2000 Yukon general election

2000 Yukon general election

← 1996 April 17, 2000 2002 →

17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout78.58%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
YLP
YP
Leader Pat Duncan Piers McDonald John Ostashek
Party Liberal New Democratic Yukon Party
Leader's seat Porter Creek South McIntyre-Takhini
(lost re-election)
Porter Creek North
(lost re-election)
Last election 3 11 3
Seats won 10 6 1
Seat change Increase7 Decrease5 Decrease2
Popular vote 6,119 4,677 3,466
Percentage 42.90% 32.80% 24.30%
Swing Increase18.96pp Decrease7.01pp Decrease6.06pp

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

Piers McDonald
New Democratic

Premier after election

Pat Duncan
Liberal

The 2000 Yukon general election was held on April 17, 2000 to elect members of the 30th Yukon Legislative Assembly in the Yukon Territory in Canada. The incumbent NDP government was defeated by the Liberal Party, which formed a majority government.

  1. ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved March 25, 2021