2006 Yukon general election explained

Election Name:	2006 Yukon general election
Country:	Yukon
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Party Colour:	no
Party Name:	no
Previous Election:	2002 Yukon general election
Previous Year:	2002
Next Election:	2011 Yukon general election
Next Year:	2011
Seats For Election:	18 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:	10
Election Date:	October 10, 2006
Turnout:	72.9%^[1]
Leader1:	Dennis Fentie
Leader Since1:	2003
Leaders Seat1:	Watson Lake
Last Election1:	12
Seats1:	10
Seat Change1:	2
Popular Vote1:	5,503
Percentage1:	40.6%
Swing1:	0.3pp
Leader2:	Arthur Mitchell
Leader Since2:	2005
Leaders Seat2:	Copperbelt
Last Election2:	1
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	4
Popular Vote2:	4,704
Percentage2:	34.7%
Swing2:	5.7pp
Image3:	NDP
Leader3:	Todd Hardy
Leader Since3:	2002
Leaders Seat3:	Whitehorse Centre
Last Election3:	5
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	2
Popular Vote3:	3,197
Percentage3:	23.6%
Swing3:	3.3pp
Map Size:	400px
Premier
Posttitle:	Premier after election
Before Election:	Dennis Fentie
After Election:	Dennis Fentie

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		%	Dennis Fentie	18	12	9	10	-16.7	5,503	40.6	Arthur Mitchell	18	1	4	5	+400.0	4,704	34.7	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	align=right	-	13,547	100.0

By rank

Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth
10	5	3	0	5	9	4	0	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. https://web.archive.org/web/20060512091454/http://www.cbc.ca/north/story/nor-yukon-opposition.html
• 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

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

Whitehorse

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

Opinion polls

width=100	Polling Firm	width=60	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
width=100	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

External links

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.electionsyukon.gov.yk.ca/docs/election06.pdf Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2006 General Election