Yukon general election, 1982 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1982 Yukon general election was held on June 7, 1982 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly

Yukon Legislative Assembly

-History:From 1900 to 1978, the elected legislative body in the Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council, a ten-member body which did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon...

of the territory of Yukon, Canada

Canada

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. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives

Yukon Party

The Yukon Party , is a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It was previously known as the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.-Declining fortunes:...

Results

	Party	Leader	1978 Yukon general election, 1978 The 1978 Yukon general election, held on November 20, 1978, was the first conventional legislative election in the history of Canada's Yukon Territory. Prior elections were held to elect representatives to the Yukon Legislative Council, a non-partisan body that acted in an advisory role to the...	font style="font-size: 75%;">Dissolution Dissolution of parliament In parliamentary systems, a dissolution of parliament is the dispersal of a legislature at the call of an election.Usually there is a maximum length of a legislature, and a dissolution must happen before the maximum time...	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)	Progressive Conservative Yukon Progressive Conservative Party The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party was a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It is now known as the Yukon Party.-History:...	Chris Pearson Chris Pearson (politician) Christopher William Pearson was the first leader of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party and the first Government Leader in the Yukon. Pearson moved to the Yukon in 1957 and worked for the government from 1960 until 1973 when he entered private business...	11	10	10	-9.1%		46.9%	New Democratic Yukon New Democratic Party The Yukon New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Yukon territory of Canada.The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leadership of Tony Penikett from 1985 to 1992, and under the leadership of Piers McDonald from 1996 to 2000. The party's...	Tony Penikett Tony Penikett Antony David John Penikett is a mediator and negotiator and former politician in Yukon, Canada.-Life and work:An activist with the New Democratic Party , Penikett was campaign manager in 1972 for Wally Firth, the first indigenous northern MP ever elected to the House of Commons...	1	3	6	+500%		35.4%	Liberal Yukon Liberal Party The Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.-History:...	Ron Veale	2	2	0	-100		15.0%	Independents		2	1	0	-100%		3.8%
Total			16	16	16	-		100%

Results by riding

Electoral District	Party	Candidate
Campbell		Dave Porter
Faro Faro (electoral district) Faro was an electoral district that returned a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada between 1978 and 2002.-MLAs:I = IndependentYNDP = Yukon New Democratic Party*YLP = Yukon Liberal Party...		Maurice Byblow Maurice Byblow Maurice Byblow is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Faro in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1978 to 1985 and from 1989 to 1996....
Hootalinqua		Willard Phelps Willard Phelps Willard Leroy Phelps is a former Yukon politician.-Political career:Phelps was first elected to the territorial legislature in 1974 but did not run in the first election with political party participation in 1978...
Klondike Klondike (electoral district) Klondike is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in Canada. It was the only seat won by the Yukon Party in the 2000 territorial election...		Meg McCall Meg McCall Meg McCall is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Klondike in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1978 to 1985. She was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party....
Kluane		Bill Brewster Bill Brewster (politician) Bill Brewster is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Kluane in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1996. He was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party until 1992, and the Yukon Party thereafter....
Mayo		Piers McDonald Piers McDonald Piers McDonald, OC is a Yukon politician and trade unionist.Born in Kingston, Ontario, McDonald, a miner by profession, was vice-president of the Yukon Federation of Labour from 1981-1982...
Old Crow		Kathie Nukon Kathie Nukon Kathie Emma Nukon is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Old Crow in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1985...
Tatchun		Howard Tracey
Watson Lake		Don Taylor Donald Taylor (Yukon politician) Donald Emerson "Don" Taylor is a former political figure in the Yukon, Canada. He represented Watson Lake from 1961 to 1985 in the Yukon Territorial Council and then in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1961 to 1985 as a Progressive Conservative then Independent member.He was born in Toronto,...
Whitehorse Porter Creek East Porter Creek North Porter Creek North is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada...		Dan Lang Daniel Lang (Yukon politician) Hector Daniel Lang is a Canadian politician and a Conservative member of the Canadian Senate. He was appointed on the advice of Stephen Harper to the Senate on January 2, 2009.-Political career:...
Whitehorse Porter Creek West		Doug Graham
Whitehorse Riverdale North		Chris Pearson Chris Pearson Chris Pearson is the name of:* Chris Pearson * Chris Pearson * Chris Pearson , first premier of the Yukon* Chris Pearson , British radio presenter* Christopher Pearson, journalist...
Whitehorse Riverdale South Riverdale South Riverdale South is an electoral district which elects a Member of the Legislative Assembly to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada...		Bea Firth Bea Firth Beatrice Ann Firth was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1996. She was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party....
Whitehorse North Centre		Margaret Joe
Whitehorse West Whitehorse West Whitehorse West is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada...		Tony Penikett Tony Penikett Antony David John Penikett is a mediator and negotiator and former politician in Yukon, Canada.-Life and work:An activist with the New Democratic Party , Penikett was campaign manager in 1972 for Wally Firth, the first indigenous northern MP ever elected to the House of Commons...
Whitehorse South Centre		Roger Kimmerly Roger Kimmerly Roger Kimmerly is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse South Centre in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party....

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