2016 Yukon general election

2016 Yukon general election

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All 19 seats to the Legislative Assembly
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout79.9%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Sandy Silver Darrell Pasloski Elizabeth Hanson
Party Liberal Yukon Party New Democratic
Leader since August 17, 2012 May 28, 2011 September 26, 2009
Leader's seat Klondike Mountainview
(lost re-election)
Whitehorse Centre
Last election 2 seats, 25.2% 11 seats, 40.5% 6 seats, 32.6%
Seats before 1 11 6
Seats won 11 6 2
Seat change Increase10 Decrease5 Decrease4
Popular vote 7,404 6,272 4,928
Percentage 39.41% 33.38% 26.23%
Swing Increase14.08pp Decrease7.06pp Decrease6.34pp

Popular vote by riding. As this is a First-Past-The-Post election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom of the map.

Premier before election

Darrell Pasloski
Yukon Party

Premier after election

Sandy Silver
Liberal

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The 2016 general election in Yukon, Canada, took place on November 7, 2016, to return members to the 34th Yukon legislative assembly.[1]

The election was fought over issues relating to the economy, the environment, First Nations reconciliation, fracking, and the merits of a territorial carbon tax. Sandy Silver's Liberal Party won an upset victory over the incumbent Yukon Party government led by Darrell Pasloski, who lost his own seat in the riding of Mountainview.

  1. ^ "Carbon tax and First Nations relations: Parties lay out agendas for Yukon election". CBC News. October 7, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.