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1982 Yukon general election

Canadian territorial election

Summary

Canadian territorial election

Field	Value
election_name	1982 Yukon general election
country	Yukon
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1978 Yukon general election
previous_year	1978
previous_mps	24th Yukon Legislative Assembly
next_election	1985 Yukon general election
elected_mps	members
next_year	1985
seats_for_election	16 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	9
election_date	June 7, 1982
turnout	78.72% ( 8.29pp)
image1	PC
colour1
leader1	Chris Pearson
leader_since1	December 8, 1978
party1
leaders_seat1	Whitehorse Riverdale North
last_election1	11
seats1	10
seat_change1	1
popular_vote1	4,770
percentage1	45.79%
swing1	8.69pp
image2	[[File:Tony Penikett (cropped).jpg	160x160px]]
colour2
leader2	Tony Penikett
leader_since2	1981
party2
leaders_seat2	Whitehorse West
last_election2	1
seats2	6
seat_change2	5
popular_vote2	3,689
percentage2	35.42%
swing2	15.15pp
image3	Lib
colour3
leader3	Ron Veale
leader_since3	1981
party3
leaders_seat3	Whitehorse Riverdale South
(lost re-election)
last_election3	2
seats3	0
seat_change3	2
popular_vote3	1,564
percentage3	15.02%
swing3	13.44pp
map_image	Yukon_Territorial_Election_1982_-_Results_by_Riding.svg
map_size	360px
map_caption	Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.
title	Premier
posttitle	Premier after election
before_election	Chris Pearson
before_party
after_election	Chris Pearson
after_party

(lost re-election)

Results by Party

|- style="background:#ccc;" ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Party ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Party leader !rowspan="2"|Candidates ! colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Seats !colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Popular vote

- style="background:#ccc;"
}

Member Changes from Previous Election

Seat	Before	Change	Member	Party	Reason
Old Crow	May 25, 1979	Grafton Njootli	Removed from PC Caucus
Whitehorse Riverdale South	January 1981	Iain MacKay	Resignation	March 9, 1981	Ron Veale
Campbell	April 27, 1981	Robert Fleming	Joined PC Caucus
Faro	September 16, 1981	Maurice Byblow	Joined NDP Caucus
Whitehorse South Centre	April 15, 1981	Jack Hibberd	Resignation	October 13, 1981	Roger Kimmerly

The New Democratic Party forms Official Opposition, following Whitehorse South Centre by-election.

Incumbents not Running for Reelection

The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 1982 election:

Progressive Conservative

Doug Graham (Whitehorse Porter Creek West)
Meg McCall (Klondike)

Results by Riding

Bold indicates party leaders

† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA |- | |Robert Fleming 214 | |Bill Webber 43 || |Dave Porter 225 | | ||

Robert Fleming

| |Doris Gates 205 | |Wayne Peace 160 || |Maurice Byblow 357 | | ||

Maurice Byblow

Al Falle
368

| |Patrick James 92 | |Max Fraser 344 | | ||

Al Falle

Clarke Ashley
306

| | | |Art Webster 283 | | ||

Meg McCall†

Bill Brewster
241

| |Alice McGuire 16 | |Dave Joe 196 | | ||

Alice McGuire

| |Swede Hanson 173 | |Eleanor Van Bibber 35 || |Piers McDonald 230 | | ||

Swede Hanson

Kathie Nukon
59

| |Abraham Peter 29 | |Bruce Charlie 35 | |Grafton Njootli 11 ||

Grafton Njootli

Howard Tracey
106

| |Roger Coles 103 | |Bill Larson 101 | | ||

Howard Tracey

| |Dave Rollie 142 | |Eileen Van Bibber 60 | |James Cahill 18 || |Don Taylor 170 Brian Shanahan 154 ||

Don Taylor

| |Geoff Lattin 227 | |Bert Hadvick 65 || |Margaret Commodore 292 | |Don Branigan 58 ||

Geoff Lattin

Dan Lang
645

| |Betty Toews 92 | |Gerry Dobson 240 | | ||

Dan Lang

Andy Philipsen
299

| |Lawrence Whelan 45 | |David Cosco 119 | | ||

Doug Graham†

Chris Pearson
395

| |Jim Kennelly 188 | |Velma Smith 148 | | ||

Chris Pearson

Bea Firth
562

| |Ron Veale 469 | |Jon Pierce 232 | | ||

Ron Veale

| |Chuck Rear 320 | |Carol Christian 108 || |Roger Kimmerly 328 | | ||

Roger Kimmerly

| |Pat Harvey 508 | |Adam Skrutkowski 59 || |Tony Penikett 541 | | || |Tony Penikett |}

References

[https://electionsyukon.ca/sites/elections/files/1982_general_election_0.pdf Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1982 General Election] Elections Yukon, 1982. Retrieved March 26, 2021
[https://electionsyukon.ca/sites/elections/files/1982_general_election_0.pdf Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1982 General Election] Elections Yukon, 1982. Retrieved March 26, 2021
"NDP's by-election win makes it Opposition". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', October 15, 1981.

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