The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30, 1996 to elect the seventeen members of the 29th

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. The governing Yukon Party, a conservative party, was defeated by the

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(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

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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 , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Faro , , , Trevor Harding
530 , , , , Ed Peake
29 , , , , , Trevor Harding , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Klondike , , Tim Gerberding
372 , , , Peter Jenkins
603 , , Glen Everitt
96 , , John Cramp
21 , , , David Millar† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kluane , , , Gary McRobb
377 , , Olli Wirth
144 , , John Farynowski
177 , , Bonnie Lock
66 , , , Bill Brewster† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Lake Laberge , , , Doug Livingston
328 , , Mickey Fisher
325 , , Linda Biensch
242 , , Mark Bain
221 , , , Mickey Fisher , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, McIntyre-Takhini , , , Piers McDonald
441 , , Scott Howell
251 , , Rosemary Couch
182 , , Clinton Fraser
21 , , , Piers McDonald , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Mayo-Tatchun , , , Eric Fairclough
454 , , Michael McGinnis
180 , , , , , , , Danny Joe† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Mount Lorne , , , Lois Moorcroft
484 , , Allan Doherty
247 , , Ken Taylor
299 , , Allen Luheck
166 , , , Lois Moorcroft , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Porter Creek North , , Luigi Zanasi
191 , , , John Ostashek
403 , , Don Roberts
384 , , , , , John Ostashek , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Porter Creek South , , Mark Dupuis
181 , , Alan Nordling
397 , , , Pat Duncan
435 , , , , , Alan Nordling , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Riverdale North , , Dave Stockdale
347 , , , Doug Phillips
450 , , Flo Leblanc-Hutchinson
146 , , , , , Doug Phillips , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Riverdale South , , , , Barbara Toombs
349 , , , Sue Edelman
476 , , , , , Bea Firth† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Riverside , , Gary Umbrich
260 , , Ed Henderson
160 , , , Jack Cable
267 , , , , , Jack Cable , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Ross River-Southern Lakes , , , Dave Keenan
484 , , , , Bill Munroe
49 , , Willard Phelps
317 , , , Willard Phelps , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Vuntut Gwitchin , , ,

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69 * , , Esau Schafer
69 , , Shirlee Frost
27 , , , , , Esau Schafer , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Watson Lake , , , Dennis Fentie
442 , , Barrie Ravenhill
249 , , Dave Kalles
106 , , Mickey Thomas
40 , , , John Devries† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Whitehorse Centre , , , Todd Hardy
328 , , Linda Dixon
216 , , Jon Breen
188 , , , , , Margaret Commodore† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Whitehorse West , , , David Sloan
486 , , Shelda Hutton
323 , , Larry Bagnell
383 , , , , , David Sloan *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

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