List of premiers of Yukon
Premiers of Yukon
Yukon Liberal Party Yukon New Democratic Party Yukon Progressive Conservative Party Yukon Party

List of premiers of Yukon

Section Title: Premiers of Yukon
Table Section Text: Yukon Liberal Party Yukon New Democratic Party Yukon Progressive Conservative Party Yukon Party

Premier (party)	Incumbency	Period	Assemblies	Elections

1st	Chris Pearson (Progressive Conservative)	6 years, 122 days	November 20, 1978 March 22, 1985	24th 25th	Elected November 20, 1978 Re-elected June 7, 1982 Resigned March 1985

2nd	Willard Phelps (Progressive Conservative)	66 days	March 23, 1985 May 28, 1985	25th	Designated March 1985

-	3rd	Tony Penikett (NDP)	7 years, 161 days	May 29, 1985 November 6, 1992	26th 27th	Elected May 13, 1985 Re-elected February 20, 1989

4th	John Ostashek (Yukon Party)	3 years, 346 days	November 7, 1992 October 18, 1996	28th	Elected October 19, 1992

5th	Piers McDonald (NDP)	3 years, 199 days	October 19, 1996 May 5, 2000	29th	Elected September 30, 1996

6th	Pat Duncan (Liberal)	2 years, 181 days	May 6, 2000 November 30, 2002	30th	Elected April 17, 2000

-	7th	Dennis Fentie (Yukon Party)	8 years, 192 days	November 30, 2002 June 10, 2011	31st 32nd	Elected November 4, 2002 Re-elected October 10, 2006 Resigned April 27, 2011

-	8th	Darrell Pasloski (Yukon Party)	5 years, 175 days	June 11, 2011 December 3, 2016	32nd 33rd	Designated May 28, 2011 Re-elected October 11, 2011

-	9th	Sandy Silver (Liberal)	1 year, 339 days	December 3, 2016 present	34th	Elected November 7, 2016

Sentence(s)

With the resignation of Chris Pearson as leader in 1985 the Progressive Conservatives chose Phelps as theit new leader and he was accordingly the second leader from March 23 to May 28, 1985, when the Yukon took office after winning the 1985 election.

final_sentence: With the resignation of Chris Pearson as leader in 1985 the Progressive Conservatives chose Phelps as theit new leader and he was accordingly the second leader from March 23 to May 28, 1985, when the Yukon took office after winning the 1985 election.