2025 Yukon general election

2025 Yukon general election

←  2021 On or before November 3, 2025
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All 21 seats to the Legislative Assembly 11 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
YLP 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-Kopper King Last election 8 seats, 39.32% 8 seats, 32.37% 3 seats, 28.17% Current seats 8 8 3
Incumbent Premier Mike Pemberton Liberal

The 2025 Yukon general election will be held on or before 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.

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 may be dissolved earlier by order of the Commissioner of Yukon due to a motion of no confidence in the current minority government or on the advice of the premier. ^[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

• April 12, 2021 – The Yukon Liberal Party under Sandy Silver won a minority government in the 2021 Yukon general election.
• April 28, 2021 – The Yukon New Democratic Party announced that they had entered into a formal confidence and supply agreement with the Liberals. ^[9]
• September 9, 2022 – Sandy Silver announced his intention to resign as premier and party leader, staying on until the party elects a successor. ^[10]
• January 9, 2023 – Silver was succeeded by Ranj Pillai. Pillai was acclaimed as Liberal leader and became premier on January 14. ^[11]
• May 7, 2025 – Pillai announced his decision to not seek re-election and resign as party leader. ^[12]
• June 19, 2025 – Businessman Mike Pemberton was elected to succeed him; he did not hold a seat in the legislature before the election. Pemberton became premier on June 27.

Incumbents not running for re-election

Member of the Legislative Assembly		Electoral District	Date announced
	Sandy Silver [10]	Klondike	September 9, 2022
	Geraldine Van Bibber [13]	Porter Creek North	January 28, 2025
	Ranj Pillai [12]	Porter Creek South	May 7, 2025
	Stacey Hassard [14]	Pelly-Nisutlin	July 2, 2025
	Richard Mostyn [15]	Whitehorse West	July 30, 2025
	Nils Clarke [16]	Riverdale North	August 1, 2025
	Jeanie McLean [17]	Mountainview	August 15, 2025
	John Streicker [18]	Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes	August 22, 2025
	Tracy-Anne McPhee [19]	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 district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Yukon		Liberal		NDP
Klondike		Richard Nagano [20]						Sandy Silver† [10]
Kluane		Wade Istchenko [21]				John VanderMeer [22]		Wade Istchenko
Lake Laberge		Brad Cathers [23]						Brad Cathers
Mayo-Tatchun		Cory Bellmore [24]		Jeremy Harper [25]		Colin Prentice [26]		Jeremy Harper
Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn		Jen Gehmair [27]				Kevin Kennedy [28]		John Streicker† Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes
Southern Lakes				Cynthia James [29]			New District
Watson Lake-Ross River–Faro		Patti McLeod [30]						Stacey Hassard† [14] Pelly-Nisutlin
							Merged District
								Patti McLeod Watson Lake
Vuntut Gwitchin						Annie Blake [31]		Annie Blake

Whitehorse

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Yukon		Liberal		NDP
Copperbelt North		Currie Dixon [32]				Matthew Lien [33]		Currie Dixon
Copperbelt South		Scott Kent [34]						Scott Kent
Mountainview		Peter Grundmanis [35]				Linda Moen [36]		Jeanie McLean†
Porter Creek Centre		Ted Laking [37]						Yvonne Clarke‡
Porter Creek North		Doris Anderson [38]						Geraldine Van Bibber† [13]
Porter Creek South		Adam Gerle [39]		Harjit Mavi [40] (nomination meeting September 23) [41]		Dario Paola [28]		Ranj Pillai† [12]
Riverdale North		Rose Sellars [42]		Mark Kelly [43]		Carmen Gustafson [44]		Nils Clarke† [16]
Riverdale South		Aurora Viernes [45]		(nomination meeting September 24) [46]		Justin Ziegler [47]		Tracy-Anne McPhee†
Takhini		Logan Freese [48]		Abdullah Khalid [49] (nomination meeting September 24) [50]		Kate White [1]		Kate White Takhini-Kopper King
Whistle Bend North		Yvonne Clarke [51]		Beverly Cooper [52]		Tiara Topps [53]	New District
Whistle Bend South		Linda Benoit [54]		Vida Pelayo [55]			New District
Whitehorse Centre		Keith Jacobsen [56]				Lane Tredger [57]		Lane Tredger
Whitehorse West		Laura Lang [58]		Mike Pemberton [1]		Katherine McCallum [59]		Richard Mostyn† [15]

Campaign

Prior to the drawing up of the writ, the NDP launched their campaign on September 11. ^[60]

Party slogans

Party	Slogan	Ref.
█  Yukon Party	"Change Starts Now"	[61]
█  Liberal	"TBD"
█  New Democratic	"You Can Count on Kate"	[62]

Opinion polling

Polling firm	Client	Last date of polling	Link	Liberal	Yukon	NDP	Other	Margin of error	Sample size	Polling method	Lead
Léger	Yukon Party	January 30, 2025	HTML	23	41	34	1	4.4%	500	phone	7
Léger	Yukon Party	January 24, 2024	HTML	20	44	35	1	4.35%	500	phone	9
Léger	Yukon Party	September 21, 2022	HTML	23	45	30	2	4.35%	500	phone	15
Election 2021		April 12, 2021		32.37	39.32	28.17	0.14		19,098		6.95

Electoral reform plebiscite

2025 Yukon electoral reform plebiscite

TBD
Should Yukon change to a ranked voting electoral system as recommended by the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform?
Outcome	TBD

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 system will be held simultaneously with the 2025 general election. ^[63] 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. ^[64]

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