2000 Yukon general election

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.

2000 Yukon general election
April 17, 2000
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

Standings
Summary of the 2000 Legislative Assembly of Yukon election results[2]
Party Party leader Candidates Seats Popular vote
1996 Dissol. 2000 Change # % Change
Liberal Pat Duncan 17 3 4 10 +7 6,119 42.90% +18.96%
New Democratic Piers McDonald 17 11 10 6 -5 4,677 32.80% -7.01%
Yukon Party John Ostashek 15 3 3 1 -2 3,466 24.30% -6.06%
Total 49 17 17 17 14,262 100.00%
Popular vote
Liberal
 
 42.90%
New Democratic
 
 32.80%
Yukon Party
 
 24.30%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
 58.82%
New Democratic
 
 35.29%
Yukon Party
 
 5.88%

Member Changes from Previous Election
Changes in seats held (1996-2000)
Seat Before Change
Date Member Party Reason Date Member Party
Lake Laberge[3] August 30, 1999 Doug Livingston █ New Democratic Resignation October 25, 1999 Pam Buckway █ Liberal
  • Liberals form Official Opposition, following Lake Laberge by-election.

Incumbents not Running for Reelection
The Yukon Legislature after the 2000 election.

The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 2000 election:

Liberal Party

New Democratic Party

Yukon Party

Results by Riding

Bold indicates party leaders
† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
YukonLiberalNDPOther
Faro Jim McLachlan
53		   Trevor Harding
177		     Trevor Harding
Klondike   Peter Jenkins
424		 Stuart Schmidt
397		 Aedes Scheer
249		     Peter Jenkins
Kluane Charlie Eikland
208		 Gerald Brown
113		   Gary McRobb
405		     Gary McRobb
Lake Laberge Roger Gallagher
363		   Pam Buckway
514		 Gary LeGoffe
182		     Pam Buckway
McIntyre-Takhini John Edzerza
265		   Wayne Jim
376		 Piers McDonald
338		   Piers McDonald
Mayo-Tatchun Wilf Tuck
277		   Eric Fairclough
446		   Eric Fairclough
Mount Lorne Ken Gabb
269		   Cynthia Tucker
563		 Lois Moorcroft
422		     Lois Moorcroft
Porter Creek North John Ostashek
323		   Don Roberts
504		 Sidney Maddison
114		   John Ostashek
Porter Creek South Larry W Carlyle
235		   Pat Duncan
607		 Mark Dupuis
103		     Pat Duncan
Riverdale North Daphne White
172		   Dale Eftoda
454		 Rachael Lewis
233		     Doug Phillips†
Riverdale South Ginny Macdonald
205		   Sue Edelman
422		 Heather Finton
237		     Sue Edelman
Riverside Michael Wienert
100		   Scott Kent
359		 Jasbir Randhawa
202		   Jack Cable†
Ross River-Southern Lakes Ed Hall
150		 Dorothy John
187		   Dave Keenan
357		     Dave Keenan
Vuntut Gwitchin Kathie Nukon
53		 Esau Schafer
61		   Lorraine Netro
69		     Robert Bruce†
Watson Lake Mickey Thomas
144		 Isaac Wood
272		   Dennis Fentie
434		     Dennis Fentie
Whitehorse Centre Vicki Durrant
130		   Mike McLarnon
312		 Todd Hardy
229		   Todd Hardy
Whitehorse West Elaine Taylor
425		   Dennis Schneider
621		 David Sloan
480		     David Sloan

References
  1. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved March 25, 2021
  2. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved March 25, 2021
  3. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on a By-election in Lake Laberge Elections Yukon, 1999. Retrieved March 25, 2021
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