The 1982 Yukon general election was held on June 7, 1982 to elect members of the 25th Legislative Assembly of the territory of

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, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.

Results by Party

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Ron Veale Ronald Stuart Veale is a Canadian jurist and former politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1981 to 1982. He was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party, and the party's leader ...

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Member Changes from Previous Election

*The New Democratic Party forms Official Opposition, following Whitehorse South Centre by-election."NDP's by-election win makes it Opposition". ''

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'', October 15, 1981.

Incumbents not Running for Reelection

The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 1982 election: Progressive Conservative *

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Results by Riding

Bold indicates party leaders
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214 , , Bill Webber
43 , , , Dave Porter
225 , , , , , Robert Fleming , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Faro , , Doris Gates
205 , , Wayne Peace
160 , , ,

Maurice Byblow Maurice John Byblow (June 23, 1946 – February 11, 2020) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Faro in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1978 to 1985 and from 1989 to 1996. Originally elected as an independen ...

357 , , , , , Maurice Byblow , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Hootalinqua , , , Al Falle
368 , , Patrick James
92 , , Max Fraser
344 , , , , , Al Falle , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Klondike , , ,

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Art Webster Arthur Victor Webster is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Klondike in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1992. He was a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party. He was defeated by David Millar ...

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Kluane Kluane is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is named after Kluane National Park, which is within the riding. It is one of the Yukon's eight rural dis ...

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241 , , Alice McGuire
16 , , Dave Joe
196 , , , , , Alice McGuire , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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173 , , Eleanor Van Bibber
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Piers McDonald Piers McDonald, OC (born August 4, 1955) is a Yukon politician and businessman. Born in Kingston, Ontario, McDonald, originally a miner by profession, is a long-time MLA, Cabinet minister, and the fifth premier of Yukon. He was leader of the Y ...

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Kathie Nukon Kathie Emma Nukon (born January 8, 1947, in Old Crow, Yukon) is a Canadian former politician, who represented the electoral district of Old Crow in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1985. She was a member of the Yukon Progressive Cons ...

59 , , Abraham Peter
29 , , Bruce Charlie
35 , , Grafton Njootli
11 , , , Grafton Njootli , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Tatchun , , ,

Howard Tracey Howard Tracey (born 1937) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Tatchun as a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party. Prior to his election to the legislature, Tracey was the owner and operator of ...

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Roger Coles Roger Coles (September 19, 1958 – June 24, 2013) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Tatchun in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1986. He was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party, and the party's le ...

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101 , , , , , Howard Tracey , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Watson Lake , , Dave Rollie
142 , , Eileen Van Bibber
60 , , James Cahill
18 , , , Don Taylor
170
Brian Shanahan
154 , , , Don Taylor , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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Geoff Lattin Edward Geoffrey Lattin (May 9, 1920 – July 24, 1992) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse North Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Yukon from 1978 to 1982 as a member of the Yukon Progressive Conse ...

227 , , Bert Hadvick
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Margaret Commodore Margaret Muriel Commodore (or Margaret Joe) is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Whitehorse North Centre in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1992, and Whitehorse Centre from 1992 to 1996. She was a mem ...

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Don Branigan Donald W. Branigan (1933 – June 27, 1999) was a Canadian politician and medical doctor, best known as a former mayor of Whitehorse, Yukon. As a medical doctor, he was also noted for his frequent legal conflicts with medical licensing bodies oppo ...

58 , , , Geoff Lattin , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Whitehorse Porter Creek East , , , Dan Lang
645 , , Betty Toews
92 , , Gerry Dobson
240 , , , , , Dan Lang , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

, , , Andy Philipsen
299 , , Lawrence Whelan
45 , , David Cosco
119 , , , , ,

† , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Whitehorse Riverdale North , , , Chris Pearson
395 , , Jim Kennelly
188 , , Velma Smith
148 , , , , , Chris Pearson , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Whitehorse Riverdale South , , ,

Bea Firth Beatrice Ann Firth (January 27, 1946 – June 20, 2008) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1996. She was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conserv ...

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469 , , Jon Pierce
232 , , , , , Ron Veale , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

Whitehorse South Centre Whitehorse South Centre was a territorial electoral district in Yukon. Serving the city of Whitehorse, the district elected one member to the Yukon Territorial Council from 1974 to 1978, and to the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1978 to 1992. M ...

, , Chuck Rear
320 , , Carol Christian
108 , , ,

Roger Kimmerly Roger Stephen Kimmerly is a Canadian former politician, who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse South Centre in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party."Staunch New Democ ...

328 , , , , , Roger Kimmerly , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

Whitehorse West Whitehorse West is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. The Whitehorse district is the smallest riding, by size, in the Yukon and includes the subdivisions ...

, , Pat Harvey
508 , , Adam Skrutkowski
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541 , , , , , Tony Penikett

References

Elections in Yukon

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