Yukon Legislative Assembly

Yukon Legislative Assembly Assemblée législative du Yukon
35th Yukon Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral house of the Legislature of Yukon
Leadership
Speaker	Jeremy Harper, Liberal since May 11, 2021
Premier	Ranj Pillai, Liberal since January 14, 2023
Leader of the Opposition	Currie Dixon, Yukon since April 12, 2021
Structure
Seats	19
Political groups	Government (8)   Liberal (8) Supported by (3)   New Democratic (3) Official Opposition (8)   Yukon (8)
Elections
Last election	April 12, 2021
Next election	On or before November 3, 2025
Meeting place
Legislative Building Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Website
legassembly.gov.yk.ca

The Yukon Legislative Assembly (French: Assemblée législative du Yukon) is the legislative assembly for Yukon, Canada. Unique among Canada's three territories, the Yukon Legislative Assembly is the only territorial legislature which is organized along political party lines. In contrast, in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, their legislative assemblies are elected on a non-partisan basis and operate on a consensus government model.

Each member represents one electoral district, elected through first-past-the-post voting. Members of the Legislative Assembly are sworn in by the commissioner of Yukon.

History

From 1900 to 1978, the elected legislative body in Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council, a body which did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the commissioner of the Yukon. Following the passage of the Yukon Elections Act in 1977, the Territorial Council was replaced by the current Legislative Assembly, which was elected for the first time in the 1978 Yukon general election.

Seating plan

	McLeod	Van Bibber	Hassard	Istchenko		Tredger
	Kent	DIXON	Clarke	Cathers		WHITE	Blake
Harper
	McPhee	PILLAI	Streicker	Silver
		Clarke	McLean	Mostyn

Current members

Italicized text indicates a member of cabinet. Bold text indicates a party leader. Both indicates the Premier of Yukon

	Name	Party	Riding	First elected / previously elected
	Currie Dixon	Yukon	Copperbelt North	2011, 2021
	Scott Kent	Yukon	Copperbelt South	2000, 2011
	Sandy Silver	Liberal	Klondike	2011
	Wade Istchenko	Yukon	Kluane	2011
	Brad Cathers	Yukon	Lake Laberge	2002
	Jeremy Harper	Liberal	Mayo-Tatchun	2021
	John Streicker	Liberal	Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes	2016
	Jeanie McLean	Liberal	Mountainview	2016
	Stacey Hassard	Yukon	Pelly-Nisutlin	2011
	Yvonne Clarke	Yukon	Porter Creek Centre	2021
	Geraldine Van Bibber	Yukon	Porter Creek North	2016
	Ranj Pillai	Liberal	Porter Creek South	2016
	Nils Clarke	Liberal	Riverdale North	2016
	Tracy-Anne McPhee	Liberal	Riverdale South	2016
	Kate White	New Democratic	Takhini-Kopper King	2011
	Annie Blake	New Democratic	Vuntut Gwitchin	2021
	Patti McLeod	Yukon	Watson Lake	2011
	Emily Tredger	New Democratic	Whitehorse Centre	2021
	Richard Mostyn	Liberal	Whitehorse West	2016

Party standings

Party		Rural	Whitehorse	Total
	Liberal	3	5	8
	Yukon	4	4	8
	New Democratic	1	2	3
Total		8	11	19
Government majority				-2

See also

• List of speakers of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
• List of Yukon general elections
• List of Yukon territorial electoral districts

External links

• Yukon Legislature