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Yukon Party


Parti du Yukon

Active territorial party
Leader
Stacey Hassard (interim)
President Mark Beese
Founded 1991 (1991)
Preceded by Progressive Conservative Party
Headquarters
Whitehorse, YT
Ideology
Conservatism
Yukon regionalism
Political position Centre-right
Colours Blue
Seats in Legislature

6 / 19
Website
www.yukonparty.ca

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The Yukon Party (French: Parti du Yukon) is a conservative political party in Yukon, Canada. It is the successor to the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.




Contents






  • 1 Formation


  • 2 Since 2000


  • 3 Leadership elections


    • 3.1 2011 leadership election


    • 3.2 Next leadership election


      • 3.2.1 Potential candidates






  • 4 Election results


  • 5 Leaders


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Formation


With Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative federal government's decreasing popularity, the Yukon Progressive Conservatives decided to sever its relations with the federal Conservatives, and renamed itself the "Yukon Party" prior to the 1992 election.


However, two Progressive Conservative MLAs, Bea Firth and Alan Nordling, quit the party in protest of the name change and formed the Independent Alliance Party. Nordling later returned to the party, and was defeated as a Yukon Party candidate in the 1996 election, while Firth retired from politics.


The Yukon Party won the 1992 election, and leader John Ostashek became Premier of Yukon. His government became very unpopular by increasing taxes and cutting services. The party was defeated in the 1996 election, winning only three seats and falling to third place for the first time behind the Yukon Liberal Party.



Since 2000


The party's fortunes continued to decline at the 2000 general election. The Yukon Party was reduced to a single seat in the legislature as the right wing vote moved to the Yukon Liberal Party, putting the Liberals in power for the first time in the territory's history.


Liberal Premier Pat Duncan's government was plagued with internal dissent, however, and despite having won an outright majority of seats in the general election, defections and resignations reduced the Liberals to a minority government within two years. Premier Duncan called a snap election for 4 November 2002, in an effort to regain her majority, but the early election call backfired.


The Yukon Party had elected Dennis Fentie, a rural Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly (MLA), who had defected from the NDP, as its new leader in June 2002. Despite being caught by surprise by the election call, the party was able to win a majority government with 12 seats compared to five for the NDP. The Liberals were reduced to a single seat. Fentie became the second Yukon Premier from a rural riding.


On 10 October 2006, the Yukon Party was re-elected, holding 10 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The Yukon Liberals won five seats and the Yukon New Democrats won three.


The party was defeated in the Yukon general election, 2016 and is currently serving as the Official Opposition.[1]



Leadership elections



2011 leadership election


On May 28, 2011, a leadership election was held to replace Dennis Fentie. Darrell Pasloski was chosen after only one ballot.[2]




























Candidate
 Votes
 Percentage

Darrell Pasloski
 767
 61.3%
Rod Taylor
 436
 34.9%

Jim Kenyon
 48
 3.8%

TOTAL
1,251
100.0%


Next leadership election



Potential candidates



Election results



















































































Election
 Leader
 Votes
 %
 Seats
 +/–
 Position
 Government

1992
John Ostashek
35.9

7 / 17
Increase 7
Increase 1st
 Minority

1996
John Ostashek
 4,366
 30.1

3 / 17
Decrease 4
Decrease 2nd
 Opposition

2000
John Ostashek
 3,466
 23.3

1 / 17
Decrease 2
Decrease 3rd
 Opposition

2002
Dennis Fentie
 5,650
 40.3

12 / 18
Increase 11
Increase 1st
 Majority

2006
Dennis Fentie
 5,503
 40.6

10 / 18
Decrease 2
Steady 1st
 Majority

2011
Darrell Pasloski
 5,503
 40.6

11 / 19
Increase 1
Steady 1st
 Majority

2016
Darrell Pasloski
 6,272
 33.4

6 / 19
Decrease 5
Decrease 2nd
 Opposition


Leaders




  • Chris Young 1991


  • John Ostashek 1991–2000


  • Peter Jenkins 2000–2002 (interim)


  • Dennis Fentie 2002–2011


  • Darrell Pasloski 2011–2016[3]


  • Stacey Hassard 2016–present (interim)



See also



  • List of premiers of Yukon

  • List of Yukon Leaders of Opposition

  • Yukon Progressive Conservative Party



References





  1. ^ "Yukon Liberals win majority after 14 years of conservative government". www.google.ca. Retrieved 2018-09-21..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}


  2. ^ "Pasloski pleased to become Yukon's new premier". CBC News. May 30, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.


  3. ^ "Darrell Pasloski sworn in as Yukon premier". The Globe and Mail, June 11, 2016.




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