Yukon general election, 2011

37th Yukon general election

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All to the Legislative Assembly 10 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	74.3%
Majority party Minority party Third party   LIB Leader Darrell Pasloski Elizabeth Hanson Arthur Mitchell Party Yukon Party New Democratic Liberal Leader since May 28, 2011 September 26, 2009 2005 Leader's seat Mountainview Whitehorse Centre Lost Copperbelt North Last election 10 seats, 40.6% 3 seats, 23.6% 5 seats, 34.7% Seats before 11 1 5 Seats won 11 6 2 Seat change 0 5 3 Popular vote 6,400 5,154 3,979 Percentage 40.5% 32.6% 25.2% Swing 0.1% 9.0% 9.5%
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.
Premier before election Darrell Pasloski Yukon Party Premier-designate Darrell Pasloski Yukon Party

Darrell Pasloski
Yukon Party

Darrell Pasloski
Yukon Party

The 37th general election in Yukon, Canada, took place on October 11, 2011, to return members to the 33rd Yukon Legislative Assembly.

The incumbent government was led by Darrell Pasloski, who was elected as leader of the Yukon Party at a convention on May 28, 2011, replacing former Premier Dennis Fentie. The Yukon Party won its third majority government from the voters. Elizabeth Hanson's New Democrats became the Official Opposition, replacing the Liberals, whose leader, Arthur Mitchell was unable to return to the Assembly.

In 2008, the Yukon Assembly struck a committee to review the electoral district boundaries for this election. The committee decided to increase the number of seats in the territory to 19. Yukon now matches the other territorial assemblies in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in terms of the number of seats.

The rural districts outside of the capital city of Whitehorse remained unchanged with the exception of Mount Lorne and Southern Lakes which were merged into a single district. The total number of rural districts dropped from 9 to 8.

The urban ridings in Whitehorse were increased to 11 from 9. Only three districts in Whitehorse had no boundary changes, Whitehorse Centre, Riverdale North and Riverdale South. The riding that received the most significant alteration was Copperbelt. That district was split into four ridings, primarily Copperbelt North and Copperbelt South, while McIntyre-Takhini was significantly expanded in western uninhabited part of Copperbelt and renamed Takhini-Kopper King. An entirely new riding was also created out of Copperbelt called Mountainview. The remaining urban districts all received minor boundary adjustments.