Yukon general election, 2006

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October 10, 2006

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18 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
10 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

72.9%

	First party	Second party	Third party
		LIB	NDP
Leader	Dennis Fentie	Arthur Mitchell	Todd Hardy
Party	Yukon Party	Liberal	New Democratic
Leader since	2003	2005	2002
Leader's seat	Watson Lake	Copperbelt	Whitehorse Centre
Last election	12	1	5
Seats won	10	5	3
Seat change	2	4	2
Popular vote	5,503	4,704	3,197
Percentage	40.6%	34.7%	23.6%
Swing	0.3pp	5.7pp	3.3pp

2006 election results in the Yukon.

Premier before election

Dennis Fentie
Yukon Party

Premier-designate

Dennis Fentie
Yukon Party

The 36th Yukon general election was held on October 10, 2006, in Yukon, Canada, to elect members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. The Premier of Yukon asked the territorial Commissioner for a dissolution of the Assembly on September 8, 2006. Because of changes in the Yukon Act, the Yukon Party government's mandate resulting from this election is for as long as five years instead of four.

names in bold indicate cabinet ministers, names in italics are party leaders

Trendlines polls from October 2005 to June 2006 are based on a 100-day rolling average. Trendlines polls from July 2006 to October 2006 only include the respective monthly figures.

Trendlines has conducted a poll in every riding every month for several months. According to the September/October polls, the Yukon Party could form a minority government with 7 of the 18 seats; or the Liberal Party and NDP could form a majority coalition with 11 out of the 18 seats.

*Independent candidate Tim Zeigdel has since withdrawn.

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