1992 Yukon general election

The 1992 Yukon general election was held on October 19, 1992 to elect members of the 28th Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the Yukon Party.[2]

1992 Yukon general election
October 19, 1992
17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.54%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
  YP LIB
Leader John Ostashek Tony Penikett Paul Thériault
Party Yukon Party New Democratic Liberal
Leader since 1991 1981 1992
Leader's seat Porter Creek North Whitehorse West Ran in Riverdale South (lost)
Last election 7 9 0
Seats won 7 6 1
Seat change 0 Decrease3 Increase1
Popular vote 4,675 4,571 2,098
Percentage 35.88% 35.08% 16.10%
Swing Decrease8.14pp Decrease9.81pp Increase5.01pp
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.
Premier before election

Tony Penikett
New Democratic

 Premier after election

John Ostashek
Yukon Party

Results by party
Summary of the 1992 Legislative Assembly of Yukon election results[3]
Party Party leader Candidates Seats Popular vote
1989 Dissol. 1992 Change # % Change
Yukon Party John Ostashek 14 7 7 7 0 4,675 35.88% -8.14%
New Democratic Tony Penikett 17 9 9 6 -3 4,571 35.08% -9.81%
  Independent 7 0 0 3 +3 1,686 12.94% N/A
Liberal Paul Thériault 14 0 0 1 +1 2,098 16.10% +5.01%
Total 52 16 16 17 +1 13,030 100.00%
Popular vote
Yukon Party
 
 35.88%
New Democratic
 
 35.08%
Liberal
 
 16.10%
Independent
 
 12.94%
Seats summary
Yukon Party
 
 41.18%
New Democratic
 
 35.29%
Independent
 
 17.65%
Liberal
 
 5.88%

Incumbents not Running for Reelection

The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 1992 election:

New Democratic Party

Yukon Party

Riding Results

Bold indicates party leaders
† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
YukonLiberalNDPOther
Faro Jim McLachlan
337		 Trevor Harding
388		 Maurice Byblow†
Klondike David Millar
409		 Art Webster
355		 Art Webster
Kluane Bill Brewster
377		 Wolf Riedl
256		 Bill Brewster
Lake Laberge Mickey Fisher
345		 Bonnie Hurlock
210		 Sandra Gibbs
192		 Chris Gladish
223		 New District
McIntyre-Takhini Scott Howell
290		 Larry Bill
126		 Piers McDonald
313		 New District
Mayo-Tatchun Si Mason-Wood
264		 Roddy Blackjack
99		 Danny Joe
297		 New District
Mount Lorne Chuck Walker
302		 Roger Moore
89		 Lois Moorcroft
316		 Barb Harris
202		 New District
Porter Creek North John Ostashek
474		 Eldon Organ
125		 Carl Rumscheidt
301		 New District
Porter Creek South Shayne Fairman
261		 Brian McLaughlin
240		 Alan Nordling
435		 New District
Riverdale North Doug Phillips
557		 Lesley Cabott
106		 Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld
292		 Doug Phillips
Riverdale South Dale Stokes
293		 Paul Thériault
48		 Maurice Byblow
242		 Bea Firth
384		 Bea Firth
Riverside Nancy Huston
265		 Jack Cable
291		 Joyce Hayden
212		 New District
Ross River-Southern Lakes Jim Smarch
45		 Sam Johnston
234		 Willard Phelps
338
Timothy Cant
92		 New District
Vuntut Gwitchin Johnny Abel
96		 Grafton Njootli
56		 Norma Kassi†
Watson Lake John Devries
485		 Ron Lutz
56		 Karel Kauppinen
285		 John Devries
Whitehorse Centre Chuck Rear
286		 Phil Wheelton
191		 Margaret Commodore
288		 Margaret Commodore
Whitehorse West Bob Bruneau
232		 Shaun Patrick Dennehy
114		 Tony Penikett
304		 Bernd Schmidt
12		 Tony Penikett

References
  1. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1992 General Election Elections Yukon, 1992. Retrieved March 26, 2021
  2. "Ostashek urges Yukon electoral reform". CBC. September 14, 2006. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  3. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1992 General Election Elections Yukon, 1992. Retrieved March 26, 2021
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