Yukon Legislative Assembly

Yukon Legislative Assembly

*Assemblée législative du Yukon*
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 Liberal (8); Confidence and supply New Democratic (3); Official Opposition Yukon (8);
Elections
Last election	April 12, 2021
Next election	TBD
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
Brad Cathers	Yukon	Lake Laberge
Nils Clarke	Liberal	Riverdale North
Yvonne Clarke	Yukon	Porter Creek Centre
Currie Dixon	Yukon	Copperbelt North
Jeremy Harper	Liberal	Mayo-Tatchun
Stacey Hassard	Yukon	Pelly-Nisutlin
Wade Istchenko	Yukon	Kluane
Scott Kent	Yukon	Copperbelt South
Jeanie McLean	Liberal	Mountainview
Patti McLeod	Yukon	Watson Lake
Tracy-Anne McPhee	Liberal	Riverdale South
Richard Mostyn	Liberal	Whitehorse West
Ranj Pillai	Liberal	Porter Creek South
Sandy Silver	Liberal	Klondike
John Streicker	Liberal	Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes
Lane Tredger	New Democratic	Whitehorse Centre
Geraldine Van Bibber	Yukon	Porter Creek North
Kate White	New Democratic	Takhini-Kopper King
Annie Blake	New Democratic	Vuntut Gwitchin

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

References