32nd Legislature of Yukon

The 32nd Yukon Legislative Assembly began on October 10, 2006. The Yukon Party Government led by Dennis Fentie was sustained holding a small majority of seats.

Membership in the 32nd Assembly

	Member	Party	Electoral district	First elected / previously elected
	Arthur Mitchell	Liberal	Copperbelt	2005
	Steve Nordick	Yukon Party	Klondike	2006
	Gary McRobb	Liberal	Kluane	1996 [a]
	Brad Cathers	Yukon Party	Lake Laberge	2002
		Independent
		Yukon Party
	Eric Fairclough	Liberal	Mayo-Tatchun	1996 [a]
	John Edzerza	NDP	McIntyre-Takhini	2002 [b]
		Independent
		Yukon Party
	Steve Cardiff	NDP	Mount Lorne	2002
	Marian Horne	Yukon Party	Pelly-Nisutlin	2006
	Archie Lang	Yukon Party	Porter Creek Centre	2002
	Jim Kenyon	Yukon Party	Porter Creek North	2002
	Don Inverarity	Liberal	Porter Creek South	2006
	Ted Staffen	Yukon Party	Riverdale North	2002
	Glenn Hart	Yukon Party	Riverdale South	2002
	Patrick Rouble	Yukon Party	Southern Lakes	2002
	Darius Elias	Liberal	Vuntut Gwitchin	2006
	Dennis Fentie	Yukon Party	Watson Lake	1996 [a]
	Todd Hardy	NDP	Whitehorse Centre	1996, 2002
	Elizabeth Hanson (2010)	NDP		2010
	Elaine Taylor	Yukon Party	Whitehorse West	2002

Standings changes since the 2006 general election

Number of members per party by date		2006	2009			2010		2011
		Oct 10	Jan 27	Aug 28	Oct 22	Jul 28	Dec 13	Jun 29	Jul 6
	Yukon Party	10		9	10			11
	Liberal	5
	NDP	3	2			1	2		1
	Independent	0	1	2	1			0
	Total members	18				17	18	18	17
	Vacant	0				1	0		1
	Government Majority	2		0	2	3	2	4	5

Membership changes

Membership changes in the 32nd Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	December 8, 2008	See List of Members			Election day of the 36th Yukon general election
	January 27, 2009[ citation needed ]	John Edzerza	McIntyre-Takhini	Independent	Left Yukon New Democratic Party caucus
	August 28, 2009 [1]	Brad Cathers	Lake Laberge	Independent	Left Yukon Party caucus
	October 22, 2009 [2]	John Edzerza	McIntyre-Takhini	Yukon Party	Joined the Yukon Party caucus.
	July 28, 2010	Todd Hardy	Whitehorse Centre	NDP	Died from cancer [3]
	December 13, 2010[ citation needed ]	Elizabeth Hanson	Whitehorse Centre	NDP	Elected in a by-election
	June 29, 2011	Brad Cathers	Lake Laberge	Yukon Party	Re-joined the Yukon Party caucus [4]
	July 6, 2011	Steve Cardiff	Mount Lorne	NDP	Died in a car accident [5]

Notes

1. First elected as a New Democrat
2. First elected as a Yukon Party

References

1. "Cathers resigns over ATCO scandal". Yukon News. August 28, 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
2. "Edzerza named Yukon environment minister". cbc.ca, February 4, 2010.
3. "Todd Hardy succumbs to cancer". Yukon News . 28 July 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
4. "Cathers returns to Yukon Party caucus". CBC News. June 29, 2011.
5. "Yukon NDP MLA killed in crash". CBC News. July 6, 2011.

External links

• Yukon Legislature