Yukon Liberal Party

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Yukon Liberal Party
Parti libéral du Yukon
Leader Debra-Leigh Reti (interim)
PresidentJason Cunning
Founded1978;48 years ago (1978)
Headquarters108 Elliott Street
Unit 183
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 6C4
Membership (2025)>1,000 [1]
Ideology Liberalism (Canadian)
Political position Centre
Colours Red
Seats in Legislature
1 / 21
Website
www.ylp.ca

The Yukon Liberal Party (French : Parti libéral du Yukon) is a political party in the territory of Yukon, Canada. The party is not organizationally linked to the federal Liberal Party of Canada in any official manner.

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History

After twenty years as a minor party, the Yukon Liberal Party won the 2000 general election and formed a government under Premier Pat Duncan. The government, however, was reduced to minority government status. Duncan called a snap election for November 2002 in the hope of regaining her government's majority. The party was almost completely wiped out, however, by the Yukon Party. Duncan won the Liberals' sole seat in the Yukon Party's landslide.

The Liberal Party remained in opposition until the 2016 general election where the party went from third place in the legislature to majority government with its leader, Sandy Silver, becoming Premier.

Following the 2021 Yukon general election, on April 28, the NDP announced that they had entered into a formal confidence and supply agreement with the Liberals. [2]

Only one sitting Liberal MLA sought re-election in the 2025 Yukon general election, an election where the party was almost completely wiped out. [3]

Electoral performances

Legislative Assembly

ElectionLeaderVotes%Seats+/–PositionStatus
1978 Iain MacKay 2,20126.0
2 / 16
Steady2.svg 2Steady2.svg 2ndOpposition
1982 Ron Veale 1,56415.0
0 / 16
Decrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 3rdNo seats
1985 Roger Coles 8067.6
2 / 16
Increase2.svg 2Steady2.svg 3rdThird party
1989 Jim McLachlan 1,30311.1
0 / 16
Decrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg 3rdNo seats
1992 Paul Thériault 2,09816.1
1 / 17
Increase2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 4thFourth party
1996 Ken Taylor 3,48624.1
3 / 17
Increase2.svg 2Increase2.svg 3rdThird party
2000 Pat Duncan 6,09242.7
10 / 17
Increase2.svg 7Increase2.svg 1stMajority
2002 4,05629.0
1 / 18
Decrease2.svg 7Decrease2.svg 3rdThird party
2006 Arthur Mitchell 4,70434.7
5 / 18
Increase2.svg 4Increase2.svg 2ndOpposition
2011 3,97925.2
2 / 19
Decrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 3rdThird party
2016 Sandy Silver 7,40439.4
11 / 19
Increase2.svg 10Increase2.svg 1stMajority
2021 6,13232.4
8 / 19
Decrease2.svg 3Steady2.svg 1stMinority [a]
2025 Mike Pemberton 1,91410.2
1 / 21
Decrease2.svg 7Decrease2.svg 3rdThird party

Leaders

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The New Democratic Party provided confidence and supply for the Liberal Party government. Tied with the Yukon Party in seat count.

References

  1. ↑ Hatherly, Dana. "Yukon Liberals select Mike Pemberton as their new leader and the territory's next premier". Yukon News . Black Press Media . Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Yukon Liberals, reduced to minority, embrace the NDP". CBC. 28 April 2021. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  3. ↑ https://www.yukon-news.com/news/health-and-justice-minister-mcphee-wont-run-in-upcoming-yukon-elections-8244322
  4. ↑ Hatherly, Dana (21 January 2026). "Yukon Liberal leader steps down, MLA Debra-Leigh Reti replaces him". Yukon News. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  5. ↑ https://yukon-news.com/2026/01/21/breaking-yukon-liberal-leader-steps-down-mla-debra-leigh-reti-replaces-him/
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