2011 Yukon general election






















37th Yukon general election







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All 19 seats to the Legislative Assembly
10 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout 74.3%[1]
















































































 
Majority party
Minority party
Third party
 

Darrell Pasloski.jpg

Liz Hanson.jpg

LIB

Leader

Darrell Pasloski

Elizabeth Hanson

Arthur Mitchell
Party

Yukon Party

New Democratic

Liberal
Leader since

May 28, 2011
September 26, 2009
June 2005
Leader's seat

Mountainview

Whitehorse Centre

Ran in
Copperbelt North
[n 1]
(Lost)
Last election
10 seats, 40.6%
3 seats, 23.6%
5 seats, 34.7%
Seats before
11
1
5
Seats won
11
6
2
Seat change

Steady0

Increase5

Decrease3
Popular vote
6,400
5,154
3,979
Percentage
40.5%
32.6%
25.2%
Swing

Decrease0.1%

Increase9.0%

Decrease9.5%




Yukon Election Map 2011.svg
Popular vote by riding. As this is an First-Past-The-Post election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom of the map.








Premier before election

Darrell Pasloski
Yukon Party



Premier-designate

Darrell Pasloski
Yukon Party




The 37th general election in Yukon, Canada, took place on October 11, 2011, to return members to the 33rd Yukon Legislative Assembly.


The incumbent government was led by Darrell Pasloski, who was elected as leader of the Yukon Party at a convention on May 28, 2011, replacing former Premier Dennis Fentie. The Yukon Party won its third majority government from the voters. Elizabeth Hanson's New Democrats became the Official Opposition, replacing the Liberals, whose leader, Arthur Mitchell was unable to return to the Assembly.




Contents






  • 1 Pre-writ period


    • 1.1 Redistribution


    • 1.2 Lake Laberge dispute




  • 2 Summary of results


  • 3 Candidates running


    • 3.1 Rural Yukon


    • 3.2 Whitehorse




  • 4 Timeline


    • 4.1 Retiring MLAs




  • 5 Opinion polls


  • 6 Notes


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Pre-writ period



Redistribution


In 2008, the Yukon Assembly struck a committee to review the electoral district boundaries for this election. The committee decided to increase the number of seats in the territory to 19. Yukon now matches the other territorial assemblies in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in terms of the number of seats.


The rural districts outside of the capital city of Whitehorse remained unchanged with the exception of Mount Lorne and Southern Lakes which were merged into a single district. The total number of rural districts dropped from 9 to 8.[2]


The urban ridings in Whitehorse were increased to 11 from 9. Only three districts in Whitehorse had no boundary changes, Whitehorse Centre, Riverdale North and Riverdale South. The riding that received the most significant alteration was Copperbelt. That district was split into four ridings, primarily Copperbelt North and Copperbelt South, while McIntyre-Takhini was significantly expanded in western uninhabited part of Copperbelt and renamed Takhini-Kopper King. An entirely new riding was also created out of Copperbelt called Mountainview.[2] The remaining urban districts all received minor boundary adjustments.[2]


The boundary changes were adopted by the Yukon Legislative Assembly in 2009.



Lake Laberge dispute


In the fall of 2009, Yukon Party MLA Brad Cathers had a falling out with Premier Dennis Fentie, and ended up sitting as an independent on the opposition side.


Cathers remained a party member despite his public criticism of Fentie. On May 19, 2010, the Yukon Party riding executive of Lake Laberge nominated Brad Cathers as a delegate to the party's 2010 convention. The meeting lasted three hours and saw the riding executive loyal to Fentie, including the President, walk out on the 60 members who attended. Former MLA Al Falle defended Cathers at the meeting. The meeting ended with a board of directors loyal to Cathers being elected.[3]



Summary of results


Official results.[4]









































































































Party
Party leader
# of
candidates
Seats
Popular vote

2006

Diss.

Elected
% Change
#
%


Yukon Party

Darrell Pasloski
19
10
11
11
+10
6,400
40.44
    

NDP

Elizabeth Hanson
18
3
1
6
+100
5,154
32.57


Liberal

Arthur Mitchell
19
5
5
2
-60
4,008
25.33


Green
Kristina Calhoun
2
*
0
0
*
104
0.66


First Nations
Gerald Dickson Sr.
2
*
0
0
*
81
0.51
    
Independent
2
0
0
0
0
79
0.50
 
Vacant
1

Total
62
18
18
19
+5.6
15,797
100.00%


Candidates running


Bold incumbents indicates cabinet members and party leaders and the speaker of the assembly are italicized.[5]



Rural Yukon
































































































































Electoral District
Candidates
 
Incumbent
  Yukon   NDP   Liberal Other

Klondike

Steve Nordick
404 (37.4%)
Jorn Meier
147 (13.6%)

Sandy Silver
530 (49.0%)


Steve Nordick

Kluane

Wade Istchenko
287 (37.9%)
Eric Stinson
220 (29.0%)
Timothy Cant
219 (28.9%)

Gerald Dickson (FNP)
32 (4.2%)

Gary McRobb†

Lake Laberge

Brad Cathers
528 (51.9%)
Frank Turner
330 (32.4%)
Mike Simon
159 (15.6%)

Brad Cathers

Mayo-Tatchun
Elaine Wyatt
214 (31.6%)

Jim Tredger
282 (41.7%)

Eric Fairclough
181 (26.7%)

Eric Fairclough

Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes

Deborah Fulmer
395 (37.9%)


Kevin Barr
488 (46.8%)


Ted Adel
111 (10.6%)

Stanley James (FNP)
49 (4.7%)

Vacant
Mount Lorne
Merged district


Patrick Rouble
Southern Lakes

Pelly-Nisutlin

Stacey Hassard
275 (49.4%)
Carol Geddes
178 (32.0%)
Carl Sidney
73 (13.1%)
Elvis Presley (Ind.)
31 (5.6%)

Marian Horne

Vuntut Gwitchin
Garry Njootli
52 (35.9%)


Darius Elias
93 (64.1%)

Darius Elias

Watson Lake

Patti McLeod
276 (37.8%)
Liard McMillan
242 (33.1%)
Thomas Slager
165 (22.6%)
Patricia Gilhooly (Ind.)
48 (6.6%)

Dennis Fentie†


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Electoral District
Candidates
 
Incumbent
  Yukon   NDP   Liberal Other

Copperbelt North


Currie Dixon
520 (47.9%)

Skeeter Miller-Wright
159 (14.6%)


Arthur Mitchell
407 (37.5%)





Split district


Arthur Mitchell
Copperbelt

Copperbelt South

Valerie Boxall
394 (40.4%)


Lois Moorcroft
397 (40.7%)

Colleen Wirth
184 (18.9%)





Split district

Mountainview

Darrell Pasloski
480 (44.8%)
Stephen Dunbar-Edge
376 (35.1%)

Dave Sloan
216 (20.1%)

New district

Porter Creek Centre

David Laxton
298 (38.6%)
Jean-François Des Lauriers
230 (29.8%)
Kerry Huff
245 (31.7%)


Archie Lang

Porter Creek North

Doug Graham
400 (49.8%)
Mike Tribes
253 (31.5%)
Dawn Beauchemin
82 (10.2%)
Mike Ivens (Green)
69 (8.6%)


Jim Kenyon

Porter Creek South

Mike Nixon
257 (42.9%)
John Carney
99 (16.5%)

Don Inverarity
243 (40.6%)


Don Inverarity

Riverdale North

Scott Kent
366 (37.1%)
Peter Lesniak
296 (30.0%)
Christie Richardson
289 (29.3%)

Kristina Calhoun (Green)
35 (3.5%)


Ted Staffen

Riverdale South

Glenn Hart
314 (32.4%)

Jan Stick
380 (39.3%)

Dan Curtis
274 (28.3%)



Glenn Hart

Takhini-Kopper King
Samson Hartland
316 (31.7%)

Kate White
458 (45.9%)
Cherish Clarke
224 (22.4%)



John Edzerza†
McIntyre-Takhini

Whitehorse Centre

Marian Horne
202 (24.3%)

Elizabeth (Liz) Hanson
525 (63.2%)
Patrick Singh
104 (12.5%)



Elizabeth (Liz) Hanson

Whitehorse West

Elaine Taylor
422 (58.2%)
Louis R. Gagnon
94 (13.0%)
Cully Robinson
209 (28.8%)



Elaine Taylor


Timeline



  • October 10, 2006, the Yukon Party, under Dennis Fentie, wins its second majority government in the 36th Yukon general election.

  • January 2009, John Edzerza resigns from the YNDP to sit again as an independent.[6]

  • August 28, 2009, Brad Cathers, MLA for Lake Laberge resigns from cabinet and the government caucus to sit as an independent member over issues with Premier Dennis Fentie.[7][8][9]

  • September 26, 2009, the NDP chooses Elizabeth Hanson as party leader.

  • October 22, 2009, John Edzerza joins the Yukon Party (which he had previously been a member of until 2006)[10] and now serves as Minister of the Environment.[11]

  • July 28, 2010, Todd Hardy, MLA for Whitehorse Centre and former leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party dies after a long battle with leukemia at age 53.[12]

  • September 17, 2010, the United Citizens Party of Yukon is registered.[13]

  • December 13, 2010, in a by-election, Elizabeth Hanson is elected MLA of Whitehorse Centre with 51% of the vote.[citation needed]

  • February 28, 2011, the Yukon Green Party is registered.[14]

  • April/May 2011, United Citizens Party leader Willard Phelps resigns.[15]

  • May 28, 2011, the Yukon Party chooses Darrell Pasloski as party leader and Premier at a convention in Whitehorse.

  • June 12, 2011, Darrell Pasloski is sworn in as Premier.

  • June 29, 2011, Brad Cathers rejoins the Yukon Party.[16]

  • July 6, 2011, Steve Cardiff MLA for Mount Lorne dies in a car accident.[17]

  • August 2011, Kristina Calhoun is appointed leader of the Yukon Green Party.[18]

  • September 6, 2011, the Yukon First Nations Party is registered, Gerald Dickson is the leader.[19]

  • September 9, 2011, issue of the writs.[20]

  • September 19, 2011, 62 candidates are successfully nominated,[21] none from the United Citizens Party, causing it to be deregistered.[22]

  • October 2 & 3, 2011, advance polling.[20]

  • October 5, 2011, CBC North hosts a leader's debate with Hanson, Mitchell, and Pasloski.[23]

  • October 11, 2011, polling day.[20]

  • October 17, 2011, return of the writs.[20] Elections Yukon also announces the results of a recount in Copperbelt South, confirming Lois Moorcroft's three-vote margin of victory over Valerie Boxall.[24]



Retiring MLAs




























































Member
District
Party
Reason
[16]
John Edzerza

McIntyre-Takhini

Yukon Party
Serious health issues
[25]
Dennis Fentie

Watson Lake
Yukon Party
Retire as Premier and from politics and will live full-time in Watson Lake
[26]
Jim Kenyon

Porter Creek North
Yukon Party
Defeated in party nomination.
[27]
Archie Lang

Porter Creek Centre
Yukon Party
Retired for undisclosed reasons.
[28]
Gary McRobb

Kluane

Liberal
He'd been working too long as an MLA.
[29]
Patrick Rouble

Southern Lakes
Yukon Party
Attending the University of Calgary to attain a doctorate degree.
[30]
Ted Staffen

Riverdale North
Yukon Party
Interested in returning to business in the private sector


Opinion polls







































Polling Firm
Date of Polling
Link

Yukon Party

New Democratic

Liberal

Green
DataPath Systems October 2–6, 2011 [1] 35 35 26 2
DataPath Systems July 17–25, 2011 [2] 40 35 15 7
DataPath Systems July 2010 [3] 22 26 39


Notes





  1. ^ Mitchell represented Copperbelt in the 32nd Assembly, but he unsuccessfully ran in Copperbelt North, one of four ridings Copperbelt was divided into at the last redistribution.




References





  1. ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2011 General Election Elections Yukon, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2017


  2. ^ abc "Yukon Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report" (PDF). Elections Yukon. March 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ John Thomspon (May 21, 2010). "Not your typical riding meeting". Yukon News.


  4. ^ "Results by Political Affiliation" (PDF). Elections Yukon. Retrieved August 20, 2015.


  5. ^ "Election Results" (PDF). Elections Yukon. Retrieved August 20, 2015.


  6. ^ "Yukon MLA Edzerza quits NDP, will sit as Independent". cbc.ca. January 28, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2015.


  7. ^ "Yukon minister's resignation threatens to collapse government". The Globe and Mail. August 31, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2015.


  8. ^ "Cathers resigns over ATCO scandal". Yukon News. August 28, 2009.


  9. ^ "Cathers Shocker Creates a Minority Government". Whitehorse Star. August 28, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2015.


  10. ^ "Edzerza rejoins Yukon Party". cbc.ca. October 22, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2015.


  11. ^ "Edzerza named Yukon environment minister". cbc.ca. February 4, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2015.


  12. ^ "Todd Hardy succumbs to cancer". Yukon News. July 28, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2011.


  13. ^ Munson, James (December 3, 2010). "Phelps' party in limbo". Yukon News. Retrieved September 3, 2011.


  14. ^ Sander-Green, Nadine (August 9, 2011). "Greens are a party of balance, candidate says". Whitehorse Daily Star. Retrieved May 23, 2015.


  15. ^ "United Citizens Party of Yukon loses leader". CBC News. May 9, 2011.


  16. ^ ab "Cathers returns to Yukon Party caucus". CBC News. June 29, 2011.


  17. ^ "Yukon NDP MLA killed in crash". CBC News. July 6, 2011.


  18. ^ Thomson, John (August 12, 2011). "Green shoots grow slow". Yukon News. Retrieved September 3, 2011.


  19. ^ Sander-Green, Nadine (September 9, 2011). "Yukon First Nations Party established". Whitehorse Daily Star. Retrieved May 23, 2015.


  20. ^ abcd "Election Calendar – 2011 General Election" (PDF). Elections Yukon.


  21. ^ "List of Candidates" (PDF). Elections Yukon. September 19, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.


  22. ^ "Registration of United Citizens of Yukon Cancelled" (PDF). Election Yukon. September 19, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2011.


  23. ^ "Yukon's political leaders pack the house". CBC News. October 6, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2011.


  24. ^ "Moorcroft confirmed Copperbelt South winner". CBC News, October 17, 2011.


  25. ^ "Yukon's Fentie looks ahead to life after politics". CBC News. May 31, 2011.


  26. ^ John Thompson (September 19, 2011). "Election battle map". Yukon News.


  27. ^ John Thompson (July 6, 2011). "Archie Lang to leave politics". Yukon News.


  28. ^ John Thompson (August 3, 2011). "A fighter hangs up his gloves". Yukon News.


  29. ^ "Yukon MLA Rouble leaving politics". CBC News. June 15, 2011.


  30. ^ "Long-time Yukon Speaker won't run in upcoming territorial election". iPolitics.ca. June 27, 2011.




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