2000 Yukon general election

The 2000 Yukon general election was held on April 17, 2000 to elect members of the 30th Yukon Legislative Assembly in the Yukon Territory in Canada. The incumbent NDP government was defeated by the Liberal Party, which formed a majority government.

2000 Yukon general election

← 1996 April 17, 2000 2002 →
17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	78.58%[1] ( 1.00pp)
First party Second party Third party   YLP YP Leader Pat Duncan Piers McDonald John Ostashek Party Liberal New Democratic Yukon Party Leader's seat Porter Creek South McIntyre-Takhini (lost re-election) Porter Creek North (lost re-election) Last election 3 11 3 Seats won 10 6 1 Seat change 7 5 2 Popular vote 6,119 4,677 3,466 Percentage 42.90% 32.80% 24.30% Swing 18.96pp 7.01pp 6.06pp
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 Piers McDonald New Democratic Premier after election Pat Duncan Liberal

Standings

Summary of the 2000 Legislative Assembly of Yukon election results^[2]

Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1996	Dissol.	2000	Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Pat Duncan	17	3	4	10	+7	6,119	42.90%	+18.96%
	New Democratic	Piers McDonald	17	11	10	6	-5	4,677	32.80%	-7.01%
	Yukon Party	John Ostashek	15	3	3	1	-2	3,466	24.30%	-6.06%
Total			49	17	17	17		14,262	100.00%

Popular vote Liberal   42.90% New Democratic   32.80% Yukon Party   24.30%

Seats summary Liberal   58.82% New Democratic   35.29% Yukon Party   5.88%

Member Changes from Previous Election

Changes in seats held (1996-2000)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Lake Laberge[3]	August 30, 1999	Doug Livingston	█ New Democratic	Resignation	October 25, 1999	Pam Buckway	█ Liberal

• Liberals form Official Opposition, following Lake Laberge by-election.

Incumbents not Running for Reelection

The Yukon Legislature after the 2000 election.

The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 2000 election:

Liberal Party

• Jack Cable (Riverside)

New Democratic Party

• Robert Bruce (Vuntut Gwitchin)

Yukon Party

• Doug Phillips (Riverdale North)

Results by Riding

Bold indicates party leaders
† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Yukon		Liberal		NDP		Other
Faro				Jim McLachlan 53		Trevor Harding 177				Trevor Harding
Klondike		Peter Jenkins 424		Stuart Schmidt 397		Aedes Scheer 249				Peter Jenkins
Kluane		Charlie Eikland 208		Gerald Brown 113		Gary McRobb 405				Gary McRobb
Lake Laberge		Roger Gallagher 363		Pam Buckway 514		Gary LeGoffe 182				Pam Buckway
McIntyre-Takhini		John Edzerza 265		Wayne Jim 376		Piers McDonald 338				Piers McDonald
Mayo-Tatchun				Wilf Tuck 277		Eric Fairclough 446				Eric Fairclough
Mount Lorne		Ken Gabb 269		Cynthia Tucker 563		Lois Moorcroft 422				Lois Moorcroft
Porter Creek North		John Ostashek 323		Don Roberts 504		Sidney Maddison 114				John Ostashek
Porter Creek South		Larry W Carlyle 235		Pat Duncan 607		Mark Dupuis 103				Pat Duncan
Riverdale North		Daphne White 172		Dale Eftoda 454		Rachael Lewis 233				Doug Phillips†
Riverdale South		Ginny Macdonald 205		Sue Edelman 422		Heather Finton 237				Sue Edelman
Riverside		Michael Wienert 100		Scott Kent 359		Jasbir Randhawa 202				Jack Cable†
Ross River-Southern Lakes		Ed Hall 150		Dorothy John 187		Dave Keenan 357				Dave Keenan
Vuntut Gwitchin		Kathie Nukon 53		Esau Schafer 61		Lorraine Netro 69				Robert Bruce†
Watson Lake		Mickey Thomas 144		Isaac Wood 272		Dennis Fentie 434				Dennis Fentie
Whitehorse Centre		Vicki Durrant 130		Mike McLarnon 312		Todd Hardy 229				Todd Hardy
Whitehorse West		Elaine Taylor 425		Dennis Schneider 621		David Sloan 480				David Sloan