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The Yukon Liberal Party (french: Parti libéral du Yukon) is a political party in the territory of
Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...
, Canada. The party is not organizationally linked to the federal
Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada (french: Parti libéral du Canada, region=CA) is a federal political party in Canada. The party espouses the principles of liberalism,McCall, Christina; Stephen Clarkson"Liberal Party". ''The Canadian Encyclopedia ...
in any official manner.
Sandy Silver Sidney Alexander "Sandy" Silver (born October 15, 1969) is a Canadian politician, the ninth and current premier of Yukon since 2016. He was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election, and was re-elected in 2016. He r ...
, MLA for Klondike, is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party and
Premier of Yukon The premier of Yukon is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian territory of Yukon. The post is the territory's head of government, although its powers are considerably more limited than that of a provincial premier. The offic ...
.


History

After twenty years as a minor party, the Yukon Liberal Party won the 2000 general election and formed a government under
Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of gov ...
Pat Duncan. The government, however, was reduced to
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status. Duncan called a
snap election A snap election is an election that is called earlier than the one that has been scheduled. Generally, a snap election in a parliamentary system (the dissolution of parliament) is called to capitalize on an unusual electoral opportunity or t ...
for November 2002 in the hope of regaining her government's majority. The party was almost completely wiped out, however, by the
Yukon Party The Yukon Party (french: Parti du Yukon) is a conservatism, conservative political party in Yukon, Canada. It is the successor to the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party. Formation With Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister Brian Mulrone ...
. Duncan won the Liberals' sole seat in the Yukon Party's landslide. The Liberal Party remained in opposition until the 2016 general election where the party went from third place in the legislature to majority government with its leader, Sandy Silver, becoming Premier.


Election results


Leaders

* Iain MacKay 1978–1981 * Ron Veale 1981–1984 * Roger Coles 1984–1986 * Jim McLachlan 1986–1989 * Paul Thériault 1989–1992 * Jack Cable 1992–1995 * Ken Taylor 1995–1997 * Jack Cable 1997–1998 * Pat Duncan 1998–2005 * Arthur Mitchell 2005–2011 * Darius Elias 2011–2012 *
Sandy Silver Sidney Alexander "Sandy" Silver (born October 15, 1969) is a Canadian politician, the ninth and current premier of Yukon since 2016. He was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election, and was re-elected in 2016. He r ...
2012–present


External links


Yukon Liberal Party Yukon Liberal Caucus Yukon Federal Liberal Association Riding Constitution of Yukon liberal party (PDF)


See also

*
List of political parties in Canada This article lists political parties in Canada. Federal parties In contrast with the political party systems of many nations, Canadian parties at the federal level are often only loosely connected with parties at the provincial level, despite ha ...
* List of premiers of Yukon * List of Yukon Leaders of Opposition


Notes

{{Major Canadian Liberal Parties Territorial political parties in Yukon Liberal parties in Canada 1978 establishments in Yukon Centrist parties in Canada