A founding member of the Yukon Party has accused Premier Dennis Fentie, the party's leader, of having a closed meeting in the Lake Laberge riding last week.

A few invited members joined Fentie and party officials at the April 7 meeting at Hidden Valley School — a meeting that Al Falle said he and other party members in Lake Laberge had not been notified about.

Falle said he only learned of the meeting after the fact, from some of those who were personally invited.

"Any political meeting has to have notice. You have to give notice in the paper," Falle, a former Yukon Party MLA, told CBC News on Friday.

Falle said he regularly attends riding meetings, adding that the closed meeting violates the party's constitution and shows a lack of openess and accountability.

"I don't know what went on at the meeting," he said. "I have no idea, and there's more than 100 members in this riding that have no idea what went on at the meeting."

Discussed budget

Yukon Party president Linda Hillier told CBC News that the April 7 meeting was not private, but she could not point to any advance advertising or public notice.

Hillier confirmed that she and Fentie did attend the meeting, but added that it was not an official Yukon Party riding meeting.

The discussion at the meeting was about the territorial budget, Hillier said.

In a letter dated Thursday, Falle blasted the Yukon Party Lake Laberge Riding Association executive for holding the closed meeting.

"Never in all my years of being involved in the Yukon Party have I witnessed such blatant contempt towards party members," Falle wrote in his letter, which was addressed to association president David Ford.

Falle has demanded the resignations of Ford and other riding association executives who were involved in hosting the meeting.

With files from Cheryl Kawaja