1985 Yukon general election

1985 Yukon general election
	May 13, 1985
	May 13, 1985
16 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly ; 8 seats were needed for a majority
	Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.
Premier before election; Willard Phelps; Progressive Conservative	Premier after election ; Tony Penikett; New Democratic

The 1985 Yukon general election (30th general election) was held on May 13, 1985 to elect members of the 26th Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party.

Results

Summary of the 1985 Legislative Assembly of Yukon election results


Political party		Party leader	Candidates	MLAs			Popular vote
Political party		Party leader	Candidates	1982	1985	±	#	%	± (pp)
	New Democratic	Tony Penikett	16	6	8	2	4,335	41.10%	n/a
	Progressive Conservative	Willard Phelps	16	9	6	3	4,948	46.91%	n/a
	Liberal	Roger Coles	8	0	2	2	806	7.64%	n/a
	Independent	n/a	3	1	0	1	284	2.69%	n/a
	Independent Conservative	n/a	1	0	0		174	1.65%	n/a
Total			44	16	16		10,547	100%

Results by riding

Electoral District					Incumbent
Electoral District	PC	Liberal	NDP	Other	Incumbent
Campbell	Nancy Dieckmann 248		Sam Johnston 313		Dave Porter
Faro	Ted Bartsch 97	Jim McLachlan 142	Sybil Frei 121		Maurice Byblow
Hootalinqua	Willard Phelps 461		Tom Burke 399		Al Falle
Klondike	Helmut Schoener 316		Art Webster 375		Clarke Ashley
Kluane	Bill Brewster 237	Tony Stanevicius 63	Scott Gilbert 95		Bill Brewster
Mayo	Ken Cooper 183	Rob Andison 18	Piers McDonald 251		Piers McDonald
Old Crow	Alice Frost 61		Norma Kassi 67		Kathie Nukon
Tatchun	Howard Tracey 93	Roger Coles 159	Victor Mitander 131		Howard Tracey
Watson Lake	Don McIntosh 90		Dave Porter 183	Don Taylor 174 Brian Shanahan 119	Don Taylor
Whitehorse North Centre	Ken McKinnon 241		Margaret Commodore 300	George Stalker 66	Margaret Commodore
Whitehorse Porter Creek East	Dan Lang 527	Hans Bierstedt 90	Gerry Dobson 230		Dan Lang
Whitehorse Porter Creek West	Andy Philipsen 393		Ross Priest 280	Frances Nowasad 99	Andy Philipsen
Whitehorse Riverdale North	Doug Phillips 540	Terry Hamilton 84	Jim Lockhart 268		Chris Pearson
Whitehorse Riverdale South	Bea Firth 627	Willie Harasymow 165	Betty Irwin 260		Bea Firth
Whitehorse South Centre	Ron Granger 303	Arthur Giovinazzo 85	Roger Kimmerly 346		Roger Kimmerly
Whitehorse West	Charlie Friday 531		Tony Penikett 716		Tony Penikett

As a small note, it was the first Yukon general election with live results coverage on television, and was suspenseful as telecommunications problems prevented the results of the Old Crow riding from being known outside that community.

By-elections

Electoral District					Incumbent
Electoral District	PC	Liberal	NDP	Other	Incumbent
Whitehorse Porter Creek West February 10, 1986	Alan Nordling 418	Derm O'Donovan 106	Ross Priest 311		Andy Philipsen
Tatchun February 2, 1987	Pete Berry 91	Elijah Smith 112	Danny Joe 149	Ray Jackson 8	Roger Coles

References

"Election Results". Election Almanac. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved 2009-07-01. (Seats won)

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