33rd Legislature of Yukon

The 33rd Yukon Legislative Assembly commenced on October 12, 2011, after Yukon voters returned a majority Yukon Party government under the leadership of Darrell Pasloski. The Yukon NDP became the official opposition while the Liberals took third place status.

The membership in this Legislature increased by one seat after the boundary redistribution.

Leadership changes

After losing opposition status in the general election and going from five seats to two, the Liberal party has been beset with leadership issues. Former leader Arthur Mitchell resigned after being defeated in the redistricted Copperbelt North riding. He was replaced by interim leader Darius Elias who left the leadership position and the caucus on August 17, 2012. By default Sandy Silver became leader of the party as the sole remaining MLA. Silver officially became party leader on March 1, 2014. ^[1]

Dissolution

The 33rd Legislature was dissolved on October 7, 2016, with a general election called for November 7, 2016. The Yukon Party was defeated and the Yukon Liberal Party under Sandy Silver formed a majority government. Pasloski lost his own seat and the New Democrat caucus was reduced to third party status.

Members at Dissolution

	Name	Party	Riding	First elected / previously elected
	Currie Dixon	Yukon Party	Copperbelt North	2011
	Lois Moorcroft	New Democratic Party	Copperbelt South	1992, 2011
	Sandy Silver	Liberal	Klondike	2011
	Wade Istchenko	Yukon Party	Kluane	2011
	Brad Cathers	Yukon Party	Lake Laberge	2002
	Jim Tredger	New Democratic Party	Mayo-Tatchun	2011
	Kevin Barr	New Democratic Party	Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes	2011
	Darrell Pasloski	Yukon Party	Mountainview	2011
	Stacey Hassard	Yukon Party	Pelly-Nisutlin	2011
	David Laxton	Yukon Party	Porter Creek Centre	2011
		Independent
	Doug Graham	Yukon Party	Porter Creek North	1978, [a] 2011
	Mike Nixon	Yukon Party	Porter Creek South	2011
	Scott Kent	Yukon Party	Riverdale North	2000, [b] 2011
	Jan Stick	New Democratic Party	Riverdale South	2011
	Kate White	New Democratic Party	Takhini-Kopper King	2011
	Darius Elias	Liberal	Vuntut Gwitchin	2006
		Independent
		Yukon Party
	Patti McLeod	Yukon Party	Watson Lake	2011
	Elizabeth Hanson	New Democratic Party	Whitehorse Centre	2010
	Elaine Taylor	Yukon Party	Whitehorse West	2002

Standings changes since the 2011 general election

Number of members per party by date		2011	2012	2013	2016
		Oct 11	Aug 17	Jul 8	May 10
	Yukon Party	11		12	11
	NDP	6
	Liberal	2	1
	Independent	0	1	0	1
	Total members	19
	Vacant	0
	Government Majority	3		5	3

Membership changes

Membership changes in the 33rd Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	October 8, 2011	See List of Members			Election day of the 37th Yukon general election
	August 17, 2012	Darius Elias	Vuntut Gwitchin	Independent	Left the Liberal caucus and leadership to sit as an Independent.
	July 8, 2013	Darius Elias	Vuntut Gwitchin	Yukon Party	Joined the Yukon Party caucus.
	May 10, 2016	David Laxton	Porter Creek Centre	Independent	Left the Yukon Party caucus and resigned as speaker due to sexual harassment allegation.

Notes

1. Whitehorse Porter Creek West
2. Riverside (First elected as a Liberal)

References

1. "Sandy Silver named new Yukon Liberal Party leader | CBC News".

External links

• Yukon Legislature