The Yukon Green Party (french: Parti vert du Yukon) was a territorial green political party in
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 inspired by the
Green Party of Canada
The Green Party of Canada (french: Parti vert du Canada) is a federal political party in Canada, founded in 1983 with a focus on green politics.
The Green Party is currently the fifth largest party in the House of Commons by seat count. It el ...
.
Its first leader was Kristina Calhoun, a stay-at-home mother, who has lived in Yukon since 2006.
The party began at a meeting in November 2010, and was registered in February 2011.
Frank de Jong led the party as its interim leader in the
2016 general election. Its platform in that election included electoral reform, legalizing marijuana, ending public funding for Catholic schools, and introducing a
carbon tax
A carbon tax is a tax levied on the carbon emissions required to produce goods and services. Carbon taxes are intended to make visible the "hidden" social costs of carbon emissions, which are otherwise felt only in indirect ways like more sev ...
in Yukon that would be offset by monthly refund payments to Yukoners.
Frank de Jong has since moved out of Yukon. The party wanted to elect a new leader at a future annual general meeting, but ultimately failed to do so.
The party did not run any candidates in the
2021 Yukon general election
The 2021 Yukon general election was held on April 12, 2021 to return members of the 35th Yukon Legislative Assembly. The election resulted in a hung parliament where the incumbent governing Yukon Liberal Party and the opposition Yukon Party won 8 ...
, and as a result was deregisted by
Elections Yukon
Elections Yukon is an independent agency that oversees elections and plebiscites in the Yukon including:
* all general elections and by-elections for the 19 Members of the Yukon's Legislative Assembly, according to the Elections Act.
* School bo ...
.
Platform
The party was in favour of:
* Defunding Catholic schools
* Banning wet
tailings dam
A tailings dam is typically an earth-fill embankment dam used to store byproducts of mining operations after separating the ore from the gangue. Tailings can be liquid, solid, or a slurry of fine particles, and are usually highly toxic and potent ...
s
* Proportional representation
* Yukon-wide public transit
Electoral record
Party leaders
* Kristina Calhoun, 2011–2016
*
Frank de Jong
Frank de Jong (born October 16, 1955) is a Canadian politician, environmentalist, and elementary school teacher. He joined the Green Party of Ontario in 1987 and became the party's first official leader in 1993 – a position he held until Novem ...
, 2016–2019
See also
*
List of political parties in Yukon
The following is a list of political parties in Yukon, Canada. Between 1902 and 1978, candidates in elections for the Yukon Territorial Council all ran as independents. Party politics was established in the territory for the 1978 territorial elec ...
*
List of Yukon general elections
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby uni ...
*
Politics 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 ...
References
External links
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2011 establishments in Yukon
Political parties established in 2011
Political parties disestablished in 2021
Territorial political parties in Yukon