| Election Name: | 1996 Whitehorse West territorial by-election |
| Popular Vote3: | 253 |
| Popular Vote2: | 326 |
| Percentage2: | 31.9% |
| Swing2: | 14.8% |
| Candidate3: | Shelda Hutton |
| Image3: | YP |
| Percentage3: | 24.7% |
| Swing3: | 10.1% |
| MLA | |
| Before Election: | Tony Penikett |
| After Election: | David Sloan |
| Next Election: | 1996 Yukon general election |
| Candidate2: | Larry Bagnell |
| Country: | Yukon |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Turnout: | 71.19% (5.72%) |
| Registered: | 1,437 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 Yukon general election |
| Seats For Election: | Electoral district of Whitehorse West |
| Candidate1: | David Sloan |
| Image1: | YNDP |
| Popular Vote1: | 433 |
| Percentage1: | 42.3% |
| Swing1: | 3.3% |
| Next Year: | Sep. 1996 |
The 1996 Whitehorse West territorial by-election took place on February 5, 1996. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the district's incumbent MLA Tony Penikett on September 27, 1995.
NDP candidate David Sloan won the by-election.
The previous MLA for Whitehorse West, Tony Penikett, resigned on September 27, 1995 to accept a position as a policy advisor in the office of Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow.[1]
| NDP| Dave Sloan| align="right"| 433| align="right"| 42.3%| align="right"| -3.3%
|Liberal| Larry Bagnell| align="right"| 326| align="right"| 31.9%| align="right"| +14.8%|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total! align=right| 1023! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| -