1996 Yukon general election
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17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 79.6%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30, 1996 to elect the seventeen members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon Territory, Canada. The governing Yukon Party, a conservative party, was defeated by the social democratic New Democratic Party (NDP). The NDP formed a new majority government of the territory with 11 seats. Party leader Piers McDonald became Government Leader. The Yukon Party and the centrist Yukon Liberal Party each won three seats, although Liberal leader Ken Taylor failed to be elected.
Results by party
Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Votes | ||||
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Before | After | % Change | # | % | ||||
New Democrats | Piers McDonald | 16 | 6 | 11 | +83% | 5,774 | 39.9% | |
Yukon Party | John Ostashek | 15 | 7 | 3 | -57% | 4,366 | 30.1% | |
Liberal | Ken Taylor | 16 | 1 | 3 | +200% | 3,486 | 24.1% | |
Independent | 7 | 3 | 0 | -100% | 852 | 5.9% | ||
Total | 54 | 17 | 17 | 14478 | 100% |
Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | ||||||
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New Democratic | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Yukon Party | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
Liberal | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Riding results
- Because of the tie vote, Robert Bruce was declared elected after his name was drawn from a hat. He was later re-elected after a 1997 by-election after irregularities led to a court order invalidating the election.
Member changes from previous election
- Esau Schafer (YP) elected in by-election after Johnny Able (YP) died
- David Sloan (NDP) elected in by-election after former premier Tony Penikett (NDP) resigned
- Alan Nordling rejoined the Yukon Party
Elections
References
- ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved January 21, 2017