# 2000 Yukon general election

The 2000 Yukon general election was held on April 17, 2000 to elect members of the 30th Yukon Legislative Assembly in the Yukon Territory in Canada. The incumbent NDP government was defeated by the Liberal Party, which formed a majority government.

## Standings

Summary of the 2000 Legislative Assembly of Yukon election results :
| Party | Party | Party leader | Candidates | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Party leader | Candidates | 1996 | Dissol. | 2000 | Change | # | % | Change |
| | Liberal | Pat Duncan | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | +7 | 6,119 | 42.90% | +18.96% |
| | New Democratic | Piers McDonald | 17 | 11 | 10 | 6 | -5 | 4,677 | 32.80% | -7.01% |
| | Yukon Party | John Ostashek | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 3,466 | 24.30% | -6.06% |
| Total | Total | Total | 49 | 17 | 17 | 17 | | 14,262 | 100.00% | |
Popular vote
Liberal
42.90%
New Democratic
32.80%
Yukon Party
24.30% :
Seats summary
Liberal
58.82%
New Democratic
35.29%
Yukon Party
5.88% :

## Member Changes from Previous Election

Changes in seats held (1996-2000) :
| Seat | Before | Before | Before | Before | Change | Change | Change |
| Seat | Date | Member | Party | Reason | Date | Member | Party |
| Lake Laberge | August 30, 1999 | Doug Livingston | █ New Democratic | Resignation | October 25, 1999 | Pam Buckway | █ Liberal |
* Liberals form Official Opposition, following Lake Laberge by-election.

## Incumbents not Running for Reelection

The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 2000 election:
Liberal Party
* Jack Cable (Riverside)
New Democratic Party
* Robert Bruce (Vuntut Gwitchin)
Yukon Party
* Doug Phillips (Riverdale North)

## Results by Riding

Bold indicates party leaders † - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA
| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Yukon | Yukon | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Faro | | | | Jim McLachlan 53 | | Trevor Harding 177 | | | Trevor Harding |
| Klondike | | Peter Jenkins 424 | | Stuart Schmidt 397 | | Aedes Scheer 249 | | | Peter Jenkins |
| Kluane | | Charlie Eikland 208 | | Gerald Brown 113 | | Gary McRobb 405 | | | Gary McRobb |
| Lake Laberge | | Roger Gallagher 363 | | Pam Buckway 514 | | Gary LeGoffe 182 | | | Pam Buckway |
| McIntyre-Takhini | | John Edzerza 265 | | Wayne Jim 376 | | Piers McDonald 338 | | | Piers McDonald |
| Mayo-Tatchun | | | | Wilf Tuck 277 | | Eric Fairclough 446 | | | Eric Fairclough |
| Mount Lorne | | Ken Gabb 269 | | Cynthia Tucker 563 | | Lois Moorcroft 422 | | | Lois Moorcroft |
| Porter Creek North | | John Ostashek 323 | | Don Roberts 504 | | Sidney Maddison 114 | | | John Ostashek |
| Porter Creek South | | Larry W Carlyle 235 | | Pat Duncan 607 | | Mark Dupuis 103 | | | Pat Duncan |
| Riverdale North | | Daphne White 172 | | Dale Eftoda 454 | | Rachael Lewis 233 | | | Doug Phillips† |
| Riverdale South | | Ginny Macdonald 205 | | Sue Edelman 422 | | Heather Finton 237 | | | Sue Edelman |
| Riverside | | Michael Wienert 100 | | Scott Kent 359 | | Jasbir Randhawa 202 | | | Jack Cable† |
| Ross River-Southern Lakes | | Ed Hall 150 | | Dorothy John 187 | | Dave Keenan 357 | | | Dave Keenan |
| Vuntut Gwitchin | | Kathie Nukon 53 | | Esau Schafer 61 | | Lorraine Netro 69 | | | Robert Bruce† |
| Watson Lake | | Mickey Thomas 144 | | Isaac Wood 272 | | Dennis Fentie 434 | | | Dennis Fentie |
| Whitehorse Centre | | Vicki Durrant 130 | | Mike McLarnon 312 | | Todd Hardy 229 | | | Todd Hardy |
| Whitehorse West | | Elaine Taylor 425 | | Dennis Schneider 621 | | David Sloan 480 | | | David Sloan |