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Yukon New Democratic Party 
Active territorial partyLeader Elizabeth Hanson President Vanessa Thorson (acting) Founded 1978 Headquarters Whitehorse, Yukon Ideology Social democracy Political position Centre-left International affiliation Socialist International Official colours Orange, Green Seats in Legislature 6 / 19Website www.yukonndp.ca Politics of Yukon
Political parties
ElectionsThe Yukon New Democratic Party (NDP) is a social-democratic political party in the Yukon territory of Canada.
The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leadership of Tony Penikett from 1985 to 1992, and under the leadership of Piers McDonald from 1996 to 2000. The party's current leader is Elizabeth Hanson. The NDP sat as official opposition to the current Yukon Party government in the Yukon Legislative Assembly until May 2006. In the 2006 Yukon election later that year, the three incumbent New Democrat Members of the Legislative Assembly were reelected, but the party failed to win any additional seats and remained in third place behind the five members of the Yukon Liberal Party and the ten member Yukon Party majority government.
In January 2009 the NDP were reduced to two seats: Todd Hardy (Whitehorse Centre) and Steve Cardiff (Mount Lorne), after the Party's third member, John Edzerza, resigned to sit as an independent. Edzerza later rejoined the Yukon Party, for which he had originally been elected in 2002.
Hardy died in July 2010, reducing the NDP to a single seat. On November 12, a by-election was called for his riding of Whitehorse Centre on December 13, which was won by the Party leader Hanson. Cardiff was killed in a car crash on July 7, 2011, again reducing the party to one seat in the legislature entering the 2011 election.
The Yukon NDP is a section of the New Democratic Party of Canada.
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Election results
Year Yukon New Democratic Party Leader No. Seats % Popular Vote Results 1978 Fred Berger 1 20.3% Third Party 1982 Tony Penikett 6 46.9% Official Opposition 1985 Tony Penikett 8 41.1% Minority Government 1989 Tony Penikett 9 45.0% Majority Government 1992 Tony Penikett 6 35.1% Official Opposition 1996 Piers McDonald 11 39.9% Majority Government 2000 Piers McDonald 6 32.8% Official Opposition 2002 Todd Hardy 5 26.9% Official Opposition 2006 Todd Hardy 3 23.6% Third Party 2011 Elizabeth Hanson 6 32.6% Official Opposition Leaders
- Fred Berger 1978-1981
- Tony Penikett 1981-1995
- Piers McDonald 1995-2000
- Trevor Harding 2000
- Eric Fairclough 2001-2002
- Todd Hardy 2002-2009
- Elizabeth Hanson 2009-present
(Note - Party politics only began in the Yukon in 1978)
See also
- List of articles about Yukon NDP members
- List of Yukon political parties
- List of premiers of Yukon
- List of Yukon Leaders of Opposition
External links
Politics of Yukon Premier Opposition Leader Liz Hanson • Former Opposition LeadersLegislature Political parties Elections 2011 election • Past elections • Yukon electoral districtsOther Canadian politics Represented in the Yukon Legislative Assembly Yukon Party - New Democratic - LiberalOther parties recognized by Elections Yukon Green - First NationsHistorical parties represented in the legislature Progressive Conservative - Independent AlliancePortal:Politics - List of political parties - Politics of CanadaNew Democratic Party of Canada Party wings FederalProvincialTerritorialYukonHistorical
Federal level LeadersWoodsworth (CCF) · Coldwell (CCF) · Argue (CCF) · Douglas · Lewis · Broadbent · McLaughlin · McDonough · Layton · TurmelParliamentary election
candidatesProvincial level Current leadersHanson - Yukon · Dix - BC · Mason - AB · Lingenfelter - SK · Selinger - MB · Horwath - ON · Cardy - NB · Dexter - NS · Rodd - PE · Michael - NLMost recent
leadership electionsNewfoundland & Labrador 2006 · Prince Edward Island 2006 · New Brunswick 2007 · Ontario 2009 · Manitoba 2009 · British Columbia 2011Factions See also Categories:- New Democratic Party of Canada
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