The Yukon Party under Dennis Fentie has been re-elected with a majority government in Tuesday's territorial election, climbing by one seat to a total of 10.
With the ballots counted for all 18 ridings, the Yukon Party had captured 40 per cent of the popular vote compared with 35 per cent for the Liberals and 23 per cent for the NDP.
That translates to 10 seats for the Yukon Party, which went into the election with nine.
The Liberals under Arthur Mitchell, who entered the election with four seats, will form the Official Opposition with five legislators.
Meanwhile, the NDP — which held five seats at the start of the year but had dropped to three by the time the election was called in early September — stayed steady with three MLAs.
There were two Independents sitting when the election was called, but the three parties swept the poll.
Voter turnout was 72.3 per cent, down from the traditionally high rate of 78 to 80 per cent. There were 18,659 eligible voters and 13,495 cast ballots, according to Yukon Elections.
Yukon Party cabinet re-elected
For the Yukon Party, Leader Dennis Fentie won his riding of Watson Lake and the five other members of the former cabinet who had been seeking re-election also won.
- In Lake Laberge, the party's Brad Cathers handily defeated Liberal Jon Breen for a second term.
- Glenn Hart was re-elected for the Yukon Party in Riverdale South as was the party's Riverdale North candidate, Ted Staffen.
- In Porter Creek, Archie Lang and Jim Kenyon were re-elected for the Yukon Party as was Elaine Taylor in Whitehorse West.
- The riding of Pelly-Nisutlin was won by the Yukon Party's Marion Horne and the party recaptured the Klondike riding with candidate Steve Nordick.
Political newcomers take 2 seats for Liberals
For the Liberals, Leader Arthur Mitchell was re-elected in Copperbelt, Kluane candidate Gary McRobb won Kluane and Eric Fairclough won Mayo-Tatchun.
Newcomers Don Inverarity took Porter Creek South for the party, while Darius Elias defeated Lorraine Peter in Vuntut Gwitchin.
NDP Leader Todd Hardy was re-elected in Whitehorse Centre as was the party's Steve Cardiff in Mount Lorne. Hardy was diagnosed with leukemia in August and spent the first three weeks of the campaign undergoing cancer treatment in a Vancouver hospital.
John Edzerza, who had been a Yukon Party MLA and cabinet minister for Fentie's government until he quit to sit as an Independent in August, won the riding of McIntyre-Takhini for the NDP.
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| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YP | 10 | 0 | 10 | 40.78% |
| LIB | 5 | 0 | 5 | 34.83% |
| NDP | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23.33% |
| OTH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.06% |
| Last Update:October 10, 10:01:08 PM PDT | ||||