39th Yukon general election

The 39th Yukon general election will return members to the 35th Yukon Legislative Assembly. There is 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".[3] The writs for the previous general election were returned November 14, 2016,[4] meaning an election must happen by late 2021.

39th Yukon general election
On or before November 14, 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

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.
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References
  1. http://www.electionsyk.ca/en
  2. "Kate White to be the new leader of the Yukon NDP". Yukon News. April 24, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. "Blues" (PDF). Yukon Legislative Assembly. January 12, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.


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