2011 Yukon general election

The 2011 general election in Yukon, Canada, took place on October 11, 2011, to return members to the 33rd Yukon Legislative Assembly.

2011 Yukon general election

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All 19 seats to the Legislative Assembly
10 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout74.3%[1]
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
LIB
Leader Darrell Pasloski Elizabeth Hanson Arthur Mitchell
Party Yukon Party New Democratic Liberal
Leader since May 28, 2011 September 26, 2009 June 2005
Leader's seat Mountainview Whitehorse Centre Ran in
Copperbelt North
[n 1]
(Lost)
Last election 10 seats, 40.6% 3 seats, 23.6% 5 seats, 34.7%
Seats before 11 1 5
Seats won 11 6 2
Seat change Steady0 Increase5 Decrease3
Popular vote 6,400 5,154 3,979
Percentage 40.44% 32.57% 25.33%
Swing Decrease0.1% Increase9.0% Decrease9.5%

Popular vote by riding. As this is a First-Past-The-Post election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom of the map.

Premier before election

Darrell Pasloski
Yukon Party

Premier after election

Darrell Pasloski
Yukon Party

The incumbent government was led by Darrell Pasloski, who was elected as leader of the Yukon Party at a convention on May 28, 2011, replacing former Premier Dennis Fentie. The Yukon Party won its third majority government, with Elizabeth Hanson's NDP becoming the Official Opposition, replacing the Liberal Party, whose leader Arthur Mitchell was unable to return to the Assembly.

Pre-writ period edit

Redistribution edit

In 2008, the Yukon Assembly struck a committee to review the electoral district boundaries for this election. The committee decided to increase the number of seats in the territory to 19. Yukon now matches the other territorial assemblies in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in terms of the number of seats.

The rural districts outside of the capital city of Whitehorse remained unchanged with the exception of Mount Lorne and Southern Lakes which were merged into a single district. The total number of rural districts dropped from 9 to 8.[2]

The urban ridings in Whitehorse were increased to 11 from 9. Only three districts in Whitehorse had no boundary changes, Whitehorse Centre, Riverdale North and Riverdale South. The riding that received the most significant alteration was Copperbelt. That district was split into four ridings, primarily Copperbelt North and Copperbelt South, while McIntyre-Takhini was significantly expanded in western uninhabited part of Copperbelt and renamed Takhini-Kopper King. An entirely new riding was also created out of Copperbelt called Mountainview.[2] The remaining urban districts all received minor boundary adjustments.[2]

The boundary changes were adopted by the Yukon Legislative Assembly in 2009.

Lake Laberge dispute edit

In the fall of 2009, Yukon Party MLA Brad Cathers had a falling out with Premier Dennis Fentie, and ended up sitting as an independent on the opposition side.

Cathers remained a party member despite his public criticism of Fentie. On May 19, 2010, the Yukon Party riding executive of Lake Laberge nominated Brad Cathers as a delegate to the party's 2010 convention. The meeting lasted three hours and saw the riding executive loyal to Fentie, including the President, walk out on the 60 members who attended. Former MLA Al Falle defended Cathers at the meeting. The meeting ended with a board of directors loyal to Cathers being elected.[3]

Summary of results edit

Official results.[4]

Summary of Results
 
PartyVotes%Seats
2006DissolutionElectedChange
Yukon Party6,40040.44101111+1
New Democratic5,15432.57316+3
Liberal4,00825.33552-3
Green1040.66NewNew0New
First Nations Party810.51NewNew0New
Independents790.50000±0
Vacant1
Total15,826100.00181819+1
Popular vote
Yukon Party
40.44%
New Democratic
32.57%
Liberal
25.33%
Green
0.56%
Others
1.10%
Seats summary
Yukon Party
57.89%
New Democratic
31.58%
Liberal
10.53%

Candidates running edit

Bold incumbents indicates cabinet members and party leaders and the speaker of the assembly are italicized.[5]

Rural Yukon edit

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Yukon NDP Liberal Other
Klondike Steve Nordick
404 (37.4%)
Jorn Meier
147 (13.6%)
Sandy Silver
530 (49.0%)
Steve Nordick
Kluane Wade Istchenko
287 (37.9%)
Eric Stinson
220 (29.0%)
Timothy Cant
219 (28.9%)
Gerald Dickson (FNP)
32 (4.2%)
Gary McRobb
Lake Laberge Brad Cathers
528 (51.9%)
Frank Turner
330 (32.4%)
Mike Simon
159 (15.6%)
Brad Cathers
Mayo-Tatchun Elaine Wyatt
214 (31.6%)
Jim Tredger
282 (41.7%)
Eric Fairclough
181 (26.7%)
Eric Fairclough
Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes Deborah Fulmer
395 (37.9%)
Kevin Barr
488 (46.8%)
Ted Adel
111 (10.6%)
Stanley James (FNP)
49 (4.7%)
Vacant
Mount Lorne
Merged district
Patrick Rouble
Southern Lakes
Pelly-Nisutlin Stacey Hassard
275 (49.4%)
Carol Geddes
178 (32.0%)
Carl Sidney
73 (13.1%)
Elvis Presley (Ind.)
31 (5.6%)
Marian Horne
Vuntut Gwitchin Garry Njootli
52 (35.9%)
Darius Elias
93 (64.1%)
Darius Elias
Watson Lake Patti McLeod
276 (37.8%)
Liard McMillan
242 (33.1%)
Thomas Slager
165 (22.6%)
Patricia Gilhooly (Ind.)
48 (6.6%)
Dennis Fentie

Whitehorse edit

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Yukon NDP Liberal Other
Copperbelt North Currie Dixon
520 (47.9%)
Skeeter Miller-Wright
159 (14.6%)
Arthur Mitchell
407 (37.5%)


Split district
Arthur Mitchell
Copperbelt
Copperbelt South Valerie Boxall
394 (40.4%)
Lois Moorcroft
397 (40.7%)
Colleen Wirth
184 (18.9%)


Split district
Mountainview Darrell Pasloski
480 (44.8%)
Stephen Dunbar-Edge
376 (35.1%)
Dave Sloan
216 (20.1%)
New district
Porter Creek Centre David Laxton
298 (38.6%)
Jean-François Des Lauriers
230 (29.8%)
Kerry Huff
245 (31.7%)
Archie Lang
Porter Creek North Doug Graham
400 (49.8%)
Mike Tribes
253 (31.5%)
Dawn Beauchemin
82 (10.2%)
Mike Ivens (Green)
69 (8.6%)
Jim Kenyon
Porter Creek South Mike Nixon
257 (42.9%)
John Carney
99 (16.5%)
Don Inverarity
243 (40.6%)
Don Inverarity
Riverdale North Scott Kent
366 (37.1%)
Peter Lesniak
296 (30.0%)
Christie Richardson
289 (29.3%)
Kristina Calhoun (Green)
35 (3.5%)
Ted Staffen
Riverdale South Glenn Hart
314 (32.4%)
Jan Stick
380 (39.3%)
Dan Curtis
274 (28.3%)
Glenn Hart
Takhini-Kopper King Samson Hartland
316 (31.7%)
Kate White
458 (45.9%)
Cherish Clarke
224 (22.4%)
John Edzerza
McIntyre-Takhini
Whitehorse Centre Marian Horne
202 (24.3%)
Elizabeth (Liz) Hanson
525 (63.2%)
Patrick Singh
104 (12.5%)
Elizabeth (Liz) Hanson
Whitehorse West Elaine Taylor
422 (58.2%)
Louis R. Gagnon
94 (13.0%)
Cully Robinson
209 (28.8%)
Elaine Taylor

Timeline edit

Retiring MLAs edit

Member District Party Reason
[16] John Edzerza McIntyre-Takhini Yukon Party Serious health issues
[25] Dennis Fentie Watson Lake Yukon Party Retire as Premier and from politics and will live full-time in Watson Lake
[26] Jim Kenyon Porter Creek North Yukon Party Defeated in party nomination.
[27] Archie Lang Porter Creek Centre Yukon Party Retired for undisclosed reasons.
[28] Gary McRobb Kluane Liberal He'd been working too long as an MLA.
[29] Patrick Rouble Southern Lakes Yukon Party Attending the University of Calgary to attain a doctorate degree.
[30] Ted Staffen Riverdale North Yukon Party Interested in returning to business in the private sector

Opinion polls edit

Polling Firm Date of Polling Link Yukon Party New Democratic Liberal Green
DataPath Systems October 2–6, 2011 [1] 35 35 26 2
DataPath Systems July 17–25, 2011 [2] 40 35 15 7
DataPath Systems July 2010 [3] 22 26 39

Notes edit

  1. ^ Mitchell represented Copperbelt in the 32nd Assembly, but he unsuccessfully ran in Copperbelt North, one of four ridings Copperbelt was divided into at the last redistribution.

References edit

  1. ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2011 General Election Elections Yukon, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2017
  2. ^ a b c "Yukon Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report" (PDF). Elections Yukon. March 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  3. ^ John Thompson (May 21, 2010). "Not your typical riding meeting". Yukon News.
  4. ^ "Results by Political Affiliation" (PDF). Elections Yukon. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  5. ^ "Election Results" (PDF). Elections Yukon. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  6. ^ "Yukon MLA Edzerza quits NDP, will sit as Independent". cbc.ca. January 28, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  7. ^ "Yukon minister's resignation threatens to collapse government". The Globe and Mail. August 31, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  8. ^ "Cathers resigns over ATCO scandal". Yukon News. August 28, 2009. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  9. ^ "Cathers Shocker Creates a Minority Government". Whitehorse Star. August 28, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  10. ^ "Edzerza rejoins Yukon Party". cbc.ca. October 22, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  11. ^ "Edzerza named Yukon environment minister". cbc.ca. February 4, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  12. ^ "Todd Hardy succumbs to cancer". Yukon News. July 28, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
  13. ^ Munson, James (December 3, 2010). "Phelps' party in limbo". Yukon News. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  14. ^ Sander-Green, Nadine (August 9, 2011). "Greens are a party of balance, candidate says". Whitehorse Daily Star. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  15. ^ "United Citizens Party of Yukon loses leader". CBC News. May 9, 2011.
  16. ^ a b "Cathers returns to Yukon Party caucus". CBC News. June 29, 2011.
  17. ^ "Yukon NDP MLA killed in crash". CBC News. July 6, 2011.
  18. ^ Thomson, John (August 12, 2011). "Green shoots grow slow". Yukon News. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  19. ^ Sander-Green, Nadine (September 9, 2011). "Yukon First Nations Party established". Whitehorse Daily Star. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  20. ^ a b c d "Election Calendar – 2011 General Election" (PDF). Elections Yukon.
  21. ^ "List of Candidates" (PDF). Elections Yukon. September 19, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
  22. ^ "Registration of United Citizens of Yukon Cancelled" (PDF). Election Yukon. September 19, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
  23. ^ "Yukon's political leaders pack the house". CBC News. October 6, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
  24. ^ "Moorcroft confirmed Copperbelt South winner". CBC News, October 17, 2011.
  25. ^ "Yukon's Fentie looks ahead to life after politics". CBC News. May 31, 2011.
  26. ^ John Thompson (September 19, 2011). "Election battle map". Yukon News. Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  27. ^ John Thompson (July 6, 2011). "Archie Lang to leave politics". Yukon News.
  28. ^ John Thompson (August 3, 2011). "A fighter hangs up his gloves". Yukon News.
  29. ^ "Yukon MLA Rouble leaving politics". CBC News. June 15, 2011.
  30. ^ "Long-time Yukon Speaker won't run in upcoming territorial election". iPolitics.ca. June 27, 2011.

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