Yukon general election, 2000

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Yukon general election, 2000
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  1996 April 17, 2000 2002  

17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 78.1% [1]

  First party Second party Third party
 LIBNDPYP
Leader Pat Duncan Piers McDonald John Ostashek
Party Liberal New Democratic Yukon Party
Leader's seat Porter Creek South McIntyre-Takhini (lost re-election) Porter Creek North (lost re-election)
Last election 3 11 3
Seats won 10 6 1
Seat changeIncrease2.svg7Decrease2.svg4Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote 6,092 4,677 3,466
Percentage 42.7% 32.8% 23.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg18.6pp Decrease2.svg7.1ppDecrease2.svg6.8pp

Government Leader before election

Piers McDonald
New Democratic

Premier-designate

Pat Duncan
Liberal

The Yukon Legislature after the 2000 election. Yukon Legislature after 2000 election.PNG
The Yukon Legislature after the 2000 election.

The Yukon general election of 2000 was held on April 17, 2000 to elect members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the Yukon Territory in Canada. The incumbent NDP government was defeated by the Liberal Party who formed a majority government

Yukon Legislative Assembly

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Yukon Votes 2000

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Yukon Liberal NDP Other
Faro Jim McLachlan
53
  Trevor Harding
177
  Trevor Harding
Klondike   Peter Jenkins
424
Stuart Schmidt
397
Aedes Scheer
249
  Peter Jenkins
Kluane Charlie Eikland
208
Gerald Brown
113
  Gary McRobb
405
  Gary McRobb
Lake Laberge Roger Gallagher
363
  Pam Buckway
514
Gary LeGoffe
182
  Pam Buckway
McIntyre-Takhini John Edzerza
265
  Wayne Jim
376
Piers McDonald
338
  Piers McDonald
Mayo-Tatchun Wilf Tuck
277
  Eric Fairclough
446
 Eric Fairclough
Mount Lorne Ken Gabb
269
  Cynthia Tucker
563
Lois Moorcroft
422
  Lois Moorcroft
Porter Creek North John Ostashek
323
  Don Roberts
504
Sidney Maddison
114
  John Ostashek
Porter Creek South Larry W Carlyle
235
  Pat Duncan
607
Mark Dupuis
103
   Pat Duncan
Riverdale North Daphne White
172
  Dale Eftoda
454
Rachael Lewis
233
   Doug Phillips
Riverdale South Ginny Macdonald
205
  Sue Edelman
422
Heather Finton
237
  Sue Edelman
Riverside Michael Wienert
100
  Scott Kent
359
Jasbir Randhawa
202
  Jack Cable
Ross River-Southern Lakes Ed Hall
150
Dorothy John
187
  Dave Keenan
357
  Dave Keenan
Vuntut Gwitchin Kathie Nukon
53
Esau Schafer
61
  Lorraine Netro
69
   Robert Bruce
Watson Lake Mickey Thomas
144
Isaac Wood
272
  Dennis Fentie
434
   Dennis Fentie
Whitehorse Centre Vicki Durrant
130
  Mike McLarnon
312
Todd Hardy
229
  Todd Hardy
Whitehorse West Elaine Taylor
425
  Dennis Schneider
621
David Sloan
480
  David Sloan

Member changes from previous election

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