | Todd Hardy 300 | Mike McLarnon 207 | Mike McLarnon | |||||
| Whitehorse West | Elaine Taylor 398 | Dennis Schneider 319 | Rachel Grantham 117 | Dennis Schneider | ||||||
 Elections in Yukon | |
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| General elections | |
See also: List of Yukon by-elections | |
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