1996 Yukon general election

The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30, 1996 to elect the seventeen members of the 29th Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon Territory, Canada. The governing Yukon Party, a conservative party, was defeated by the social democratic New Democratic Party (NDP). The NDP formed a new majority government of the territory with 11 seats. Party leader Piers McDonald became Government Leader. The Yukon Party and the centrist Yukon Liberal Party each won three seats, although Liberal leader Ken Taylor failed to be elected.

Results by party
! 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;"
 * - style="background:#ccc;"
 * style="text-align:center;"|1992
 * style="text-align:center;font-size: 80%;"|Dissol.
 * style="text-align:center;"|1996
 * style="text-align:center;"|Change
 * style="text-align:center;"|#
 * style="text-align:center;"|%
 * style="text-align:center;"|Change


 * align=left|Piers McDonald
 * align="right"|16
 * align="right"|6
 * align="right"|6
 * align="right"|11
 * align="right"|+5
 * align="right"|5,760
 * align="right"|39.81%
 * align="right"|+4.73%


 * align=left|John Ostashek
 * align="right"|15
 * align="right"|7
 * align="right"|7
 * align="right"|3
 * align="right"|-4
 * align="right"|4,392
 * align="right"|30.36%
 * align="right"|-5.52%


 * align=left|Ken Taylor
 * align="right"|16
 * align="right"|1
 * align="right"|1
 * align="right"|3
 * align="right"|+2
 * align="right"|3,464
 * align="right"|23.94%
 * align="right"|+7.84%


 * colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Independent
 * align="right"|7
 * align="right"|3
 * align="right"|3
 * align="right"|0
 * align="right"|-3
 * align="right"|852
 * align="right"|5.89%
 * align="right"|N/A
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"|Total
 * style="text-align:right;"|54
 * style="text-align:right;"|17
 * style="text-align:right;"|17
 * style="text-align:right;"|17
 * style="text-align:right;"|
 * style="text-align:right;"|14,468
 * style="text-align:right;"|100.00%
 * style="text-align:right;"|
 * }
 * }

Incumbents not Running for Reelection
The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 1996 election:

Independent
 * Bea Firth (Riverdale South)

New Democratic Party
 * Danny Joe (Mayo-Tatchun)
 * Margaret Commodore (Whitehorse Centre)

Yukon Party
 * Bill Brewster (Kluane)
 * David Millar (Klondike)
 * John Devries (Watson Lake)

Riding Results
Bold indicates party leaders

† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA

530 29 372 603 96 21 377 144 177 66 328 325 242 221 441 251 182 21 454 180 484 247 299 166 191 403 384 181 397 435 347 450 146 349 476 260 160 267 484 49 317 69 * 69 27 442 249 106 40 328 216 188 486 323 383
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Faro
 * Trevor Harding
 * Trevor Harding
 * Trevor Harding
 * Ed Peake
 * Ed Peake
 * Ed Peake
 * Ed Peake
 * Trevor Harding
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Klondike
 * Tim Gerberding
 * Trevor Harding
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Klondike
 * Tim Gerberding
 * Tim Gerberding
 * Tim Gerberding
 * Peter Jenkins
 * Peter Jenkins
 * Glen Everitt
 * Glen Everitt
 * John Cramp
 * John Cramp
 * David Millar†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kluane
 * Gary McRobb
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kluane
 * Gary McRobb
 * Gary McRobb
 * Olli Wirth
 * Olli Wirth
 * John Farynowski
 * John Farynowski
 * Bonnie Lock
 * Bonnie Lock
 * Bill Brewster†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lake Laberge
 * Doug Livingston
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lake Laberge
 * Doug Livingston
 * Doug Livingston
 * Mickey Fisher
 * Mickey Fisher
 * Linda Biensch
 * Linda Biensch
 * Mark Bain
 * Mark Bain
 * Mickey Fisher
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|McIntyre-Takhini
 * Piers McDonald
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|McIntyre-Takhini
 * Piers McDonald
 * Piers McDonald
 * Scott Howell
 * Scott Howell
 * Rosemary Couch
 * Rosemary Couch
 * Clinton Fraser
 * Clinton Fraser
 * Piers McDonald
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mayo-Tatchun
 * Eric Fairclough
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mayo-Tatchun
 * Eric Fairclough
 * Eric Fairclough
 * Michael McGinnis
 * Michael McGinnis
 * Danny Joe†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Lorne
 * Lois Moorcroft
 * Danny Joe†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Lorne
 * Lois Moorcroft
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Lorne
 * Lois Moorcroft
 * Lois Moorcroft
 * Lois Moorcroft
 * Allan Doherty
 * Allan Doherty
 * Ken Taylor
 * Ken Taylor
 * Allen Luheck
 * Allen Luheck
 * Lois Moorcroft
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek North
 * Luigi Zanasi
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek North
 * Luigi Zanasi
 * Luigi Zanasi
 * John Ostashek
 * John Ostashek
 * Don Roberts
 * Don Roberts
 * John Ostashek
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek South
 * Mark Dupuis
 * John Ostashek
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek South
 * Mark Dupuis
 * Mark Dupuis
 * Mark Dupuis
 * Alan Nordling
 * Alan Nordling
 * Pat Duncan
 * Pat Duncan
 * Alan Nordling
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale North
 * Dave Stockdale
 * Alan Nordling
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale North
 * Dave Stockdale
 * Dave Stockdale
 * Dave Stockdale
 * Doug Phillips
 * Doug Phillips
 * Flo Leblanc-Hutchinson
 * Flo Leblanc-Hutchinson
 * Doug Phillips
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale South
 * Barbara Toombs
 * Doug Phillips
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale South
 * Barbara Toombs
 * Barbara Toombs
 * Barbara Toombs
 * Barbara Toombs
 * Barbara Toombs
 * Sue Edelman
 * Sue Edelman
 * Bea Firth†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverside
 * Gary Umbrich
 * Bea Firth†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverside
 * Gary Umbrich
 * Gary Umbrich
 * Gary Umbrich
 * Ed Henderson
 * Ed Henderson
 * Jack Cable
 * Jack Cable
 * Jack Cable
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ross River-Southern Lakes
 * Dave Keenan
 * Jack Cable
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ross River-Southern Lakes
 * Dave Keenan
 * Dave Keenan
 * Dave Keenan
 * Bill Munroe
 * Bill Munroe
 * Bill Munroe
 * Bill Munroe
 * Willard Phelps
 * Willard Phelps
 * Willard Phelps
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Vuntut Gwitchin
 * Robert Bruce
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Vuntut Gwitchin
 * Robert Bruce
 * Robert Bruce
 * Esau Schafer
 * Esau Schafer
 * Shirlee Frost
 * Shirlee Frost
 * Esau Schafer
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Watson Lake
 * Dennis Fentie
 * Esau Schafer
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Watson Lake
 * Dennis Fentie
 * Dennis Fentie
 * Dennis Fentie
 * Barrie Ravenhill
 * Barrie Ravenhill
 * Dave Kalles
 * Dave Kalles
 * Mickey Thomas
 * Mickey Thomas
 * John Devries†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse Centre
 * Todd Hardy
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse Centre
 * Todd Hardy
 * Todd Hardy
 * Linda Dixon
 * Linda Dixon
 * Jon Breen
 * Jon Breen
 * Margaret Commodore†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse West
 * David Sloan
 * Margaret Commodore†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse West
 * David Sloan
 * David Sloan
 * David Sloan
 * Shelda Hutton
 * Shelda Hutton
 * Larry Bagnell
 * Larry Bagnell
 * David Sloan
 * }
 * David Sloan
 * }
 * }


 * Because of the tie vote, Robert Bruce was declared elected after his name was drawn from a hat. He was later re-elected after a 1997 by-election after irregularities led to a court order invalidating the election.