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The 32nd Yukon general election was held on October 10, 2006, in the Yukon Territory in Canada to elect members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. The Premier of Yukon asked the territorial Commissioner for a dissolution of the Assembly on September 8, 2006. Because of changes in the Yukon Act, the Yukon Party government's mandate resulting from this election is for as long as five years instead of four.

Results

By party

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	2002	Dissolution	Elected	% Change	#	% Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Yukon Party/row	Yukon Party	Dennis Fentie	18	12	9	10	-16.7	5,503	40.6 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row	Liberal	Arthur Mitchell	18	1	4	5	+400.0	4,704	34.7 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row	New Democrats	Todd Hardy	18	5	3	3	-40.0	3,197	23.6 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents/row	Independents		4	0	2	0	-	143	1.1
Total			58	18	18	18	-	13,547	100.0

By region

Total seats:			9	9	18	Yukon Party									Liberal									New Democratic Party									Independent
Party name			Whitehorse	Rural	Total Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Yukon Party/row	Yukon Party	Seats:	5	5	10 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Yukon Party/row	Popular vote:	38.9%	42.9%	40.6% Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row	Liberal	Seats:	2	3	5 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row	Popular vote:	38.3%	30.0%	34.7% Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row	New Democratic Party	Seats:	2	1	3 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row	Popular vote:	22.8%	24.6%	23.6% Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents/row	Independent	Seats:	(no candidate)	0	0 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents/row	Popular vote:	(no candidate)	2.5%	1.1%

By rank

Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Yukon Party/row

Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth
Yukon Party	10	5	3	0 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row	Liberal	5	9	4	0 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row	New Democrats	3	4	11	0 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents/row	Independents	0	0	0	4

Changes since the last election

Haakon Arntzen leaves the Yukon Party caucus after investigations into several sexual assault cases in the 70's and the 80's began. While serving as an independent, he was found guilty. The Opposition called for his resignation, however this was rebuffed by the Government who believed he should be sentenced first.

The Liberal Party held a leadership race after Pat Duncan lost the previous election moving from government to only one seat and third place. The party chose Arthur Mitchell over Duncan to lead the party.

Arntzen resigns from the legislature on September 9, 2005. A by-election was held on November 21, 2005 to fill the Copperbelt seat and Liberal leader Arthur Mitchell won the election with almost 50% of the vote.

Peter Jenkins, member for Klondike, resigns from Yukon Party, November 28, 2005 and from the cabinet after a dispute with the Premier over the payment of loans.

Gary McRobb, member for Kluane, and Eric Fairclough, member for Mayo-Tatchun were expelled from the New Democratic Party (NDP) on February 28, 2006 and March 1, 2006 respectively when it is learned that they are exploring the possibility of running as independents or Liberals in the next election.

McRobb (on March 17, 2006) and Fairclough (on May 1, 2006) both joined the Liberal caucus. Fairclough's joining brought the Liberals ahead of the NDP making them the official opposition. [1]

Edzerza on August 2, 2006 resigned from cabinet and the Yukon Party caucus; the following day, Edzerza said he would seek the NDP nomination in his riding. In accordance with NDP policy, Edzerza is to sit as an independent until nominated and elected as an NDP candidate.

Campaign slogans

Yukon Party: Imagine tomorrow
Yukon Liberal Party: Putting people first
Yukon New Democratic Party: Leading the way

Results by riding

names in bold indicate cabinet ministers, names in italics are party leaders

Rural Yukon

Whitehorse

Opinion Polls

Polling Firm	Date	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Yukon Party\|YP	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal\|Lib	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP\|NDP	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents\|Ind
Results of Election 2002		40	29	27	4
DataPath	July 2002	23	35	35	5
DataPath	March 2004	31	26	22	21
DataPath	February 2005	31	23	33	13
DataPath	May 2005	28	29	30	13
DataPath	August 2005	30	21	43	6
TrendLines	August 2005	35	30	34
TrendLines	September 2005	35	29	35
TrendLines	October 2005	32	32	36
DataPath	December 2005	25	31	35	9
TrendLines	January 2006	26	34	37	2
TrendLines	March 2006	31	32	33	4
TrendLines	May 2006	27	27	29	17
DataPath	May 2006	29	31	33	7
TrendLines	June 2006	26	26	27	21
TrendLines	July 2006	35	33	23	10
DataPath	August 2006	33	30	31	6
TrendLines	September 2006	32	39	23	7
DataPath	October 2006	34	37	25	4
TrendLines	October 2006	35	32	31	2
Results of Election 2006		41	35	24	1

Trendlines polls from Oct 2005 to June 2006 are based on a 100 day rolling average. Trendlines polls from July 2006 to Oct 2006 only include the respective monthly figures.

Trendlines has conducted a poll in every riding every month for several months. According to the September/October polls, the Yukon Party could form a minority government with 7 of the 18 seats; or the Liberal Party and NDP could form a majority coalition with 11 out of the 18 seats.

Trendlines Riding polls
District	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Yukon Party\|YP	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal\|Lib	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP\|NDP	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents\|Ind
Copperbelt	28	56	16	0
Klondike	23	14	55	9
Kluane	14	36	43	7
Lake Laberge	34	31	28	6*
McIntyre-Takhini	46	15	38	0
Mayo-Tatchun	33	50	17	0
Mount Lorne	32	18	50	0
Pelly-Nisutlin	42	8	25	25
Porter Creek Centre	50	35	15	0
Porter Creek North	29	29	43	0
Porter Creek South	35	55	10	0
Riverdale North	33	40	27	0
Riverdale South	50	25	25	0
Southern Lakes	32	14	46	7
Vuntut Gwitchin	14	57	29	0
Watson Lake	63	17	13	8
Whitehorse Centre	10	20	70	0
Whitehorse West	55	41	5	0
Totals	7	5	6	0

*Independent candidate Tim Zeigdel has since withdrawn.

TrendLines Research

External links

Election Almanac - Yukon Territorial Election
Yukon Votes 2006. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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