The 1992 Yukon general election was held on October 19, 1992 to elect members of the 28th Legislative Assembly of the territory of

Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...

, Canada. It was won by the

Yukon Party The Yukon Party (french: Parti du Yukon) is a conservative political party in Yukon, Canada. It is the successor to the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party. Formation With Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative federal go ...

Results by party

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John Ostashek John Ostashek (May 10, 1936 – June 10, 2007) was a Yukon politician. An entrepreneur, he was elected leader of the Yukon Party in June 1992 and led it to victory in the fall 1992 election in which he also won a seat in the legislature for the ...

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Tony Penikett Antony David John "Tony" Penikett (born November 14, 1945) is a mediator and negotiator and former politician in Yukon, Canada, who served as the third premier of Yukon from 1985 to 1992. Early life and political activity Born in Sussex, Engla ...

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Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...

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Paul Thériault Paul Thériault is a Canadian former politician, who was leader of the Yukon Liberal Party in 1992."Yukon Party upsets NDP: Three former Tories win as Independents". ''Vancouver Sun'', October 20, 1992. A school principal in Whitehorse,David Leyto ...

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Incumbents not Running for Reelection

The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 1992 election: New Democratic Party *

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 ...

( Faro) * Norma Kassi ( Vuntut Gwitchin) Yukon Party * Dan Lang ( Whitehorse Porter Creek East)

Riding Results

Bold indicates party leaders
† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Faro , , , ,

Jim McLachlan James Robert McLachlan is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Faro in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1989 and from 2001 to 2002. He was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party, and the party's leade ...

337 , , , Trevor Harding
388 , , , , ,

† , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Klondike , , ,

David Millar David Millar (born 4 January 1977) is a Scottish retired professional road racing cyclist. He rode for Cofidis from 1997 to 2004 and Garmin-Sharp from 2008 to 2014. He has won four stages of the Tour de France, five of the Vuelta a España an ...

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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 ...

355 , , , , , Art Webster , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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 ...

, , , Bill Brewster
377 , , , , Wolf Riedl
256 , , , , , Bill Brewster , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

Lake Laberge Lake Laberge is a widening of the Yukon River north of Whitehorse, Yukon in Canada. It is fifty kilometres long and ranges from two to five kilometres wide. Its water is always very cold, and its weather often harsh and suddenly variable. Names ...

, , , Mickey Fisher
345 , , Bonnie Hurlock
210 , , Sandra Gibbs
192 , , Chris Gladish
223 , , , ''New District'' , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", McIntyre-Takhini , , Scott Howell
290 , , Larry Bill
126 , , ,

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 ...

313 , , , , , ''New District'' , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

Mayo-Tatchun Mayo-Tatchun is an electoral district which returns an MLA to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. It is an amalgamation of the former Mayo and Tatchun electoral districts. Mayo-Tatchun is currently one of the Yukon's e ...

, , Si Mason-Wood
264 , , Roddy Blackjack
99 , , ,

Danny Joe Danny Joe is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Tatchun from 1987 to 1992, and Mayo-Tatchun from 1992 to 1996, in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. A member of the Yukon New Democratic Party, Joe was formerly a ...

297 , , , , , ''New District'' , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Mount Lorne , , Chuck Walker
302 , , Roger Moore
89 , , ,

Lois Moorcroft Lois Moorcroft (born August 21, 1954) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral districts of Mount Lorne (1992-2000) and Copperbelt South (2011-2016) in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. She is a member of the Yukon New Democratic ...

316 , , Barb Harris
202 , , , ''New District'' , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

Porter Creek North Porter Creek North is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada. It contains part of the Whitehorse subdivision of Porter Creek, as well as the subdivisions of Crestview and Kulan ...

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474 , , Eldon Organ
125 , , Carl Rumscheidt
301 , , , , , ''New District'' , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

Porter Creek South Porter Creek South is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada. It comprises part of the Whitehorse subdivision of Porter Creek and is the smallest riding in Whitehorse. It is bor ...

, , , , Shayne Fairman
261 , , Brian McLaughlin
240 , , ,

Alan Nordling Alan Ronald Nordling (born May 25, 1952) is a Canadian former politician, who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse Porter Creek West from 1986 to 1992, and Porter Creek South from 1992 to 1996, in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. He ...

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Riverdale North Riverdale North is an electoral district which elects a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. Along with Riverdale South, it makes up the subdivision of Whitehorse of Riverdale. ...

, , , Doug Phillips
557 , , Lesley Cabott
106 , , Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld
292 , , , , , Doug Phillips , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

Riverdale South Riverdale South is an electoral district which elects a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. Along with Riverdale North, it makes up the subdivision of Whitehorse called Riverdale ...

, , Dale Stokes
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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 ...

384 , , , Bea Firth , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

Riverside Riverside may refer to: Places Australia * Riverside, Tasmania, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania Canada * Riverside (electoral district), in the Yukon * Riverside, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Alberta * Riverside, Manitoba, a former rural m ...

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265 , , , Jack Cable
291 , ,

Joyce Hayden Joyce Sandra Hayden (September 20, 1931 – March 7, 2009) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse South Centre in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1992. She was a member of the Yukon New Demo ...

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Ross River-Southern Lakes Ross River-Southern Lakes was a territorial electoral district in Yukon. The district elected one member to the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2002. At the 2002 election, the district was divided between Pelly-Nisutlin and Southern La ...

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45 , , Sam Johnston
234 , , ,

Willard Phelps Willard Leroy Phelps (born October 23, 1941) is a former Yukon politician, who briefly served as the second premier of Yukon in 1985. Background Born in 1941, he was the grandson of Willard "Deacon" Phelps and the son of John Phelps, both form ...

338
Timothy Cant
92 , , , ''New District'' , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Vuntut Gwitchin , , ,

Johnny Abel Johnny W. Abel (January 1, 1947 – October 13, 1995) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1992 until his death in 1995. He was a member of the Yukon Pa ...

96 , , , , Grafton Njootli
56 , , , , , Norma Kassi† , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Watson Lake , , ,

John Devries John DeVries (December 2, 1915 – April 17, 1992) was an American lyricist, interior designer and illustrator. He was born in Wayne, Pennsylvania in 1915. Collaborating with the pianist Joe Bushkin, he wrote the lyrics for many songs, the most fa ...

485 , , Ron Lutz
56 , , Karel Kauppinen
285 , , , , , John Devries , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

Whitehorse Centre Whitehorse Centre is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon in Canada. It was created in 1992 from an amalgamation of the ridings of Whitehorse North Centre and Whitehorse South C ...

, , Chuck Rear
286 , , Phil Wheelton
191 , , ,

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 ...

288 , , , , , Margaret Commodore , - , 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 ...

, , Bob Bruneau
232 , , Shaun Patrick Dennehy
114 , , ,

304 , , Bernd Schmidt
12 , , , Tony Penikett

References

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