1996 Yukon general election

1996 Yukon general election

← 1992 September 30, 1996 2000 →

17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout79.58%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
YP
YLP
Leader Piers McDonald John Ostashek Ken Taylor
Party New Democratic Yukon Party Liberal
Leader since 1995 1992 1995
Leader's seat McIntyre-Takhini Porter Creek North Ran in Mount Lorne (lost)
Last election 6 7 1
Seats won 11 3 3
Seat change Increase5 Decrease4 Increase2
Popular vote 5,760 4,392 3,464
Percentage 39.81% 30.36% 23.94%
Swing Increase4.73pp Decrease5.52pp Increase7.84pp

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.

Government Leader before election

John Ostashek
Yukon Party

Premier after election

Piers McDonald
New Democratic

The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30, 1996 to elect the seventeen members of the 29th 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.

  1. ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1996 General Election Elections Yukon, 1996. Retrieved March 25, 2021