Mike Pemberton (born 1963) is a Canadian businessman and politician who has been the 11th premier of Yukon since June 27,2025,and the leader of the Yukon Liberal Party since June 19,2025.
Politically,Pemberton formerly served as chair of the Liberal Party of Canada's Yukon wing,responsible for party organizing in the territory. He was also the vice president of the Yukon Liberal Party.[3] The Yukon Liberal Party itself is not organizationally linked to the federal Liberals in any official manner.
Political career
After Pillai announced that he would not lead the party into the 2025 Yukon general election on May 7,2025,Pemberton joined the Yukon Liberal leadership race on May 27.[4][5] On June 19,he won the 2025 Yukon Liberal Party leadership election after narrowly defeating Doris Bill by 13 votes. Bill accused Pemberton of signing up recent immigrants to the territory as party members. He became the premier-designate until officially being sworn in as premier on June 27. During the Council of Yukon First Nations general assembly,Pemberton made racially insensitive comments,with the party apologizing on his behalf.[6] All incumbent Cabinet ministers declined to seek re-election in 2025;Speaker Jeremy Harper is the only Liberal MLA seeking re-election.[7] On October 3,Pemberton asked the Commissioner to dissolve the Legislative Assembly for a general territorial election on November 3,2025.[8] He led the Liberals to a third place finish with one seat,behind the Yukon Party and NDP;it is one of the worst results in party history.[citation needed] Pemberton himself placed third in Whitehorse West,failing to win a seat.
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