The 2011 general election in

Yukon Yukon () is a Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Canada, bordering British Columbia to the south, the Northwest Territories to the east, the Beaufort Sea to the north, and the U.S. state of Alaska to the west. It is Canada’s we ...

, Canada, took place on October 11, 2011, to return members to the 33rd Yukon Legislative Assembly. The incumbent government was led by Darrell Pasloski, who was elected as leader of the

Yukon Party The Yukon Party, formerly the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in Yukon, Canada. History The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party was founded in April 1978. Long time Yukon legislator Hilda Watson was ...

at a convention on May 28, 2011, replacing former Premier Dennis Fentie. The Yukon Party won its third majority government, with Elizabeth Hanson's NDP becoming the Official Opposition, replacing the

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, whose leader Arthur Mitchell was unable to return to the Assembly.

Pre-writ period

Redistribution

In 2008, the Yukon Assembly struck a committee to review the electoral district boundaries for this election. The committee decided to increase the number of seats in the territory to 19. Yukon now matches the other territorial assemblies in the

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately and a 2021 census population of 41,070, it is the second-largest and the most populous of Provinces and territorie ...

and

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in terms of the number of seats. The rural districts outside of the capital city of

Whitehorse Whitehorse () is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas ...

remained unchanged with the exception of Mount Lorne and Southern Lakes which were merged into a single district. The total number of rural districts dropped from 9 to 8. The urban ridings in Whitehorse were increased to 11 from 9. Only three districts in Whitehorse had no boundary changes, Whitehorse Centre,

Riverdale North Riverdale North is an electoral district which elects a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. Along with Riverdale South, it makes up the subdivision of Whitehorse of Riverdale ...

and

Riverdale South Riverdale South is an electoral district which elects a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. Along with Riverdale North, it makes up the subdivision of Whitehorse called Riverd ...

. The riding that received the most significant alteration was Copperbelt. That district was split into four ridings, primarily Copperbelt North and Copperbelt South, while

McIntyre-Takhini McIntyre-Takhini is a former electoral district of the Legislative Assembly which existed from 1992-2009. It was dissolved in 2009 into the ridings Takhini-Kopper King and Mountainview. It contained the Whitehorse subdivisions of Takhini, ...

was significantly expanded in western uninhabited part of Copperbelt and renamed Takhini-Kopper King. An entirely new riding was also created out of Copperbelt called Mountainview. The remaining urban districts all received minor boundary adjustments. The boundary changes were adopted by the Yukon Legislative Assembly in 2009.

Lake Laberge dispute

In the fall of 2009, Yukon Party MLA Brad Cathers had a falling out with Premier Dennis Fentie, and ended up sitting as an independent on the opposition side. Cathers remained a party member despite his public criticism of Fentie. On May 19, 2010, the Yukon Party riding executive of Lake Laberge nominated Brad Cathers as a delegate to the party's 2010 convention. The meeting lasted three hours and saw the riding executive loyal to Fentie, including the President, walk out on the 60 members who attended. Former MLA Al Falle defended Cathers at the meeting. The meeting ended with a board of directors loyal to Cathers being elected.

Summary of results

Official results.

Candidates running

Bold incumbents indicates cabinet members and ''party leaders and the speaker of the assembly'' are ''italicized''.

Rural Yukon

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Klondike , , , Steve Nordick
404 (37.4%) , , , Jorn Meier
147 (13.6%) , , , ,

Sandy Silver Sidney Alexander "Sandy" Silver (born October 15, 1969) is a Canadian politician, who served as the ninth premier of Yukon from 2016 to 2023. He was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election, and was re-elected in 201 ...

530 (49.0%) , , , , , , , Steve Nordick , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kluane , , , ,

Wade Istchenko Wade Istchenko is a Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011, 2016 and 2021 elections. A former cabinet minister, he currently represents the rural Yukon district of Kluane as a member of the oppositi ...

287 (37.9%) , , , Eric Stinson
220 (29.0%) , , , Timothy Cant
219 (28.9%) , , , ''Gerald Dickson'' ( FNP)
32 (4.2%) , , , , Gary McRobb† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Lake Laberge Lake Laberge is a widening of the Yukon River north of Whitehorse, Yukon in Canada. It is long and ranges from wide, with an average depth of , a maximum depth of and a surface area of . Its water is always very cold, and its weather often har ...

, , , , Brad Cathers
528 (51.9%) , , , Frank Turner
330 (32.4%) , , , Mike Simon
159 (15.6%) , , , , , , , Brad Cathers , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Mayo-Tatchun , , , Elaine Wyatt
214 (31.6%) , , , , Jim Tredger
282 (41.7%) , , , Eric Fairclough
181 (26.7%) , , , , , , , Eric Fairclough , - , rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes , rowspan=3, , rowspan=3, Deborah Fulmer
395 (37.9%) , rowspan=3 , , rowspan=3, Kevin Barr
488 (46.8%) , rowspan=3, , rowspan=3, Ted Adel
111 (10.6%) , rowspan=3, , rowspan=3, Stanley James ( FNP)
49 (4.7%) , , , Vacant
'' Mount Lorne'' , - , colspan=2, Merged district , - , , , Patrick Rouble†
'' Southern Lakes'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Pelly-Nisutlin Pelly-Nisutlin is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. It was created in 2002 out of the districts of Faro and Ross River-Southern Lakes. The riding incl ...

, , , ,

Stacey Hassard Stacey Hassard is a Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Pelly-Nisutlin as a member of the Yukon Party caucus. He is a former leader of the Yuko ...

275 (49.4%) , , , Carol Geddes
178 (32.0%) , , , Carl Sidney
73 (13.1%) , , , Elvis Presley (Ind.)
31 (5.6%) , , , , Marian Horne , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Vuntut Gwitchin , , , Garry Njootli
52 (35.9%) , , , , , , , Darius Elias
93 (64.1%) , , , , , , , Darius Elias , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Watson Lake , , , , Patti McLeod
276 (37.8%) , , , Liard McMillan
242 (33.1%) , , , Thomas Slager
165 (22.6%) , , , Patricia Gilhooly (Ind.)
48 (6.6%) , , , , Dennis Fentie†

Whitehorse

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2, Copperbelt North , rowspan=2 , , rowspan=2,

Currie Dixon Currie Dixon (born September 2, 1985) is a Canadian politician, leader of the Yukon Party, and MLA for Copperbelt North. Dixon was a cabinet minister in the government of Darrell Pasloski and is the former MLA for Copperbelt North, having se ...

520 (47.9%) , rowspan=2, , rowspan=2, Skeeter Miller-Wright
159 (14.6%) , rowspan=2, , rowspan=2, '' Arthur Mitchell''
407 (37.5%) , rowspan=2, , rowspan=2,

, colspan=2, Split district , - , rowspan=2 , , rowspan=2, ''Arthur Mitchell''
''

Copperbelt The Copperbelt () is a natural region in Central Africa which sits on the border region between northern Zambia and the south eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It is known for copper mining and is the second largest global reserve of copper, ...

'' , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Copperbelt South , rowspan=2, , rowspan=2, Valerie Boxall
394 (40.4%) , rowspan=2 , , rowspan=2, Lois Moorcroft
397 (40.7%) , rowspan=2, , rowspan=2, Colleen Wirth
184 (18.9%) , rowspan=2, , rowspan=2,

, - , colspan=2, Split district , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Mountainview , , , , '' Darrell Pasloski''
480 (44.8%) , , , Stephen Dunbar-Edge
376 (35.1%) , , , Dave Sloan
216 (20.1%) , , , , colspan=2, New district , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Porter Creek Centre Porter Creek Centre is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada. It was created in 2002 out of the Whitehorse ridings of Porter Creek North and Porter Creek South. It encompass ...

, , , , David Laxton
298 (38.6%) , , , Jean-François Des Lauriers
230 (29.8%) , , , Kerry Huff
245 (31.7%) , , , , , , , Archie Lang† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Porter Creek North Porter Creek North is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada. It contains part of the Whitehorse subdivision of Porter Creek, as well as the subdivisions of Crestview and Kul ...

, , , ,

Doug Graham Sir Douglas Arthur Montrose Graham (born 12 January 1942) is a former New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1984 to 1999, representing the National Party. Early life and family Graham was born in Auckland, and attended Southwell School ...

400 (49.8%) , , , Mike Tribes
253 (31.5%) , , , Dawn Beauchemin
82 (10.2%) , , , Mike Ivens (

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)
69 (8.6%) , , ,

Jim Kenyon Jim Kenyon is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Porter Creek North in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011. He is a member of the Yukon Party. Kenyon was a candidate for the leadership of the Yukon Part ...

† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Porter Creek South Porter Creek South is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada. It comprises part of the Whitehorse subdivision of Porter Creek and is the smallest riding in Whitehorse. It is ...

, , , , Mike Nixon
257 (42.9%) , , , John Carney
99 (16.5%) , , , Don Inverarity
243 (40.6%) , , , , , , Don Inverarity , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

, , , ,

Scott Kent Scott Kent is a Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2000, 2011, 2016 and 2021 Yukon elections. He currently represents the Whitehorse electoral district of Copperbelt South as a member of the Yukon Pa ...

366 (37.1%) , , , Peter Lesniak
296 (30.0%) , , , Christie Richardson
289 (29.3%) , , , ''Kristina Calhoun'' (

)
35 (3.5%) , , , ''

Ted Staffen Ted Staffen is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale North in the Yukon Legislative Assembly as a member of the Yukon Party from 2002 to 2011. He served as the 9th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2003 ...

''† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

, , ,

Glenn Hart Glenn Hart is a Canadian politician, who represented the Whitehorse, Yukon electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011. He is a member of the Yukon Party. Political career Hart was elected in Riv ...

314 (32.4%) , , , , Jan Stick
380 (39.3%) , , ,

Dan Curtis Daniel Mayer Cherkoss (August 12, 1927 – March 27, 2006), known by his pen name Dan Curtis, was an American television and film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was best known as the creator of the gothic soap opera ''Dark Shadows'' ...

274 (28.3%) , , , , , , Glenn Hart , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Takhini-Kopper King , , , Samson Hartland
316 (31.7%) , , , ,

Kate White Kate White is an American author, former magazine editor, and speaker. From 1998 to 2012, she served as the editor-in-chief of ''Cosmopolitan (magazine), Cosmopolitan'' and left to concentrate full time on writing suspense fiction. She is the ...

458 (45.9%) , , , Cherish Clarke
224 (22.4%) , , , , , ,

John Edzerza John Edzerza (August 14, 1948 – November 25, 2011) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of McIntyre-Takhini in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. Political career Born in British Columbia in 1948, he first entered p ...

†

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Whitehorse Centre , , , Marian Horne
202 (24.3%) , , , , '' Elizabeth (Liz) Hanson''
525 (63.2%) , , , Patrick Singh
104 (12.5%) , , , , , , ''Elizabeth (Liz) Hanson'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Whitehorse West , , , , Elaine Taylor
422 (58.2%) , , , Louis R. Gagnon
94 (13.0%) , , , Cully Robinson
209 (28.8%) , , , , , , Elaine Taylor

Timeline

*October 10, 2006, the

, under Dennis Fentie, wins its second

majority government A majority government is a government by one or more governing parties that hold an absolute majority of seats in a legislature. Such a government can consist of one party that holds a majority on its own, or be a coalition government of multi ...

in the 36th Yukon general election. *January 2009,

resigns from the YNDP to sit again as an independent. *August 28, 2009, Brad Cathers, MLA for

resigns from cabinet and the government caucus to sit as an independent member over issues with Premier Dennis Fentie. *September 26, 2009, the NDP chooses Elizabeth Hanson as party leader. *October 22, 2009,

joins the

(which he had previously been a member of until 2006) and now serves as Minister of the Environment. *July 28, 2010, Todd Hardy, MLA for Whitehorse Centre and former leader of the

Yukon New Democratic Party The Yukon New Democratic Party (YNDP; ) is a social democratic political party in the Yukon, Canada. It is the territorial section of the federal New Democratic Party. The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leaders ...

dies after a long battle with leukemia at age 53. *September 17, 2010, the United Citizens Party of Yukon is registered. *December 13, 2010, in a by-election, Elizabeth Hanson is elected MLA of Whitehorse Centre with 51% of the vote. *February 28, 2011, the

Yukon Green Party The Yukon Green Party () was a territorial green political party in Yukon, Canada. It was inspired by the Green Party of Canada. Its first leader was Kristina Calhoun, a stay-at-home mother, who has lived in Yukon since 2006. The party began ...

is registered. *April/May 2011, United Citizens Party leader

Willard Phelps Willard Leroy Phelps (born October 23, 1941) is a former Yukon politician, who briefly served as the second premier of Yukon in 1985. Background Born in 1941, he was the grandson of Willard "Deacon" Phelps and the son of John Phelps, both for ...

resigns. *May 28, 2011, the Yukon Party chooses Darrell Pasloski as party leader and Premier at a convention in

. *June 12, 2011, Darrell Pasloski is sworn in as Premier. *June 29, 2011, Brad Cathers rejoins the Yukon Party. *July 6, 2011, Steve Cardiff MLA for Mount Lorne dies in a car accident. *August 2011, Kristina Calhoun is appointed leader of the

. *September 6, 2011, the Yukon First Nations Party is registered, Gerald Dickson is the leader. *September 9, 2011, issue of the writs. *September 19, 2011, 62 candidates are successfully nominated, none from the United Citizens Party, causing it to be deregistered. *October 2 & 3, 2011, advance polling. *October 5, 2011,

CBC North CBC North (; ; ) is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio and television service for the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon of Northern Canada as well as Eeyou Istchee and Nunavik in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec. Hist ...

hosts a leader's debate with Hanson, Mitchell, and Pasloski. *October 11, 2011, polling day. *October 17, 2011, return of the writs. Elections Yukon also announces the results of a recount in Copperbelt South, confirming Lois Moorcroft's three-vote margin of victory over Valerie Boxall."Moorcroft confirmed Copperbelt South winner"

CBC News CBC News is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC ...

, October 17, 2011.

Retiring MLAs

Opinion polls

Notes

References

External links

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