29th Legislature of Yukon

The 29th Yukon Legislative Assembly convened in 1996.^[1] The NDP led by Piers McDonald formed a majority government.

Membership in the 29th Assembly

The following members were elected to the 29th Yukon Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1996:^[2]

	Member	Party	Electoral district	First elected / previously elected
	Trevor Harding	NDP	Faro	1992
	Peter Jenkins	Yukon Party	Klondike	1996
	Gary McRobb	NDP	Kluane	1996
	Doug Livingston	NDP	Lake Laberge	1996
	Pam Buckway (1999)	Liberal		1999
	Eric Fairclough	NDP	Mayo-Tatchun	1996
	Piers McDonald	NDP	McIntyre-Takhini	1982
	Lois Moorcroft	NDP	Mount Lorne	1992
	John Ostashek	Yukon Party	Porter Creek North	1992
	Pat Duncan	Liberal	Porter Creek South	1996
	Doug Phillips	Yukon Party	Riverdale North	1985
	Sue Edelman	Liberal	Riverdale South	1996
	Jack Cable	Liberal	Riverside	1992
	Dave Keenan	NDP	Ross River-Southern Lakes	1996
	Robert Bruce	NDP	Vuntut Gwitchin	1996
	Dennis Fentie	NDP	Watson Lake	1996
	Todd Hardy	NDP	Whitehorse Centre	1996
	David Sloan	NDP	Whitehorse West	1996

Membership changes

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.

By-elections

2 by-elections was held in the districts of Whitehorse West and Vuntut Gwitchin in 1996.^[4][5]

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Vuntut Gwitchin	Robert Bruce	NDP	April 1, 1997	Void Election
Lake Laberge	Pam Buckway	Liberal	October 25, 1999	Death (boating accident)