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1996 Yukon general election

← 1992 September 30, 1996 2000 →
17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	79.58%
First party Second party Third party   YP YLP Leader Piers McDonald John Ostashek Ken Taylor Party New Democratic Yukon Party Liberal Leader since 1995 1992 1995 Leader's seat McIntyre-Takhini Porter Creek North Ran in Mount Lorne (lost) Last election 6 7 1 Seats won 11 3 3 Seat change 5 4 2 Popular vote 5,760 4,392 3,464 Percentage 39.81% 30.36% 23.94% Swing 4.73pp 5.52pp 7.84pp
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 John Ostashek Yukon Party Premier after election Piers McDonald New Democratic

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

Member Changes from Previous 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

• 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.

References

1. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1996 General Election Elections Yukon, 1996. Retrieved March 25, 2021
2. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1996 General Election Elections Yukon, 1996. Retrieved March 25, 2021

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See also: List of Yukon by-elections

• 1996 elections in Canada
• Elections in Yukon
• 1996 in Yukon
• September 1996 events in Canada