The 40th Yukon general election will be held on or before November 3, 2025 to elect members to the 36th Yukon Legislative Assembly. Under amendments to the territorial Elections Act passed in 2020, the first fixed election date following the 2021 Yukon general election is set as November 3, 2025.[1] All subsequent elections will take place on the first Monday in November of the fourth calendar year following the previous election.[2] The legislative assembly may be dissolved earlier by order of the Commissioner of Yukon due to a motion of no confidence in the current minority government or on the advice of the premier.
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On September 9, 2022, Sandy Silver announced his intention to resign as premier and party leader, staying on until the party elects a successor.[3] He was succeeded by Ranj Pillai in 2023.[4]
Following the final report from the citizen's assembly on electoral reform, the territorial government announced on September 19, 2024 that a referendum on adopting a ranked voting system will be held simultaneously with the 40th general election.[5]
Opinion polls
edit| Polling firm | Last date of polling |
Link | Liberal | Yukon | NDP | Other | Margin of error |
Sample size |
Polling method | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Léger | January 24, 2024 | HTML | 20 | 44 | 35 | 1 | 4.35% | 500 | phone | 9 |
| Léger | September 21, 2022 | HTML | 23 | 45 | 30 | 2 | 4.35% | 500 | phone | 15 |
References
edit- ^ Ritchie, Haley (December 30, 2020). "Marathon fall legislature sitting ends". Yukon News. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ Elections Act, R.S.Y. 2002, c. 63, s. 50.01, as amended by S.Y. 2020, c. 11
- ^ "Yukon Premier Sandy Silver to step down, asks Liberal Party to find a new leader". CBC News. 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ^ "Ranj Pillai, acclaimed as Yukon Liberal leader, becomes premier this weekend". CBC.ca. 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ Pilkington, Caitrin (September 19, 2024). "Yukon government to hold referendum on electoral reform in 2025". CBC News. Retrieved October 18, 2024.