26th Legislature of Yukon

The 26th Yukon Legislative Assembly convened in 1985.^[1] The NDP led by Tony Penikett was formed minority government.

Membership in the 26th Assembly

The following members were elected to the 26th Yukon Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1985:^[2]

	Member	Party	Electoral district	First elected / previously elected
	Sam Johnston	NDP	Campbell	1985
	Jim McLachlan	Liberal	Faro	1985
	Willard Phelps	Progressive Conservative	Hootalinqua	1974,[a] 1985
	Art Webster	NDP	Klondike	1985
	Bill Brewster	Progressive Conservative	Kluane	1982
	Piers McDonald	NDP	Mayo	1982
	Norma Kassi	NDP	Old Crow	1985
	Roger Coles	Liberal	Tatchun	1985
	Danny Joe (1987)	NDP		1987
	Dave Porter	NDP	Watson Lake	1982
	Margaret Commodore	NDP	Whitehorse North Centre	1982
	Daniel Lang	Progressive Conservative	Whitehorse Porter Creek East	1974
	Andy Philipsen	Progressive Conservative	Whitehorse Porter Creek West	1982
	Alan Nordling (1986)	Progressive Conservative		1986
	Doug Phillips	Progressive Conservative	Whitehorse Riverdale North	1985
	Bea Firth	Progressive Conservative	Whitehorse Riverdale South	1982
	Roger Kimmerly	NDP	Whitehorse South Centre	1981
	Tony Penikett	NDP	Whitehorse West	1978

Membership changes

Changes in seats held (1985–1989)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Whitehorse Porter Creek West	September 13, 1985	Andy Philipsen	█ PC	Death	February 10, 1986	Alan Nordling	█ PC
Tatchun	October 31, 1986	Roger Coles	█ Liberal	Resignation	February 2, 1987	Danny Joe	█ New Democratic

By-elections

2 by-elections was held in the districts of Whitehorse Porter Creek West and Tatchun in 1986 and 1987.^[3][4]

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Whitehorse Porter Creek West	Alan Nordling	Progressive Conservative	February 10, 1986	Death
Tatchun	Danny Joe	NDP	February 2, 1987	Resignation after pleading guilty to cocaine trafficking, and was sentenced to three years in prison.

Notes

1. Whitehorse Riverdale