2002 Yukon general election

The 2002 Yukon general election was held on November 4, 2002, to elect members of the 31st Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon, Canada.

2002 Yukon general election

November 4, 2002
18 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	78.1%
First party Second party Third party   NDP YLP Leader Dennis Fentie Todd Hardy Pat Duncan Party Yukon Party New Democratic Liberal Leader since 2002 2002 1998 Leader's seat Watson Lake Whitehorse Centre Porter Creek South Last election 1 6 10 Seats won 12 5 1 Seat change 11 1 9 Popular vote 5,650 3,763 4,056 Percentage 40.3% 26.9% 29.0% Swing 17.0pp 5.9pp 13.7pp
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. Click the map for more details.
Premier before election Pat Duncan Liberal Premier after election Dennis Fentie Yukon Party

Results by party

The Yukon Legislature after the 2002 election.

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				Before	After	% Change	#	%
	Yukon Party	Dennis Fentie	18	2	12	+500%	5650	40.3%
	New Democratic	Todd Hardy	18	4	5	+25%	3763	26.9%
	Liberal	Pat Duncan	18	8	1	-87.5%	4056	29.0%
	Independents		6	3	0	-100%	535	3.8%
Total			60	17	18	+5.6	14004	100.0

Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
	Yukon Party	12	4	1	1	0
	New Democratic	5	2	11	0	0
	Liberal	1	12	5	0	0
	Independents	0	0	1	4	1

Results by riding

names in bold indicate party leaders

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Yukon		Liberal		NDP		Other
Copperbelt		Haakon Arntzen 374		Arthur Mitchell 312		Lillian Grubach-Hambrook 263				New district
Klondike		Peter Jenkins 508		Glen Everitt 224		Lisa Hutton 200				Peter Jenkins
Kluane		Michael Crawshay 124		Paul Birckel 109		Gary McRobb 442				Gary McRobb
Lake Laberge		Brad Cathers 466		Pam Buckway 218		Bill Commins 150				Pam Buckway
McIntyre-Takhini		John Edzerza 288		Judy Gingell 204		Maureen Stephens 270		Wayne Jim 129 Geoffrey Capp 15		Wayne Jim
Mayo-Tatchun		Jerry C. Kruse 102		Pat Van Bibber 210		Eric Fairclough 339		Dibs Williams 36		Eric Fairclough
Mount Lorne		Darcy Tkachuk 271		Cynthia Tucker 236		Steve Cardiff 334				Cynthia Tucker
Pelly-Nisutlin		Dean Hassard 297		Jim McLachlan 181		Buzz Burgess 162				Jim McLachlan
Porter Creek Centre		Archie Lang 399		Scott Kent 312		Judi Johnny 63				Scott Kent
Porter Creek North		Jim Kenyon 331		Dave Austin 148		Mark Bowers 135		Roger Rondeau 112		Don Roberts
Porter Creek South		Lynn Ogden 301		Pat Duncan 408		Paul Warner 80				Pat Duncan
Riverdale North		Ted Staffen 446		Dale Eftoda 355		Jan Slipetz 223				Dale Eftoda
Riverdale South		Glenn Hart 385		Sue Edelman 332		Cary Gryba 253				Sue Edelman
Southern Lakes		Patrick Rouble 227		Manfred Janssen 106		Rachael Lewis 190		Warren Braunberger 41		Dave Keenan
Vuntut Gwitchin		Randall Tetlichi 41		Joe Tetlichi 34		Lorraine Peter 68				Lorraine Peter
Watson Lake		Dennis Fentie 521		Tom Cove 130		Kathy Magun 174				Dennis Fentie
Whitehorse Centre		Vicki Durrant 171		Bernie Phillips 218		Todd Hardy 300		Mike McLarnon 207		Mike McLarnon
Whitehorse West		Elaine Taylor 398		Dennis Schneider 319		Rachel Grantham 117				Dennis Schneider

Electoral boundary changes from last election

• The riding of Faro was represented by Trevor Harding (NDP). Jim McLachlan (Liberal) was elected in a by-election after Harding resigned. The riding disappeared, absorbed into Pelly-Nisutlin.
• The riding of Ross River-Southern Lakes represented by Dave Keenan (NDP) was split, with Ross River and Teslin going in Pelly-Nisutlin, the rest (Carcross and Marsh Lake) became Southern Lakes along with the portions of the Mount Lorne riding.
• The Whitehorse riding of Riverside, (represented by Scott Kent (Lib) who moved to Porter Creek Centre), disappeared absorbed into Whitehorse Centre and Riverdale North.
• The Whitehorse riding of Copperbelt is a new riding created by splitting Whitehorse West.
• The Whitehorse riding of Porter Creek Centre is a new riding created by splitting Porter Creek North.

Member changes from last election

• James R. McLachlan (Liberal) elected in a by-election in the riding of Faro after the resignation of Trevor Harding in 2000.
• Dennis Fentie (NDP) defects to the Yukon Party in May 2002 and became leader one month later.
• Mike McLarnon (Liberal) defects and becomes an Independent in May 2002.
• Wayne Jim (Liberal) defects and becomes an Independent in May 2002.
• Don Roberts (Liberal) defects and becomes an Independent in May 2002.