YUKON GENERAL ELECTION, 2006

The '32nd Yukon general election' was held on October 10, 2006, in the Yukon Territory in Canada to elect members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. The Premier of Yukon has asked the territorial Commissioner for a dissolution of the Assembly on September 8, 2006. Because of changes in the Yukon Act, the new government will have a mandate for as long as five years instead of four.

Contents

Results

By party

By region

By rank

Changes since the last election

Campaign slogans

Results by riding

Rural Yukon

Whitehorse

Opinion Polls

External links

Elections

Results

By party

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				2002	Dissolution	'Elected'	% Change	#	%	Yukon Party	Dennis Fentie	18	12	9	10	-16.7	5,503	40.6	Liberal	Arthur Mitchell	18	1	4	5	+400.0	4,704	34.7	New Democrats	Todd Hardy	18	5	3	3	-40.0	3,197	23.6	Independents		4	0	2	0	-	143	1.1
Total			58	18	18	18	-	13,547	100.0

By region

Party name			Whitehorse	Rural	Total	Yukon Party	Seats:	5	5	10	Popular vote:	38.9%	42.9%	40.6%	Liberal	Seats:	2	3	5	Popular vote:	38.3%	30.0%	34.7%	New Democratic Party	Seats:	2	1	3	Popular vote:	22.8%	24.6%	23.6%	Independent	Seats:	(no candidate)	0	0	Popular vote:	(no candidate)	2.5%	1.1%
Total seats:			9	9	18

By rank

'Party '		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth
Yukon Party	10	5	3	0	Liberal	5	9	4	0	New Democrats	3	4	11	0	Independents	0	0	0	4

Changes since the last election

★ Haakon Arntzen leaves the Yukon Party caucus after investigations into several sexual assault cases in the 70's and the 80's began. While serving as an independent, he was found guilty. The Opposition called for his resignation, however this was rebuffed by the Government who believed he should be sentenced first.

★ The Liberal Party held a leadership race after Pat Duncan lost the previous election moving from government to only one seat and third place. The party chose Arthur Mitchell over Duncan to lead the party.

★ Arntzen resigns from the legislature on September 9 2005. A by-election was held on November 21 2005 to fill the Copperbelt seat and Liberal leader Arthur Mitchell won the election with almost 50% of the vote.

★ Peter Jenkins, member for Klondike, resigns from Yukon Party, November 28 2005 and from the cabinet after a dispute with the Premier over the payment of loans.

★ Gary McRobb, member for Kluane, and Eric Fairclough, member for Mayo-Tatchun were expelled from the New Democratic Party (NDP) on February 28 2006 and March 1 2006 respectively when it is learned that they are exploring the possibility of running as independents or Liberals in the next election.

★ McRobb (on March 17 2006) and Fairclough (on May 1 2006) both joined the Liberal caucus. Fairclough's joining brought the Liberals ahead of the NDP making them the official opposition. [1]

★ Edzerza on August 2 2006 resigned from cabinet and the Yukon Party caucus; the following day, Edzerza said he would seek the NDP nomination in his riding. In accordance with NDP policy, Edzerza is to sit as an independent until nominated and elected as an NDP candidate.

Campaign slogans

★ Yukon Party: Imagine tomorrow

★ Yukon Liberal Party: Putting people first

★ Yukon New Democratic Party: Leading the way

Results by riding

''names in bold indicate cabinet ministers, names in italics are party leaders''

Rural Yukon

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Klondike
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|Steve Nordick
405
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|Steve Taylor
132
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|Jorn Meier
297
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|Glen Everitt
56
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|Peter Jenkins
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kluane
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|Jim Bowers
176
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|Gary McRobb
317
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|Lillian Grubach-Hambrook
82
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|Freddy Hutter
19
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|Gary McRobb
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lake Laberge
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|'Brad Cathers'
458
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|Jon Breen
221
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|Nina Sutherland
120
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|'Brad Cathers'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mayo-Tatchun
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|Jean VanBibber
166
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|Eric Fairclough
301
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|Karen Gage
99
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|Eric Fairclough
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Lorne
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|Valerie Boxall
236
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|Colleen Wirth
231
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|Steve Cardiff
361
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|Steve Cardiff
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pelly-Nisutlin
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|Marian Horne
241
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|Hammond Dick
145
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|Gwen Wally
146
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|Elvis Aaron Presley
40
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|Dean Hassard
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Southern Lakes
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|Patrick Rouble
276
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|Ethel Tizya
134
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|Kevin Barr
238
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|Patrick Rouble
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Vuntut Gwitchin
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|William Josie
37
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|Darius Elias
65
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|Lorraine Peter
40
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|Lorraine Peter
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Watson Lake
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|'''Dennis Fentie'''
495
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|Rick Harder
196
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|Rachael Lewis
45
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|Dale Robert Worsfold
28
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|'''Dennis Fentie'''
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Whitehorse

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Copperbelt
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|Russ Hobbis
374
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|''Arthur Mitchell''
632
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|David Hedmann
191
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|''Arthur Mitchell''
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|McIntyre-Takhini
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|Vicki Durrant
201
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|Ed Schultz
328
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|John Edzerza
334
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|John Edzerza
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek Centre
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|'Archie Lang'
344
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|David Laxton
224
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|Kate White
159
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|'Archie Lang'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek North
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|'Jim Kenyon'
311
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|Dale Cheeseman
191
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|Dave Hobbis
158
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|'Jim Kenyon'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek South
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|Dean Hassard
298
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|Don Inverarity
304
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|Samson Hartland
97
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|Pat Duncan
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale North
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|Ted Staffen
429
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|Lesley Cabott
377
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|James McCullough
172
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|Ted Staffen
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale South
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|'Glenn Hart'
357
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|Phil Treusch
324
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|Peter Lesniak
226
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|'Glenn Hart'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse Centre
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|Jerry Johnson
188
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|Bernie Phillips
211
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|''Todd Hardy''
357
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|''Todd Hardy''
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse West
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|'Elaine Taylor'
511
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|Mike Walton
371
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|Rhoda Merkel
75
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|'Elaine Taylor'
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Opinion Polls

Polling Firm	Date	'YP'	'Lib'	'NDP'	'Ind'
'Results of Election 2002'		40	29	27	4
DataPath	July 2002	23	35	35	5
DataPath	March 2004	31	26	22	21
DataPath	February 2005	31	23	33	13
DataPath	May 2005	28	29	30	13
DataPath	August 2005	30	21	43	6
TrendLines	August 2005	35	30	34
TrendLines	September 2005	35	29	35
TrendLines	October 2005	32	32	36
DataPath	December 2005	25	31	35	9
TrendLines	January 2006	26	34	37	2
TrendLines	March 2006	31	32	33	4
TrendLines	May 2006	27	27	29	17
DataPath	May 2006	29	31	33	7
TrendLines	June 2006	26	26	27	21
TrendLines	July 2006	35	33	23	10
DataPath	August 2006	33	30	31	6
TrendLines	September 2006	32	39	23	7
DataPath	October 2006	34	37	25	4
TrendLines	October 2006	35	32	31	2

Trendlines polls from Oct 2005 to June 2006 are based on a 100 day rolling average. Trendlines polls from July 2006 to Oct 2006 only include the respective monthly figures.
Trendlines has conducted a poll in every riding every month for several months. According to the September/October polls, the Yukon Party could form a minority government with 7 of the 18 seats; or the Liberal Party and NDP could form a majority coalition with 11 out of the 18 seats.

Trendlines Riding polls
District	'YP'	'Lib'	'NDP'	'Ind'
Copperbelt	28	'56'	16	0
Klondike	23	14	'55'	9
Kluane	14	36	'43'	7
Lake Laberge	'34'	31	28	6 ★
McIntyre-Takhini	'46'	15	38	0
Mayo-Tatchun	33	'50'	17	0
Mount Lorne	32	18	'50'	0
Pelly-Nisutlin	'42'	8	25	25
Porter Creek Centre	'50'	35	15	0
Porter Creek North	29	29	'43'	0
Porter Creek South	35	'55'	10	0
Riverdale North	33	'40'	27	0
Riverdale South	'50'	25	25	0
Southern Lakes	32	14	'46'	7
Vuntut Gwitchin	14	'57'	29	0
Watson Lake	'63'	17	13	8
Whitehorse Centre	10	20	'70'	0
Whitehorse West	'55'	41	5	0
Totals	7	5	6	0

★ Independent candidate Tim Zeigdel has since withdrawn.

★ TrendLines

External links

★ Nodice.ca - Yukon Territorial Election 2006

Elections

Preceded by: Yukon general election, 2002

Yukon Elections

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