# 2006 Yukon general election

The 2006 Yukon general election was held on October 10, 2006, in Yukon, Canada, to elect members of the 32nd Yukon Legislative Assembly. The Premier of Yukon asked the territorial Commissioner for a dissolution of the Assembly on September 8, 2006. Because of changes in the Yukon Act, the Yukon Party government's mandate resulting from this election is for as long as five years instead of four.

## Results
### By party

| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | 2002 | Dissolution | Elected | % Change | # | % |
| | Yukon Party | Dennis Fentie | 18 | 12 | 9 | 10 | -16.7 | 5,503 | 40.6 |
| | Liberal | Arthur Mitchell | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +400.0 | 4,704 | 34.7 |
| | New Democratic | Todd Hardy | 18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | -40.0 | 3,197 | 23.6 |
| | Independents | Independents | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 143 | 1.1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 58 | 18 | 18 | 18 | - | 13,547 | 100.0 |

### By region

| Party name | Party name | Party name | Whitehorse | Rural | Total |
| | Yukon Party | Seats: | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| | Yukon Party | Popular vote: | 38.9% | 42.9% | 40.6% |
| | Liberal | Seats: | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| | Liberal | Popular vote: | 38.3% | 30.0% | 34.7% |
| | New Democratic Party | Seats: | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | New Democratic Party | Popular vote: | 22.8% | 24.6% | 23.6% |
| | Independent | Seats: | (no candidate) | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent | Popular vote: | (no candidate) | 2.5% | 1.1% |
| Total seats: | Total seats: | Total seats: | 9 | 9 | 18 |

### By rank

| Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth |
| Yukon Party | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Liberal | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| New Democratic | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| Independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

## Changes since the last election

* Haakon Arntzen leaves the Yukon Party caucus after investigations into several sexual assault cases in the 70's and the 80's began. While serving as an independent, he was found guilty. The Opposition called for his resignation, however this was rebuffed by the Government who believed he should be sentenced first.
* The Liberal Party held a leadership race after Pat Duncan lost the previous election moving from government to only one seat and third place. The party chose Arthur Mitchell over Duncan to lead the party.
* Arntzen resigns from the legislature on September 9, 2005. A by-election was held on November 21, 2005 to fill the Copperbelt seat and Liberal leader Arthur Mitchell won the election with almost 50% of the vote.
* Peter Jenkins, member for Klondike, resigns from Yukon Party, November 28, 2005 and from the cabinet after a dispute with the Premier over the payment of loans.
* Gary McRobb, member for Kluane, and Eric Fairclough, member for Mayo-Tatchun were expelled from the New Democratic Party (NDP) on February 28, 2006 and March 1, 2006 respectively when it is learned that they are exploring the possibility of running as independents or Liberals in the next election.
* McRobb (on March 17, 2006) and Fairclough (on May 1, 2006) both joined the Liberal caucus. Fairclough's joining brought the Liberals ahead of the NDP making them the official opposition.
* Edzerza on August 2, 2006 resigned from cabinet and the Yukon Party caucus; the following day, Edzerza said he would seek the NDP nomination in his riding. In accordance with NDP policy, Edzerza is to sit as an independent until nominated and elected as an NDP candidate.

## Campaign slogans

* Yukon Party: Imagine tomorrow
* Yukon Liberal Party: Putting people first
* Yukon New Democratic Party: Leading the way

## Results by riding

names in bold indicate cabinet ministers, names in italics are party leaders

### Rural Yukon

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Yukon | Yukon | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Klondike | | Steve Nordick 405 | | Steve Taylor 132 | | Jorn Meier 297 | | Glen Everitt 56 | Peter Jenkins |
| Kluane | | Jim Bowers 176 | | Gary McRobb 317 | | Lillian Grubach-Hambrook 82 | | Freddy Hutter 19 | Gary McRobb |
| Lake Laberge | | Brad Cathers 458 | | Jon Breen 221 | | Nina Sutherland 120 | | | Brad Cathers |
| Mayo-Tatchun | | Jean VanBibber 166 | | Eric Fairclough 301 | | Karen Gage 99 | | | Eric Fairclough |
| Mount Lorne | | Valerie Boxall 236 | | Colleen Wirth 231 | | Steve Cardiff 361 | | | Steve Cardiff |
| Pelly-Nisutlin | | Marian Horne 241 | | Hammond Dick 145 | | Gwen Wally 146 | | Elvis Aaron Presley ("Tagish" Elvis Presley) 40 | Dean Hassard |
| Southern Lakes | | Patrick Rouble 276 | | Ethel Tizya 134 | | Kevin Barr 238 | | | Patrick Rouble |
| Vuntut Gwitchin | | William Josie 38 | | Darius Elias 64 | | Lorraine Peter 40 | | | Lorraine Peter |
| Watson Lake | | Dennis Fentie 495 | | Rick Harder 196 | | Rachael Lewis 45 | | Dale Robert Worsfold 28 | Dennis Fentie |

### Whitehorse

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Yukon | Yukon | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Copperbelt | | Russ Hobbis 374 | | Arthur Mitchell 632 | | David Hedmann 191 | | | Arthur Mitchell |
| McIntyre-Takhini | | Vicki Durrant 201 | | Ed Schultz 328 | | John Edzerza 334 | | | John Edzerza |
| Porter Creek Centre | | Archie Lang 344 | | David Laxton 224 | | Kate White 159 | | | Archie Lang |
| Porter Creek North | | Jim Kenyon 311 | | Dale Cheeseman 191 | | Dave Hobbis 158 | | | Jim Kenyon |
| Porter Creek South | | Dean Hassard 298 | | Don Inverarity 304 | | Samson Hartland 97 | | | Pat Duncan |
| Riverdale North | | Ted Staffen 429 | | Lesley Cabott 373 | | James McCullough 172 | | | Ted Staffen |
| Riverdale South | | Glenn Hart 357 | | Phil Treusch 324 | | Peter Lesniak 226 | | | Glenn Hart |
| Whitehorse Centre | | Jerry Johnson 190 | | Bernie Phillips 211 | | Todd Hardy 357 | | | Todd Hardy |
| Whitehorse West | | Elaine Taylor 511 | | Mike Walton 371 | | Rhoda Merkel 75 | | | Elaine Taylor |

## Opinion polls

| Polling Firm | Date | YP | Lib | NDP | Ind |
| Results of Election 2002 | Results of Election 2002 | 40 | 29 | 27 | 4 |
| DataPath | July 2002 | 23 | 35 | 35 | 5 |
| DataPath | March 2004 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 21 |
| DataPath | February 2005 | 31 | 23 | 33 | 13 |
| DataPath | May 2005 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 13 |
| DataPath | August 2005 | 30 | 21 | 43 | 6 |
| TrendLines | August 2005 | 35 | 30 | 34 | |
| TrendLines | September 2005 | 35 | 29 | 35 | |
| TrendLines | October 2005 | 32 | 32 | 36 | |
| DataPath | December 2005 | 25 | 31 | 35 | 9 |
| TrendLines | January 2006 | 26 | 34 | 37 | 2 |
| TrendLines | March 2006 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 4 |
| TrendLines | May 2006 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 17 |
| DataPath | May 2006 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 7 |
| TrendLines | June 2006 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 21 |
| TrendLines | July 2006 | 35 | 33 | 23 | 10 |
| DataPath | August 2006 | 33 | 30 | 31 | 6 |
| TrendLines | September 2006 | 32 | 39 | 23 | 7 |
| DataPath | October 2006 | 34 | 37 | 25 | 4 |
| TrendLines | October 2006 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 2 |
| Results of Election 2006 | Results of Election 2006 | 41 | 35 | 24 | 1 |
Trendlines polls from October 2005 to June 2006 are based on a 100-day rolling average. Trendlines polls from July 2006 to October 2006 only include the respective monthly figures.
Trendlines has conducted a poll in every riding every month for several months. According to the September/October polls, the Yukon Party could form a minority government with 7 of the 18 seats; or the Liberal Party and NDP could form a majority coalition with 11 out of the 18 seats.
Trendlines Riding polls :
| District | YP | Lib | NDP | Ind |
| Copperbelt | 28 | 56 | 16 | 0 |
| Klondike | 23 | 14 | 55 | 9 |
| Kluane | 14 | 36 | 43 | 7 |
| Lake Laberge | 34 | 31 | 28 | 6* |
| McIntyre-Takhini | 46 | 15 | 38 | 0 |
| Mayo-Tatchun | 33 | 50 | 17 | 0 |
| Mount Lorne | 32 | 18 | 50 | 0 |
| Pelly-Nisutlin | 42 | 8 | 25 | 25 |
| Porter Creek Centre | 50 | 35 | 15 | 0 |
| Porter Creek North | 29 | 29 | 43 | 0 |
| Porter Creek South | 35 | 55 | 10 | 0 |
| Riverdale North | 33 | 40 | 27 | 0 |
| Riverdale South | 50 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| Southern Lakes | 32 | 14 | 46 | 7 |
| Vuntut Gwitchin | 14 | 57 | 29 | 0 |
| Watson Lake | 63 | 17 | 13 | 8 |
| Whitehorse Centre | 10 | 20 | 70 | 0 |
| Whitehorse West | 55 | 41 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
*Independent candidate Tim Zeigdel has since withdrawn.
* TrendLines Research Archived 2007-07-09 at the Wayback Machine