2000 Yukon general election

The 2000 Yukon general election was held on April 17, 2000 to elect members of the 30th Yukon Legislative Assembly in the Yukon Territory in Canada. The incumbent NDP government was defeated by the Liberal Party, which formed a majority government.

2000 Yukon general election

← 1996 April 17, 2000 2002 →

17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout78.58%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
YLP
YP
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 change Increase7 Decrease5 Decrease2
Popular vote 6,119 4,677 3,466
Percentage 42.90% 32.80% 24.30%
Swing Increase18.96pp Decrease7.01pp Decrease6.06pp

Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead by the result in each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.

Government Leader before election

Piers McDonald
New Democratic

Premier after election

Pat Duncan
Liberal

Standings

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Summary of the 2000 Legislative Assembly of Yukon election results[2]
Party Party leader Candidates Seats Popular vote
1996 Dissol. 2000 Change # % Change
Liberal Pat Duncan 17 3 4 10 +7 6,119 42.90% +18.96%
New Democratic Piers McDonald 17 11 10 6 -5 4,677 32.80% -7.01%
Yukon Party John Ostashek 15 3 3 1 -2 3,466 24.30% -6.06%
Total 49 17 17 17 14,262 100.00%
Popular vote
Liberal
42.90%
New Democratic
32.80%
Yukon Party
24.30%
Seats summary
Liberal
58.82%
New Democratic
35.29%
Yukon Party
5.88%

Member Changes from Previous Election

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Changes in seats held (1996-2000)
Seat Before Change
Date Member Party Reason Date Member Party
Lake Laberge[3] August 30, 1999 Doug Livingston  New Democratic Resignation October 25, 1999 Pam Buckway  Liberal
  • Liberals form Official Opposition, following Lake Laberge by-election.

Incumbents not Running for Reelection

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The Yukon Legislature after the 2000 election.

The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 2000 election:

Liberal Party

New Democratic Party

Yukon Party

Results by Riding

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Bold indicates party leaders
† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA

Electoral district Candidates 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

References

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