1996 Yukon general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates 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.

Results by party

Summary of the 1996 Legislative Assembly of Yukon election resultsTemplate:Election table/category

Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1992	Dissol.	1996	Change	#	%	Change	Piers McDonald	16	6	6	11	+5	5,760	39.81%	+4.73%	John Ostashek	15	7	7	3	-4	4,392	30.36%	-5.52%	Ken Taylor	16	1	1	3	+2	3,464	23.94%	+7.84%	Independent		7	3	3	0	-3	852	5.89%	N/A
Total			54	17	17	17		14,468	100.00%

Popular vote New Democratic   39.81% Yukon Party   30.36% Liberal   23.94% Independent   5.89%

Seats summary New Democratic   64.70% Yukon Party   17.65% Liberal   17.65%

Member Changes from Previous Election

Changes in seats held (1992-1996)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Whitehorse West	September 27, 1995	Tony Penikett	Template:Canadian party colour	Resignation	February 5, 1996	David Sloan	Template:Canadian party colour
Vuntut Gwitchin	October 13, 1995	Johnny Abel	Template:Canadian party colour	Death	February 5, 1996	Esau Schafer	Template:Canadian party colour

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The Yukon Legislature after the 1996 election.

Incumbents not Running for Reelection

The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 1996 election:

Independent

• Bea Firth (Riverdale South)

New Democratic Party

• Danny Joe (Mayo-Tatchun)
• Margaret Commodore (Whitehorse Centre)

Yukon Party

• Bill Brewster (Kluane)
• David Millar (Klondike)
• John Devries (Watson Lake)

Riding Results

Bold indicates party leaders
† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Faro	Template:Canadian party colour|	Trevor Harding 530				Ed Peake 29			Template:Canadian party colour|	Trevor Harding
Klondike		Tim Gerberding 372	Template:Canadian party colour|	Peter Jenkins 603		Glen Everitt 96		John Cramp 21	Template:Canadian party colour|	David Millar†
Kluane	Template:Canadian party colour|	Gary McRobb 377		Olli Wirth 144		John Farynowski 177		Bonnie Lock 66	Template:Canadian party colour|	Bill Brewster†
Lake Laberge	Template:Canadian party colour|	Doug Livingston 328		Mickey Fisher 325		Linda Biensch 242		Mark Bain 221	Template:Canadian party colour|	Mickey Fisher
McIntyre-Takhini	Template:Canadian party colour|	Piers McDonald 441		Scott Howell 251		Rosemary Couch 182		Clinton Fraser 21	Template:Canadian party colour|	Piers McDonald
Mayo-Tatchun	Template:Canadian party colour|	Eric Fairclough 454		Michael McGinnis 180					Template:Canadian party colour|	Danny Joe†
Mount Lorne	Template:Canadian party colour|	Lois Moorcroft 484		Allan Doherty 247		Ken Taylor 299		Allen Luheck 166	Template:Canadian party colour|	Lois Moorcroft
Porter Creek North		Luigi Zanasi 191	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Ostashek 403		Don Roberts 384			Template:Canadian party colour|	John Ostashek
Porter Creek South		Mark Dupuis 181		Alan Nordling 397	Template:Canadian party colour|	Pat Duncan 435			Template:Canadian party colour|	Alan Nordling
Riverdale North		Dave Stockdale 347	Template:Canadian party colour|	Doug Phillips 450		Flo Leblanc-Hutchinson 146			Template:Canadian party colour|	Doug Phillips
Riverdale South				Barbara Toombs 349	Template:Canadian party colour|	Sue Edelman 476			Template:Canadian party colour|	Bea Firth†
Riverside		Gary Umbrich 260		Ed Henderson 160	Template:Canadian party colour|	Jack Cable 267			Template:Canadian party colour|	Jack Cable
Ross River-Southern Lakes	Template:Canadian party colour|	Dave Keenan 484				Bill Munroe 49		Willard Phelps 317	Template:Canadian party colour|	Willard Phelps
Vuntut Gwitchin	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Bruce 69 *		Esau Schafer 69		Shirlee Frost 27			Template:Canadian party colour|	Esau Schafer
Watson Lake	Template:Canadian party colour|	Dennis Fentie 442		Barrie Ravenhill 249		Dave Kalles 106		Mickey Thomas 40	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Devries†
Whitehorse Centre	Template:Canadian party colour|	Todd Hardy 328		Linda Dixon 216		Jon Breen 188			Template:Canadian party colour|	Margaret Commodore†
Whitehorse West	Template:Canadian party colour|	David Sloan 486		Shelda Hutton 323		Larry Bagnell 383			Template:Canadian party colour|	David Sloan

• Because of the tie vote, Robert Bruce was declared elected after his name was drawn from a hat. He was later re-elected after a 1997 by-election after irregularities led to a court order invalidating the election.