Despite his own battle with leukemia, NDP Leader Todd Hardy was the first MLA elected on Tuesday night followed closely by Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell and Yukon Party Leader Dennis Fentie.
The 49-year-old Hardy won his riding of Whitehorse Centre, defeating Liberal candidate Bernie Phillips and the Yukon Party's Jerry Johnson.
Hardy said he was feeling much better, especially after his election win.
Yukon NDP Leader Todd Hardy finished leukemia treatment in Vancouver only a week before voting day.
Hardy first won the seat in 1996, lost it in 2000 to Liberal Mike McLarnon and then regained it in 2002, just weeks after assuming the NDP leadership.
He was diagnosed with leukemia in August and spent the first three weeks of the campaign undergoing cancer treatment in a Vancouver hospital.
Mitchell was also re-elected, in the Whitehorse riding of Copperbelt. It is the largest riding, having grown by more than 400 voters since 2002.
Yukon Party Leader Dennis Fentie urged residents to give his party a second mandate during the campaign.
(CBC News)
Mitchell's opponents were Yukon Party candidate Russ Hobbis and the NDP's David Hedmann.
Fentie defeated Liberal Rick Harder to hang on to his home riding of Watson Lake.
Fentie was first elected MLA for Watson Lake as an NDP candidate in 1996 and then re-elected in 2000.
Yukon Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell is fighting his first territorial election as leader.
After switching to the Yukon Party just prior to the 2002 election, he handily won the riding a third time.
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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 | ||||