Yukon Liberal Party

Yukon Liberal Party
Active territorial party
Leader	Arthur Mitchell
President	Shay Kokiw
Founded	1898 (1898)
Headquarters	Unit 183, 108 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 6C4
Ideology	Liberalism
Political position	Centre
Official colours	Red
Seats in Legislature	2 / 19
Website
www.ylp.ca
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The Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.

Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.

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 was plagued with defections, however, and 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 conservative Yukon Party. Duncan won the Liberals' sole seat in the Yukon Party's landslide.

Election results

Year	Yukon Liberal Party Leader	No. Seats	% Popular Vote	Results
1978	Iain McKay	2	26.0%	Official Opposition
1982	Ron Veale	0	15.0%
1985	Roger Coles	2	7.6%	Third Party
1989	Jim McLachlan	0	11.1%
1992	Paul Thériault	1	16.1%	Fourth Party
1996	Ken Taylor	3	24.1%	Third Party
2000	Pat Duncan	10	42.7%	Majority Government
2002	Pat Duncan	1	28.96%	Third Party
2006	Arthur Mitchell	5	34.8%	Official Opposition
2011	Arthur Mitchell	2	25.2%	Third Party

Leaders

• Iain McKay 1978-1981
• Ron Veale 1981-1984
• Roger Coles 1984-1986
• Jim McLachlan1986-1989
• Paul Thériault ? -1992
• Jack Cable 1992-1995 (interim)
• Ken Taylor 1995-1997
• Jack Cable 1997-1998 (interim)
• Pat Duncan 1998-2005
• Arthur Mitchell 2005–present

See also

• List of political parties in Canada
• List of premiers of Yukon
• List of Yukon Leaders of Opposition