Yukon general election, 2000

Yukon general election, 2000

April 17, 2000

17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   LIB NDP 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 7 -4 -2 Popular vote 6,092 4,677 3,466 Percentage 42.7% 32.8% 23.3%

Government Leader before election Piers McDonald New Democratic Premier-designate Pat Duncan Liberal

The Yukon Legislature after the 2000 election.

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

Yukon Votes 2000

Electoral District	Candidates									Incumbent
		Yukon		Liberal		NDP		Other
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

Member changes from previous election

• Lake Laberge, Pam Buckway (Lib) elected in October 1999 by-election to replace Doug Livingston (NDP)
• Liberals form Official Opposition, bumping the Yukon Party.