Yukon Liberal Party

Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox political party The Yukon Liberal Party (Template:Langx) is a political party in the territory of Yukon, Canada. The party is not organizationally linked to the federal Liberal Party of Canada in any official manner.

History

After twenty years as a minor party, the Yukon Liberal Party won the 2000 general election and formed a government under Premier Pat Duncan. The government, however, was reduced to minority government status. Duncan called a snap election for November 2002 in the hope of regaining her government's majority. The party was almost completely wiped out, however, by the Yukon Party. Duncan won the Liberals' sole seat in the Yukon Party's landslide.

The Liberal Party remained in opposition until the 2016 general election where the party went from third place in the legislature to majority government with its leader, Sandy Silver, becoming Premier.

Following the 2021 Yukon general election, on April 28, the NDP announced that they had entered into a formal confidence and supply agreement with the Liberals.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Only one sitting Liberal MLA sought re-election in the 2025 Yukon general election, an election where the party was almost completely wiped out.<ref>https://www.yukon-news.com/news/health-and-justice-minister-mcphee-wont-run-in-upcoming-yukon-elections-8244322</ref>

Electoral performances

Legislative Assembly

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Status
1978	Iain MacKay	2,201	26.0	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 2	Template:Steady 2nd	Template:No2
1982	Ron Veale	1,564	15.0	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 2	Template:Decrease 3rd	Template:Eliminated
1985	Roger Coles	806	7.6	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 2	Template:Steady 3rd	Template:No2
1989	Jim McLachlan	1,303	11.1	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 2	Template:Steady 3rd	Template:Eliminated
1992	Paul Thériault	2,098	16.1	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:Decrease 4th	Template:No2
1996	Ken Taylor	3,486	24.1	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 2	Template:Increase 3rd	Template:No2
2000	Pat Duncan	6,092	42.7	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 7	Template:Increase 1st	Template:Yes
2002		4,056	29.0	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 7	Template:Decrease 3rd	Template:No2
2006	Arthur Mitchell	4,704	34.7	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 4	Template:Increase 2nd	Template:No2
2011		3,979	25.2	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 3	Template:Decrease 3rd	Template:No2
2016	Sandy Silver	7,404	39.4	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 10	Template:Increase 1st	Template:Yes
2021		6,132	32.4	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 3	Template:Steady 1st	Template:Yes2Template:Efn
2025	Mike Pemberton	1,914	10.2	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 7	Template:Decrease 3rd	Template:No2

Leaders

• Iain MacKay 1978–1981
• Ron Veale 1981–1984
• Roger Coles 1984–1986
• Jim McLachlan 1986–1989
• Paul Thériault 1989–1992
• Jack Cable 1992–1995 Template:Small
• Ken Taylor 1995–1997
• Jack Cable 1997–1998 Template:Small
• Pat Duncan 1998–2005
• Arthur Mitchell 2005–2011
• Darius Elias 2011–2012 Template:Small
• Sandy Silver 2012–2023
• Ranj Pillai 2023–2025
• Mike Pemberton 2025–present

See also

• List of political parties in Canada
• List of premiers of Yukon
• List of Yukon Leaders of Opposition

External links

• Yukon Liberal Party
• Yukon Liberal Caucus
• Yukon Federal Liberal Association Riding
• Constitution of Yukon Liberal Party (PDF)