2006 Yukon general election

2006 Yukon general election

October 10, 2006
18 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	72.9%
First party Second party Third party   YLP NDP Leader Dennis Fentie Arthur Mitchell Todd Hardy Party Yukon Party Liberal New Democratic Leader since 2003 2005 2002 Leader's seat Watson Lake Copperbelt Whitehorse Centre Last election 12 1 5 Seats won 10 5 3 Seat change 2 4 2 Popular vote 5,503 4,704 3,197 Percentage 40.6% 34.7% 23.6% Swing 0.3pp 5.7pp 3.3pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Premier before election Dennis Fentie Yukon Party Premier after election Dennis Fentie Yukon Party

The 2006 Yukon general election was held on October 10, 2006, in Yukon, Canada, to elect members of the 32nd Yukon Legislative Assembly. The Premier of Yukon asked the territorial Commissioner for a dissolution of the Assembly on September 8, 2006. Because of changes in the Yukon Act, the Yukon Party government's mandate resulting from this election is for as long as five years instead of four.

Results

By party

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				2002	Dissolution	Elected	% Change	#	%
	Yukon Party	Dennis Fentie	18	12	9	10	-16.7	5,503	40.6
	Liberal	Arthur Mitchell	18	1	4	5	+400.0	4,704	34.7
	New Democratic	Todd Hardy	18	5	3	3	-40.0	3,197	23.6
	Independents		4	0	2	0	-	143	1.1
Total			58	18	18	18	-	13,547	100.0

By region

Party name			Whitehorse	Rural	Total
	Yukon Party	Seats:	5	5	10
		Popular vote:	38.9%	42.9%	40.6%
	Liberal	Seats:	2	3	5
		Popular vote:	38.3%	30.0%	34.7%
	New Democratic Party	Seats:	2	1	3
		Popular vote:	22.8%	24.6%	23.6%
	Independent	Seats:	(no candidate)	0	0
		Popular vote:	(no candidate)	2.5%	1.1%
Total seats:			9	9	18

By rank

Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth
	Yukon Party	10	5	3	0
	Liberal	5	9	4	0
	New Democratic	3	4	11	0
	Independents	0	0	0	4

Changes since the last election

• Haakon Arntzen leaves the Yukon Party caucus after investigations into several sexual assault cases in the 70's and the 80's began. While serving as an independent, he was found guilty. The Opposition called for his resignation, however this was rebuffed by the Government who believed he should be sentenced first.
• The Liberal Party held a leadership race after Pat Duncan lost the previous election moving from government to only one seat and third place. The party chose Arthur Mitchell over Duncan to lead the party.
• Arntzen resigns from the legislature on September 9, 2005. A by-election was held on November 21, 2005 to fill the Copperbelt seat and Liberal leader Arthur Mitchell won the election with almost 50% of the vote.
• Peter Jenkins, member for Klondike, resigns from Yukon Party, November 28, 2005 and from the cabinet after a dispute with the Premier over the payment of loans.
• Gary McRobb, member for Kluane, and Eric Fairclough, member for Mayo-Tatchun were expelled from the New Democratic Party (NDP) on February 28, 2006 and March 1, 2006 respectively when it is learned that they are exploring the possibility of running as independents or Liberals in the next election.
• McRobb (on March 17, 2006) and Fairclough (on May 1, 2006) both joined the Liberal caucus. Fairclough's joining brought the Liberals ahead of the NDP making them the official opposition. [1]
• Edzerza on August 2, 2006 resigned from cabinet and the Yukon Party caucus; the following day, Edzerza said he would seek the NDP nomination in his riding. In accordance with NDP policy, Edzerza is to sit as an independent until nominated and elected as an NDP candidate.

Campaign slogans

• Yukon Party: Imagine tomorrow
• Yukon Liberal Party: Putting people first
• Yukon New Democratic Party: Leading the way

Results by riding

names in bold indicate cabinet ministers, names in italics are party leaders

Rural Yukon

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Yukon		Liberal		NDP		Other
Klondike		Steve Nordick 405		Steve Taylor 132		Jorn Meier 297		Glen Everitt 56		Peter Jenkins
Kluane		Jim Bowers 176		Gary McRobb 317		Lillian Grubach-Hambrook 82		Freddy Hutter 19		Gary McRobb
Lake Laberge		Brad Cathers 458		Jon Breen 221		Nina Sutherland 120				Brad Cathers
Mayo-Tatchun		Jean VanBibber 166		Eric Fairclough 301		Karen Gage 99				Eric Fairclough
Mount Lorne		Valerie Boxall 236		Colleen Wirth 231		Steve Cardiff 361				Steve Cardiff
Pelly-Nisutlin		Marian Horne 241		Hammond Dick 145		Gwen Wally 146		Elvis Aaron Presley ("Tagish" Elvis Presley) 40		Dean Hassard
Southern Lakes		Patrick Rouble 276		Ethel Tizya 134		Kevin Barr 238				Patrick Rouble
Vuntut Gwitchin		William Josie 38		Darius Elias 64		Lorraine Peter 40				Lorraine Peter
Watson Lake		Dennis Fentie 495		Rick Harder 196		Rachael Lewis 45		Dale Robert Worsfold 28		Dennis Fentie

Whitehorse

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Yukon		Liberal		NDP		Other
Copperbelt		Russ Hobbis 374		Arthur Mitchell 632		David Hedmann 191				Arthur Mitchell
McIntyre-Takhini		Vicki Durrant 201		Ed Schultz 328		John Edzerza 334				John Edzerza
Porter Creek Centre		Archie Lang 344		David Laxton 224		Kate White 159				Archie Lang
Porter Creek North		Jim Kenyon 311		Dale Cheeseman 191		Dave Hobbis 158				Jim Kenyon
Porter Creek South		Dean Hassard 298		Don Inverarity 304		Samson Hartland 97				Pat Duncan
Riverdale North		Ted Staffen 429		Lesley Cabott 373		James McCullough 172				Ted Staffen
Riverdale South		Glenn Hart 357		Phil Treusch 324		Peter Lesniak 226				Glenn Hart
Whitehorse Centre		Jerry Johnson 190		Bernie Phillips 211		Todd Hardy 357				Todd Hardy
Whitehorse West		Elaine Taylor 511		Mike Walton 371		Rhoda Merkel 75				Elaine Taylor

Opinion polls

DataPath polling chart

Trendlines polling chart

Polling Firm	Date	YP	Lib	NDP	Ind
Results of Election 2002		40	29	27	4
DataPath	July 2002	23	35	35	5
DataPath	March 2004	31	26	22	21
DataPath	February 2005	31	23	33	13
DataPath	May 2005	28	29	30	13
DataPath	August 2005	30	21	43	6
TrendLines	August 2005	35	30	34
TrendLines	September 2005	35	29	35
TrendLines	October 2005	32	32	36
DataPath	December 2005	25	31	35	9
TrendLines	January 2006	26	34	37	2
TrendLines	March 2006	31	32	33	4
TrendLines	May 2006	27	27	29	17
DataPath	May 2006	29	31	33	7
TrendLines	June 2006	26	26	27	21
TrendLines	July 2006	35	33	23	10
DataPath	August 2006	33	30	31	6
TrendLines	September 2006	32	39	23	7
DataPath	October 2006	34	37	25	4
TrendLines	October 2006	35	32	31	2
Results of Election 2006		41	35	24	1

Trendlines polls from October 2005 to June 2006 are based on a 100-day rolling average. Trendlines polls from July 2006 to October 2006 only include the respective monthly figures.

Trendlines has conducted a poll in every riding every month for several months. According to the September/October polls, the Yukon Party could form a minority government with 7 of the 18 seats; or the Liberal Party and NDP could form a majority coalition with 11 out of the 18 seats.

Trendlines Riding polls
District	YP	Lib	NDP	Ind
Copperbelt	28	56	16	0
Klondike	23	14	55	9
Kluane	14	36	43	7
Lake Laberge	34	31	28	6*
McIntyre-Takhini	46	15	38	0
Mayo-Tatchun	33	50	17	0
Mount Lorne	32	18	50	0
Pelly-Nisutlin	42	8	25	25
Porter Creek Centre	50	35	15	0
Porter Creek North	29	29	43	0
Porter Creek South	35	55	10	0
Riverdale North	33	40	27	0
Riverdale South	50	25	25	0
Southern Lakes	32	14	46	7
Vuntut Gwitchin	14	57	29	0
Watson Lake	63	17	13	8
Whitehorse Centre	10	20	70	0
Whitehorse West	55	41	5	0
Totals	7	5	6	0

*Independent candidate Tim Zeigdel has since withdrawn.

• TrendLines Research Archived 2007-07-09 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Election Almanac - Yukon Territorial Election
• Yukon Votes 2006. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.