31st Legislature of Yukon

The 31st Yukon Legislative Assembly convened in 2002, after the victory of the Yukon Party led by Dennis Fentie in the 2002 Yukon general election. The Yukon Party formed the territorial government, Dennis Fentie became the premier, and Ted Staffen became the speaker.

Membership in the 31st Assembly

The following members were elected to the 31st Yukon Legislative Assembly in the general election of November 4, 2002:^[1]

	Member	Party	Electoral district	First elected / previously elected
	Haakon Arntzen	Yukon Party	Copperbelt	2002
		Independent
	Arthur Mitchell (2005)	Liberal		2005
	Peter Jenkins	Yukon Party	Klondike	1996
		Independent
	Gary McRobb	NDP	Kluane	1996
		Independent
		Liberal
	Brad Cathers	Yukon Party	Lake Laberge	2002
	Eric Fairclough	NDP	Mayo-Tatchun	1996
		Independent
		Liberal
	John Edzerza	Yukon Party	McIntyre-Takhini	2002
	Steve Cardiff	NDP	Mount Lorne	2002
	Dean Hassard	Yukon Party	Pelly-Nisutlin	2002
	Archie Lang	Yukon Party	Porter Creek Centre	2002
	Jim Kenyon	Yukon Party	Porter Creek North	2002
	Pat Duncan	Liberal	Porter Creek South	1996
	Ted Staffen	Yukon Party	Riverdale North	2002
	Glenn Hart	Yukon Party	Riverdale South	2002
	Patrick Rouble	Yukon Party	Southern Lakes	2002
	Lorraine Peter	NDP	Vuntut Gwitchin	2000
	Dennis Fentie	Yukon Party	Watson Lake	1996[a]
	Todd Hardy	NDP	Whitehorse Centre	1996, 2002
	Elaine Taylor	Yukon Party	Whitehorse West	2002

Standings changes after the 2002 general election

Number of members per party by date		2002	2004	2005	2005
		Nov 4	Apr 28	Nov 21	Nov 28
	Yukon Party	12	11	11	10
	NDP	5	5	5	5
	Liberal Party	1	1	2	2
	Independent	0	1	0	1
	Total members	18
	Vacant	0
	Government Majority	6	4	2	2

Membership changes

Membership changes in the 33rd Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	April 28, 2004	Haakon Arntzen	Copperbelt	Independent	Left the Yukon Party caucus to sit as an Independent.
	November 21, 2005	Arthur Mitchell	Copperbelt	Liberal Party	Arthur Mitchell succeeded Haakon Arntzen in the Copperbelt By-Election.
	November 28, 2005	Peter Jenkins	Klondike	Independent	Peter Jenkins left the Yukon Party caucus and cabinet due to outstanding loans to the territorial government.[2]

By-elections

A by-election was held in the district of Copperbelt in 2005:^[3]

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Copperbelt	Arthur Mitchell	Liberal Party	November 21, 2005	Haakon Arntzen was convicted for indecent assault and resigned on September 9, 2005[4]

Notes

1. First elected as a New Democrat