2006 Yukon general election

October 10, 2006

18 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout72.9%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
YLP
NDP
Leader Dennis Fentie Arthur Mitchell Todd Hardy
Party Yukon Party Liberal New Democratic
Leader since 2003 2005 2002
Leader's seat Watson Lake Copperbelt Whitehorse Centre
Last election 12 1 5
Seats won 10 5 3
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 4 Decrease 2
Popular vote 5,503 4,704 3,197
Percentage 40.6% 34.7% 23.6%
Swing Increase 0.3pp Increase 5.7pp Decrease 3.3pp

Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.

Premier before election

Dennis Fentie
Yukon Party

Premier after election

Dennis Fentie
Yukon Party

The 2006 Yukon general election was held on October 10, 2006, in Yukon, Canada, to elect members of the 32nd 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
2002 Dissolution Elected % Change # %
Yukon Party Dennis Fentie 18 12 9 10 -16.7 5,503 40.6
Liberal Arthur Mitchell 18 1 4 5 +400.0 4,704 34.7
New Democratic Todd Hardy 18 5 3 3 -40.0 3,197 23.6
  Independents 4 0 2 0 - 143 1.1
Total 58 18 18 18 - 13,547 100.0

By region

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

By rank

Party Seats Second Third Fourth
Yukon Party 10 5 3 0
Liberal 5 9 4 0
New Democratic 3 4 11 0
  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.
  • 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

Results by riding

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

Rural Yukon

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
YukonLiberalNDPOther
Klondike   Steve Nordick
405
Steve Taylor
132
Jorn Meier
297
Glen Everitt
56
  Peter Jenkins
Kluane Jim Bowers
176
  Gary McRobb
317
Lillian Grubach-Hambrook
82
Freddy Hutter
19
  Gary McRobb
Lake Laberge   Brad Cathers
458
Jon Breen
221
Nina Sutherland
120
  Brad Cathers
Mayo-Tatchun Jean VanBibber
166
  Eric Fairclough
301
Karen Gage
99
  Eric Fairclough
Mount Lorne Valerie Boxall
236
Colleen Wirth
231
Steve Cardiff
361
  Steve Cardiff
Pelly-Nisutlin   Marian Horne
241
Hammond Dick
145
Gwen Wally
146
Elvis Aaron Presley ("Tagish" Elvis Presley)
40
  Dean Hassard
Southern Lakes   Patrick Rouble
276
Ethel Tizya
134
Kevin Barr
238
  Patrick Rouble
Vuntut Gwitchin William Josie
38
  Darius Elias
64
Lorraine Peter
40
  Lorraine Peter
Watson Lake   Dennis Fentie
495
Rick Harder
196
Rachael Lewis
45
Dale Robert Worsfold
28
  Dennis Fentie

Whitehorse

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
YukonLiberalNDPOther
Copperbelt Russ Hobbis
374
  Arthur Mitchell
632
David Hedmann
191
    Arthur Mitchell
McIntyre-Takhini Vicki Durrant
201
Ed Schultz
328
  John Edzerza
334
  John Edzerza
Porter Creek Centre   Archie Lang
344
David Laxton
224
Kate White
159
    Archie Lang
Porter Creek North Jim Kenyon
311
Dale Cheeseman
191
Dave Hobbis
158
  Jim Kenyon
Porter Creek South Dean Hassard
298
  Don Inverarity
304
Samson Hartland
97
    Pat Duncan
Riverdale North   Ted Staffen
429
Lesley Cabott
373
James McCullough
172
    Ted Staffen
Riverdale South   Glenn Hart
357
Phil Treusch
324
Peter Lesniak
226
    Glenn Hart
Whitehorse Centre Jerry Johnson
190
Bernie Phillips
211
  Todd Hardy
357
  Todd Hardy
Whitehorse West   Elaine Taylor
511
Mike Walton
371
Rhoda Merkel
75
    Elaine Taylor

Opinion polls

DataPath polling chart
Trendlines polling chart
Polling Firm Date YP Lib NDP Ind
Results of Election 2002 40 29 27 4
DataPathJuly 20022335355
DataPathMarch 200431262221
DataPathFebruary 200531233313
DataPathMay 200528293013
DataPathAugust 20053021436
TrendLinesAugust 2005353034
TrendLinesSeptember 2005352935
TrendLinesOctober 2005323236
DataPathDecember 20052531359
TrendLinesJanuary 20062634372
TrendLinesMarch 20063132334
TrendLinesMay 200627272917
DataPathMay 20062931337
TrendLinesJune 200626262721
TrendLinesJuly 200635332310
DataPathAugust 20063330316
TrendLinesSeptember 20063239237
DataPathOctober 20063437254
TrendLinesOctober 20063532312
Results of Election 2006 41 35 24 1

Trendlines polls from October 2005 to June 2006 are based on a 100-day rolling average. Trendlines polls from July 2006 to October 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 YP Lib NDP Ind
Copperbelt2856160
Klondike2314559
Kluane1436437
Lake Laberge3431286*
McIntyre-Takhini4615380
Mayo-Tatchun3350170
Mount Lorne3218500
Pelly-Nisutlin4282525
Porter Creek Centre5035150
Porter Creek North2929430
Porter Creek South3555100
Riverdale North3340270
Riverdale South5025250
Southern Lakes3214467
Vuntut Gwitchin1457290
Watson Lake6317138
Whitehorse Centre1020700
Whitehorse West554150
Totals 7 5 6 0

*Independent candidate Tim Zeigdel has since withdrawn.

References

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