2025 Yukon general election

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2025 Yukon general election
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All 21 seats to the Yukon Legislative Assembly
11 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
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Leader Currie Dixon Mike Pemberton Kate White
Party Yukon Party Liberal New Democratic
Leader since May 23, 2020 June 19, 2025 May 4, 2019
Leader's seat Copperbelt North Running in Whitehorse West [1] Takhini
Last election8 seats, 39.32%8 seats, 32.37%3 seats, 28.17%
Current seats883
Incumbent Premier

Mike Pemberton
Liberal



The 2025 Yukon general election will be held on November 3, 2025, to elect members to the 36th Yukon Legislative Assembly. A plebiscite on electoral reform will be also be held in conjunction with the general election.

Contents

Background

Under amendments to the territorial Elections Act passed in 2020, the first fixed election date following the 2021 Yukon general election is set as November 3, 2025. [2] All subsequent elections will take place on the first Monday in November of the fourth calendar year following the previous election. [3] The legislative assembly was dissolved by order of the Commissioner of Yukon on the advice of the premier on October 3, 2025. [4] This election will elect an expanded legislature of two more seats, due to population growth in the territory.

In view of the population changes across the territory, the Yukon Electoral District Boundaries Commission was set up to redraw the constituencies to balance the discrepancy of the population each MLA represents. In their final report, a two-seat expansion of the size of the assembly (from 19) was recommended, with both new ridings located in Whitehorse. [5] This was to reflect the city’s significantly greater population growth than the average of the territory in over a decade. The final proposal was approved by MLAs in November 2024 and takes effect in the 2025 election. [6] [7]

All incumbent Liberal cabinet ministers declined to seek re-election; Speaker Jeremy Harper is the only Liberal MLA seeking re-election. [8]

Timeline

Incumbents not standing for re-election

Member of the Legislative AssemblyElectoral DistrictDate announced
Sandy Silver [11] Klondike September 9, 2022
Geraldine Van Bibber [15] Porter Creek North January 28, 2025
Ranj Pillai [13] Porter Creek South May 7, 2025
Stacey Hassard [16] Pelly-Nisutlin July 2, 2025
Richard Mostyn [17] Whitehorse West July 30, 2025
Nils Clarke [18] Riverdale North August 1, 2025
Jeanie McLean [19] Mountainview August 15, 2025
John Streicker [20] Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes August 22, 2025
Tracy-Anne McPhee [21] Riverdale South September 10, 2025

Candidates

Bold indicates party leaders
† – denotes a retiring incumbent MLA
‡ – running for re-election in different riding
italics indicates contestant for nomination or publicly declared interest in being party's candidate

Rural Yukon

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
YukonLiberalNDPIndependent
Klondike Richard Nagano [22] Brent McDonald [23] Sandy Silver† [11]
Kluane Wade Istchenko [24] John Vandermeer [23] Wade Istchenko
Lake Laberge Brad Cathers [25] Tom Amson [26] Kai Miller [23] Brad Cathers
Mayo-Tatchun Cory Bellmore [27] Jeremy Harper [28] Colin Prentice [23] Jeremy Harper
Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn Jen Gehmair [29] James Rowberry [30] Kevin Kennedy [23] John Streicker†
Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes
Southern Lakes Tyler Porter [31] Cynthia James [32] Tip Evans [33] J.M. Harvey [34] New District
Watson Lake-Ross River–Faro Patti McLeod [35] Lael Lund [36] Josie O'Brien [23] Stacey Hassard† [16]
Pelly-Nisutlin
Merged District
Patti McLeod
Watson Lake
Vuntut Gwitchin Sandra Charlie [37] Debra-Leigh Reti [38] Annie Blake [39] Annie Blake

Whitehorse

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
YukonLiberalNDP
Copperbelt North Currie Dixon [40] Matthew Lien [23] Currie Dixon
Copperbelt South Scott Kent [41] Derek Yap [42] Robin Reid-Fraser [33] Scott Kent
Mountainview Peter Grundmanis [43] Jon Weller [44] Linda Moen [23] Jeanie McLean†
Porter Creek Centre Ted Laking [45] Louis Gagnon [46] Hilary Smith [33] Yvonne Clarke‡
Porter Creek North Doris Anderson [47] Jacklyn Stockstill [48] Chris Dunbar [33] Geraldine Van Bibber† [15]
Porter Creek South Adam Gerle [49] Harjit Mavi [50] [51] Dario Paola [23] Ranj Pillai† [13]
Riverdale North Rose Sellars [52] Mark Kelly [53] Carmen Gustafson [23] Nils Clarke† [18]
Riverdale South Aurora Viernes [54] Sunny Patch [55] [51] Justin Ziegler [23] Tracy-Anne McPhee†
Takhini Logan Freese [56] Abdullah Khalid [57] [51] Kate White [1] Kate White
Takhini-Kopper King
Whistle Bend North Yvonne Clarke [58] Beverly Cooper [59] Tiara Topps [60] New District
Whistle Bend South Linda Benoit [61] Vida Pelayo [62] Dustin McKenzie-Hubbard [23] New District
Whitehorse Centre Keith Jacobsen [63] Mellisa Kwok [64] Lane Tredger [65] Lane Tredger
Whitehorse West Laura Lang [66] Mike Pemberton [1] Katherine McCallum [23] Richard Mostyn† [17]

Campaign

Prior to the drawing up of the writ, the Yukon Party became the first party to launch its campaign for the election on May 6, 2025. [67] The NDP launched their campaign on September 11, and the Liberals launched their campaign on October 2. [68] Issues in the election include rising territorial debt, healthcare, crime, the cost-of-living, and housing. [69]

Party slogans

PartySloganRef.
█  Yukon Party
"Change Starts Now"
 [70]
█  Liberal
"Real action. Real results."
█  New Democratic
"You Can Count on Kate"
 [71]

Opinion polling

Polling firmClientLast date
of polling		Link Liberal Yukon NDP Other Margin
of error		Sample
size		Polling methodLead
Léger Yukon Party August 27, 2025 HTML 25433014.4%500phone13
Léger Yukon Party January 30, 2025 HTML 23413414.4%500phone7
Léger Yukon Party January 24, 2024 HTML 20443514.35%500phone9
Léger Yukon Party September 21, 2022 HTML 23453024.35%500phone15
Election 2021 April 12, 202132.3739.3228.170.1419,0986.95

Electoral reform plebiscite

2025 Yukon electoral reform plebiscite
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November 3, 2025
Should Yukon change to a ranked voting electoral system as recommended by the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform?
OutcomeTBD

Following the final report from the citizen's assembly on electoral reform, the territorial government announced on September 19, 2024, that a plebiscite on adopting a ranked voting election system (specifically, the single-winner instant-runoff voting system) will be held simultaneously with the 2025 general election. [72] The opposition Yukon Party reiterated its stance that changes to Yukon's electoral system should have to go through a referendum, while expressing its preference for first-past-the-post. [73]

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