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32nd Legislature of Yukon

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The 32nd Yukon Legislative Assembly began on October 10, 2006. The Yukon Party Government led by Dennis Fentie was sustained holding a small majority of seats.

Membership in the 32nd Assembly

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  Member Party Electoral district
  Steve Cardiff NDP Mount Lorne
  Brad Cathers Yukon Party Lake Laberge
  Independent
  Yukon Party
  John Edzerza NDP McIntyre-Takhini
  Independent
  Yukon Party
  Darius Elias Liberal Vuntut Gwitchin
  Eric Fairclough Liberal Mayo-Tatchun
  Dennis Fentie Yukon Party Watson Lake
  Todd Hardy NDP Whitehorse Centre
  Glenn Hart Yukon Party Riverdale South
  Marian Horne Yukon Party Pelly-Nisutlin
  Don Inverarity Liberal Porter Creek South
  Jim Kenyon Yukon Party Porter Creek North
  Archie Lang Yukon Party Porter Creek Centre
  Gary McRobb Liberal Kluane
  Arthur Mitchell Liberal Copperbelt
  Steve Nordick Yukon Party Klondike
  Patrick Rouble Yukon Party Southern Lakes
  Ted Staffen Yukon Party Riverdale North
  Elaine Taylor Yukon Party Whitehorse West

Standings changes since the 2006 general election

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Number of members
per party by date
2006 2009 2010 2011
Oct 10 Jan 27 Aug 28 Oct 22 Jul 28 Dec 13 Jun 29 Jul 6
Yukon Party 10 9 10 11
Liberal 5
  NDP 3 2 1 2 1
  Independent 0 1 2 1 0
Total members 18 17 18 18 17
Vacant 0 1 0 1
Government Majority 2 0 2 3 2 4 5

Membership changes

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Membership changes in the 32nd Assembly
Date Name District Party Reason
  December 8, 2008 See List of Members Election day of the 36th Yukon general election
  January 27, 2009[citation needed] John Edzerza McIntyre-Takhini Independent Left Yukon New Democratic Party caucus
  August 28, 2009[1] Brad Cathers Lake Laberge Independent Left Yukon Party caucus
  October 22, 2009[2] John Edzerza McIntyre-Takhini Yukon Party Joined the Yukon Party caucus.
  July 28, 2010 Todd Hardy Whitehorse Centre NDP Died from cancer[3]
  December 13, 2010[citation needed] Elizabeth Hanson Whitehorse Centre NDP Elected in a by-election
  June 29, 2011 Brad Cathers Lake Laberge Yukon Party Re-joined the Yukon Party caucus[4]
  July 6, 2011 Steve Cardiff Mount Lorne NDP Died in a car accident[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Cathers resigns over ATCO scandal". Yukon News. August 28, 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
  2. ^ "Edzerza named Yukon environment minister". cbc.ca, February 4, 2010.
  3. ^ "Todd Hardy succumbs to cancer". Yukon News. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Cathers returns to Yukon Party caucus". CBC News. June 29, 2011.
  5. ^ "Yukon NDP MLA killed in crash". CBC News. July 6, 2011.
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