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1985 Yukon general election

Canadian territorial election

Summary

Canadian territorial election

Field	Value
election_name	1985 Yukon general election
country	Yukon
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1982 Yukon general election
previous_year	1982
previous_mps	25th Yukon Legislative Assembly
next_election	1989 Yukon general election
elected_mps	members
next_year	1989
seats_for_election	16 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	9
election_date	May 13, 1985
image1	[[File:Tony Penikett (cropped).jpg	160x160px]]
colour1
leader1	Tony Penikett
leader_since1	1981
party1
leaders_seat1	Whitehorse West
last_election1	6
seats1	8
seat_change1	2
popular_vote1	4,335
percentage1	41.10%
swing1	5.68pp
image2	PC
colour2
leader2	Willard Phelps
leader_since2	March 23, 1985
party2
leaders_seat2	Ran in Hootalinqua (won)
last_election2	9
seats2	6
seat_change2	3
popular_vote2	4,948
percentage2	46.91%
swing2	1.12pp
image3	Lib
colour3
leader3	Roger Coles
leader_since3	1984
party3
leaders_seat3	Ran in Tatchun
(won)
last_election3	0
seats3	2
seat_change3	2
popular_vote3	806
percentage3	7.64%
swing3	7.38pp
map_image	Yukon_Territorial_Election_1985_-_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	Willard Phelps
before_party
after_election	Tony Penikett
after_party
turnout	78.40% ( 0.32pp)

(won)

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;"
}

Incumbents not Running for Reelection

The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 1985 election:

New Democratic Party

Maurice Byblow (Faro)

Progressive Conservative

Al Falle (Hootalinqua)
Clarke Ashley (Klondike)
Chris Pearson (Whitehorse Riverdale North)
Kathie Nukon (Old Crow)

Results by Riding

Bold indicates party leaders

† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA |- | |Nancy Dieckmann 248 | | || |Sam Johnston 313 | | ||

Dave Porter

| |Ted Bartsch 97 || |Jim McLachlan 142 | |Sybil Frei 121 | | ||

Maurice Byblow†

Willard Phelps
461

| | | |Tom Burke 399 | | ||

Al Falle†

| |Helmut Schoener 316 | | || |Art Webster 375 | | ||

Clarke Ashley†

Bill Brewster
237

| |Tony Stanevicius 63 | |Scott Gilbert 95 | | ||

Bill Brewster

| |Ken Cooper 183 | |Rob Andison 18 || |Piers McDonald 251 | | ||

Piers McDonald

| |Alice Frost 61 | | || |Norma Kassi 67 | | ||

Kathie Nukon†

| |Howard Tracey 93 || |Roger Coles 159 | |Victor Mitander 131 | | ||

Howard Tracey

| |Don McIntosh 90 | | || |Dave Porter 183 | |Don Taylor 174 Brian Shanahan 119 ||

Don Taylor

| |Ken McKinnon 241 | | || |Margaret Commodore 300 | |George Stalker 66 ||

Margaret Commodore

Dan Lang
527

| |Hans Bierstedt 90 | |Gerry Dobson 230 | | ||

Dan Lang

Andy Philipsen
393

| | | |Ross Priest 280 | |Frances Nowasad 99 ||

Andy Philipsen

Doug Phillips
540

| |Terry Hamilton 84 | |Jim Lockhart 268 | | ||

Chris Pearson†

Bea Firth
627

| |Willie Harasymow 165 | |Betty Irwin 260 | | ||

Bea Firth

| |Ron Granger 303 | |Arthur Giovinazzo 85 || |Roger Kimmerly 346 | | ||

Roger Kimmerly

| |Charlie Friday 531 | | || |Tony Penikett 716 | | || |Tony Penikett |}

References

(Seats won)

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