Yukon Liberal Party
Parti libéral du Yukon
Active territorial party
LeaderRanj Pillai
PresidentCarly Carruthers
Founded1978 (1978)
Headquarters108 Elliott Street
Unit 183
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 6C4
IdeologyLiberalism (Canadian)
Political positionCentre
ColoursRed
Seats in Legislature
8 / 19
Website
www.ylp.ca

The Yukon Liberal Party[1] (French: Parti libéral du Yukon) is a political party in the territory of Yukon, Canada. The party is not organizationally linked to the federal Liberal Party of Canada in any official manner.

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, however, 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 Yukon Party. Duncan won the Liberals' sole seat in the Yukon Party's landslide.

The Liberal Party remained in opposition until the 2016 general election where the party went from third place in the legislature to majority government with its leader, Sandy Silver, becoming Premier.

Election results

Election Leader Votes  % Seats +/– Position Government
1978 Iain MacKay 26.0
2 / 16
 Steady 2 Steady 2nd Official Opposition
1982 Ron Veale 15.0
0 / 16
 Decrease 2 Decrease No seats
1985 Roger Coles 7.6
2 / 16
 Increase 2 Increase 3rd Third Party
1989 Jim McLachlan 11.1
0 / 16
 Decrease 2 Decrease No seats
1992 Paul Thériault 16.1
1 / 17
 Increase 1 Increase 4th Fourth Party
1996 Ken Taylor 3,486 24.1
3 / 17
 Increase 2 Increase 3rd Third Party
2000 Pat Duncan 6,092 42.7
10 / 17
 Increase 7 Increase 1st Majority Government
2002 4,056 29.0
1 / 18
 Decrease 7 Decrease 3rd Third Party
2006 Arthur Mitchell 4,704 34.7
5 / 18
 Increase 4 Increase 2nd Official Opposition
2011 3,979 25.2
2 / 19
 Decrease 3 Decrease 3rd Third Party
2016 Sandy Silver 7,404 39.4
11 / 19
 Increase 10 Increase 1st Majority Government
2021 6,132 32.37%
8 / 19
 Decrease 3 Steady 1st Minority Government

Leaders

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Yukon Liberals". Yukon Liberals. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
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