2021 Yukon general election

The 2021 Yukon general election will be held on or before November 18, 2021 to return members of the 35th Yukon Legislative Assembly.[1][3] Until recently, there was no fixed election date law in Yukon, so the maximum length that a legislature may sit is determined by section 4 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: "no legislative assembly shall continue for longer than five years from the date fixed for the return of the writs at a general election of its members".[4]

2021 Yukon general election
On or before November 18, 2021[1]
All 19 seats to the Legislative Assembly
10 seats needed for a majority
 
YP
NDP
Leader Sandy Silver Currie Dixon Kate White[2]
Party Liberal Yukon Party New Democratic
Leader since August 17, 2012 May 23, 2020 May 4, 2019
Leader's seat Klondike Running in TBA[lower-alpha 1] Takhini-Kopper King
Last election 11 seats, 39.4% 6 seats, 33.4% 2 seats, 26.2%
Current seats 11 6 2
Seats needed 4 8
Incumbent Premier

Sandy Silver
Liberal

During the 2016 election, the Yukon Liberal Party included a commitment in their platform to introduce fixed election dates in the territory.[5] In October 2020, the government introduced legislation to amend the Elections Act and create fixed elections dates.[6] The legislation passed in December 2020, but will not be in effect until after the 2021 election.[7]

Opinion Polls
Polling firm Last date
of polling		 Link Liberal Yukon NDP Green Other Margin
of error		 Sample
size		 Polling method Lead
DataPath Systems December 20, 2017 HTML 47 36 11 5 1 ±4.8 pp 424 online 11
Election 2016 November 7, 2016 PDF 39.4 33.4 26.2 0.8 0.2 6

Notes
  1. Former MLA for Copperbelt North (2011–2016); assembly leader is Stacey Hassard.

References
  1. "FAQ". Elections Yukon. Retrieved September 18, 2020. The next territorial election will be held no later than November 18, 2021.
  2. "Kate White to be the new leader of the Yukon NDP". Yukon News. April 24, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  3. "Online election registration now available". Whitehorse Star. December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  4. James R. Robertson; Sebastian Spano (2008-09-29). "Electoral Rights: Charter of Rights and Freedoms". Library of Parliament - Parliamentary Information and Research Service. Archived from the original on 2013-05-28. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  5. "Yukon Liberals commit to fixed election dates". CKRW News. November 2, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  6. Ritchie, Haley (October 10, 2020). "Fixed election dates proposed". Yukon News. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  7. Ritchie, Haley (December 30, 2020). "Marathon fall legislature sitting ends". Yukon News. Retrieved December 30, 2020.


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