Talk:2006 Yukon general election

Untitled
Corrected the 2002 entry and changed credit for our 2004 & 2005 entries to TrendLines. Datapath polls are available via the Whitehorse Star.--FreddyH> 00:26, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Datapath survey, Aug 2005
I was amused to read in the Whitehorse Star on September 13, "corrections" on page 2, stated that the six percent of "other" (the three parties add up to only 94 percent) was for the Green Party and the Christian Heritage Party.

Amused, because the Green Party and CHP have never been registered territorial parties, and neither has ever run candidates in the Yukon under those labels. (The federal CHP, and the federal wing of the Green Party, have only had candidates in the Yukon as part of a federal election.) It is true that people who believe in what these two parties stand for may have run as candidates, either under one of the three parties' names, or as an independent. I myself defined my 2002 independent candidacy by CHP principles.

I am of the belief that someone at Datapath goofed by including the CHP and Green in their survey questioning.

GBC 06:39, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Municipal elections
Does anyone else find it odd that the people of the Yukon will be heading to the polls again nine days later for their municipal elections? -- Earl Andrew - talk 00:02, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Nope, actually its pretty common in Canada, or at least it was pretty common in Canada for multiple elections on different levels to be held with in days of each other, For example the 1940 Alberta general election was held on March 21 and the 1940 Federal election was held on March 26, It might be interesting to reasearch data on how nationial or provincial campaigns or results crossed over in voter trends. Of course if they were smart they could save money and align the elections to be on the same day, and save costs of running two elections. --Cloveious 04:56, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I realize it's common now that I think of it, but one would think the Yukon would try and combine the two for financial reasons. -- Earl Andrew - talk 05:11, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * How would it save money? The close to each other elections are pure coincidence. Fentie had to call an election before November 10, and the date of the municipal elections is fixed by law unde the Municipal Act. He could have called in the spring, but he would have lost massively at that time. The main problem seems to be that municipal politicians are complaining people will not pay sufficient attention to them. Luigizanasi 06:19, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * It would save money by combining returing officers to serve both elections, Municipal Ballots could be printed in conjunction with provincial ballotts etc. --Cloveious 14:53, 13 September 2006 (UTC)