1982 Yukon general election

1982 Yukon general election

June 7, 1982
16 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	78.72%[1]
First party Second party Third party   PC Lib Leader Chris Pearson Tony Penikett Ron Veale Party Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Leader since December 8, 1978 1981 1981 Leader's seat Whitehorse Riverdale North Whitehorse West Whitehorse Riverdale South (lost re-election) Last election 11 1 2 Seats won 10 6 0 Seat change 1 5 2 Popular vote 4,770 3,689 1,564 Percentage 45.79% 35.42% 15.02% Swing 8.69pp 15.15pp 13.44pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.
Premier before election Chris Pearson Progressive Conservative Premier after election Chris Pearson Progressive Conservative

The 1982 Yukon general election was held on June 7, 1982, to elect members of the 25th Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.

Results by Party

Summary of the 1982 Legislative Assembly of Yukon election results^[2]

Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1978	Dissol.	1982	Change	#	%	Change
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Pearson	16	11	10	10	-1	4,770	45.79%	+8.69%
	New Democratic	Tony Penikett	16	1	3	6	+5	3,689	35.42%	+15.15%
	Liberal	Ron Veale	15	2	2	0	-2	1,564	15.02%	-13.44%
	Independent		4	2	1	0	-2	393	3.77%	N/A
Total			51	16	16	16		10,416	100.00%

Popular vote Progressive Conservative   45.79% New Democratic   35.42% Liberal   15.02% Independent   3.77%

Seats summary Progressive Conservative   62.50% New Democratic   37.50%

Member Changes from Previous Election

Changes in seats held (1978-1982)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Old Crow	May 25, 1979	Grafton Njootli	█ PC	Removed from PC Caucus			█ Independent
Whitehorse Riverdale South	January 1981	Iain MacKay	█ Liberal	Resignation	March 9, 1981	Ron Veale	█ Liberal
Campbell	April 27, 1981	Robert Fleming	█ Independent	Joined PC Caucus			█ PC
Faro	September 16, 1981	Maurice Byblow	█ Independent	Joined NDP Caucus			█ New Democratic
Whitehorse South Centre	April 15, 1981	Jack Hibberd	█ PC	Resignation	October 13, 1981	Roger Kimmerly	█ New Democratic

• The New Democratic Party forms Official Opposition, following Whitehorse South Centre by-election.^[3]

Incumbents not Running for Reelection

The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 1982 election:

Progressive Conservative

• Doug Graham (Whitehorse Porter Creek West)
• Meg McCall (Klondike)

Results by Riding

Bold indicates party leaders
† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		NDP		Other
Campbell		Robert Fleming 214		Bill Webber 43		Dave Porter 225				Robert Fleming
Faro		Doris Gates 205		Wayne Peace 160		Maurice Byblow 357				Maurice Byblow
Hootalinqua		Al Falle 368		Patrick James 92		Max Fraser 344				Al Falle
Klondike		Clarke Ashley 306				Art Webster 283				Meg McCall†
Kluane		Bill Brewster 241		Alice McGuire 16		Dave Joe 196				Alice McGuire
Mayo		Swede Hanson 173		Eleanor Van Bibber 35		Piers McDonald 230				Swede Hanson
Old Crow		Kathie Nukon 59		Abraham Peter 29		Bruce Charlie 35		Grafton Njootli 11		Grafton Njootli
Tatchun		Howard Tracey 106		Roger Coles 103		Bill Larson 101				Howard Tracey
Watson Lake		Dave Rollie 142		Eileen Van Bibber 60		James Cahill 18		Don Taylor 170 Brian Shanahan 154		Don Taylor
Whitehorse North Centre		Geoff Lattin 227		Bert Hadvick 65		Margaret Commodore 292		Don Branigan 58		Geoff Lattin
Whitehorse Porter Creek East		Dan Lang 645		Betty Toews 92		Gerry Dobson 240				Dan Lang
Whitehorse Porter Creek West		Andy Philipsen 299		Lawrence Whelan 45		David Cosco 119				Doug Graham†
Whitehorse Riverdale North		Chris Pearson 395		Jim Kennelly 188		Velma Smith 148				Chris Pearson
Whitehorse Riverdale South		Bea Firth 562		Ron Veale 469		Jon Pierce 232				Ron Veale
Whitehorse South Centre		Chuck Rear 320		Carol Christian 108		Roger Kimmerly 328				Roger Kimmerly
Whitehorse West		Pat Harvey 508		Adam Skrutkowski 59		Tony Penikett 541				Tony Penikett

References

1. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1982 General Election Elections Yukon, 1982. Retrieved March 26, 2021
2. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1982 General Election Elections Yukon, 1982. Retrieved March 26, 2021
3. "NDP's by-election win makes it Opposition". The Globe and Mail, October 15, 1981.