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((Infobox political party
| name          = Yukon Party
| native_name   = Parti du Yukon
| _subheader    = Active&nbsp;territorial&nbsp;party
| logo          = File:Yukon Party logo.png
| leader        = [[Currie Dixon]]
| president     = [[Melanie Brais]]
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| foundation    = ((Start date and age|1991))
| dissolution   = 
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| predecessor   = [[Yukon Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative Party]]
| merged        = 
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| headquarters  = [[Whitehorse, Yukon|Whitehorse]], YT
| ideology      = [[Conservatism]]<br />[[Yukon]] [[regionalism (politics)|regionalism]]<br />Provincehood
| position      = [[Centre-right]]
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| blank1_title  = Fiscal policy
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| blank2_title  = Social policy
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| seats1_title  = Seats in the House of Commons
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| seats2_title  = Seats in the Senate
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| seats3        = ((Composition bar|8|19|hex=((Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon))))
| website       = ((URL|http://www.yukonparty.ca/))
| country       = Canada
| state         = Yukon
| parties_dab1  = List of political parties in Yukon
| elections_dab1= List of Yukon general elections
| footnotes     = 
))
((Conservatism Canada))

The '''Yukon Party''' (((lang-fr|Parti du Yukon))) is a [[conservatism|conservative]] political party in [[Yukon]], Canada. It is the successor to the [[Yukon Progressive Conservative Party]].

== Formation ==
With [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Brian Mulroney]]'s [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] federal government's decreasing popularity, the Yukon Progressive Conservatives decided to sever its relations with the federal Conservatives, and renamed itself the "Yukon Party" in 1991.

The party's first leadership convention in June 1991 was won by Chris Young, a 21-year-old former president of the Yukon Progressive Conservatives' youth chapter.<ref>Jill Rutherford, "Dissidents should leave, youthful new Tory leader declares". ''[[Whitehorse Star]]'', June 17, 1991.</ref> However, two Progressive Conservative MLAs, [[Bea Firth]]<ref>Jill Rutherford, "Bea Firth quits Tory caucus, party on her 'Independence Day'". ''[[Whitehorse Star]]'', June 19, 1991.</ref> and [[Alan Nordling]],<ref>Jill Rutherford, "Nordling rules out rejoining caucus". ''[[Whitehorse Star]]'', June 20, 1991.</ref> quit the party within days of his victory, and formed the [[Independent Alliance Party]]. 

By August, however, Young resigned as leader on the grounds that he felt the voters of Yukon were not prepared to support a party whose leader was so young and politically inexperienced,<ref>Jill Rutherford, "Tories leaderless again after Young resigns suddenly". ''[[Whitehorse Star]]'', August 29, 1991.</ref> and [[John Ostashek]] was acclaimed as his successor in November after his sole challenger, [[Daniel Lang (Yukon politician)|Daniel Lang]], dropped out of the race.<ref>"An abrupt acclamation". ''[[Whitehorse Star]]'', November 22, 1991.</ref>

The Yukon Party won the [[1992 Yukon general election|1992 election]], and Ostashek became [[Premier of Yukon]]. He won only a minority government, and Nordling, Firth and [[Willard Phelps]] were all reelected as independents,<ref>"Independents hold key to new Yukon government". ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'', October 21, 1992.</ref> but all three opted to support the Yukon Party on confidence and supply.<ref>"Yukon Party poised to win". ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'', October 10, 1992.</ref> Ostashek's government became very unpopular by increasing taxes and cutting services. The party was defeated in the [[1996 Yukon general election|1996 election]], winning only three seats and falling to third place for the first time behind the [[Yukon Liberal Party]].

In the 1996 election Nordling returned to the party, and was defeated as a Yukon Party candidate, while Firth retired from politics.

==Since 2000==
The party's fortunes continued to decline at the 2000 general election. The Yukon Party was reduced to a single seat in the legislature as the [[right-wing politics|right wing]] vote moved to the Yukon Liberal Party, putting the Liberals in power for the first time in the territory's history.

Liberal Premier [[Pat Duncan (Yukon)|Pat Duncan]]'s government was plagued with internal dissent, however, and despite having won an outright majority of seats in the general election, defections and resignations reduced the Liberals to a [[minority government]] within two years. Premier Duncan called a [[snap election]] for 4 November 2002, in an effort to regain her majority, but the early election call backfired.

The Yukon Party had elected [[Dennis Fentie]], a rural Member of the [[Yukon Legislative Assembly]] (MLA), who had defected from the [[Yukon New Democratic Party]] (NDP), as its new leader in June 2002. Despite being caught by surprise by the election call, the party was able to win a [[majority government]] with 12 seats compared to five for the NDP. The Liberals were reduced to a single seat. Fentie became the second Yukon Premier from a rural riding.

On 10 October 2006, the Yukon Party was re-elected, holding 10 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The Yukon Liberals won five seats and the Yukon New Democrats won three.

The party was defeated in the [[2016 Yukon general election]] and served as the Official Opposition.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-election-results-2016-premier-1.3841018|title=Yukon Liberals win majority after 14 years of conservative government|website=CBC|language=en|access-date=2018-09-21))</ref>

[[Currie Dixon]] led the party into the 2021 territorial election, the Yukon Party won 8 seats and won the popular vote overall. Dixon was personally elected in the district of [[Copperbelt North]]. On April 23, the incumbent Liberals were sworn in with a [[minority government]].<ref>((Cite web|date=April 23, 2021|title=Yukon Liberals set to be sworn-in as party aims to form minority government|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/yukon-liberals-set-to-be-sworn-in-as-party-aims-to-form-minority-government-1.5399214|access-date=April 26, 2021|website=CTVNews|language=en))</ref> On April 28, the NDP announced that they had entered into a formal [[confidence and supply]] agreement with the Liberals.<ref>((cite web |title=Yukon Liberals, reduced to minority, embrace the NDP |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-liberal-ndp-announcement-government-1.6006387 |website=CBC |access-date=5 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924115125/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-liberal-ndp-announcement-government-1.6006387 |archive-date=24 September 2021 |date=28 April 2021))</ref>

==Leadership elections==
===2011 leadership election===
On May 28, 2011, a leadership election was held to replace [[Dennis Fentie]]. [[Darrell Pasloski]] was chosen after only one ballot.<ref>((cite web|title=Pasloski pleased to become Yukon's new premier|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2011/05/30/yukon-party-darrell-pasloski.html|publisher=CBC News|access-date=June 13, 2011|date=May 30, 2011))</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate
! Votes
! Percentage
|-
| [[Darrell Pasloski]]
| 767
| 61.3%
|-
| Rod Taylor
| 436
| 34.9%
|-
| [[Jim Kenyon]]
| 48
| 3.8%
|-
| '''TOTAL'''
| '''1,251'''
| '''100.0%'''
|}

===2020 leadership election===
((main|2020 Yukon Party leadership election))
On November 20, 2019, the party announced that it would hold a [[2020 Yukon Party leadership election|leadership election]] on May 23, 2020.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-party-leadership-election-date-1.5367206|title=Yukon Party sets date for leadership election in May|date=20 November 2019|access-date=21 April 2020|website=[[CBC News]]))</ref> On March 25, party president Mark Beese announced that the voting will take place over phone and online due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-party-leadership-covid-19-1.5512519|title=Yukon Party to go ahead with leadership vote this spring|date=27 March 2020|access-date=21 April 2020|website=[[CBC News]]))</ref> [[Currie Dixon]] was elected with 50.44% of the vote on the second ballot. Dixon took 752 votes to 682 for [[Brad Cathers]]. On the first ballot, Dixon fell short of a majority, with 694 votes to Cathers' 637. Longtime party staffer Linda Benoit finished third with 160 votes.<ref name="2020ldr">((cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-upDCxAk064 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/-upDCxAk064| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=2020 Yukon Party Leadership Election|date=May 23, 2020|access-date=May 23, 2020|website=Youtube))((cbignore))</ref><ref>((cite news |title=Currie Dixon wins Yukon Party leadership race |url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5582357 |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=CBC News |date=May 24, 2020))</ref>

==Election results==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Election
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Position
! Government
|-
! [[1992 Yukon general election|1992]]
| rowspan=3 | [[John Ostashek]]
| 4,675
| 35.9
| ((Composition bar|7|17|hex=((Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon))))
| ((increase)) 7
| ((increase)) 1st
| ((yes2|Minority))
|-
! [[1996 Yukon general election|1996]]
| 4,366
| 30.1
| ((Composition bar|3|17|hex=((Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon))))
| ((decrease)) 4
| ((decrease)) 2nd
| ((no2|Opposition))
|-
! [[2000 Yukon general election|2000]]
| 3,466
| 23.3
| ((Composition bar|1|17|hex=((Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon))))
| ((decrease)) 2
| ((decrease)) 3rd
| ((no2|Third party))
|-
! [[2002 Yukon general election|2002]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Dennis Fentie]]
| 5,650
| 40.3
| ((Composition bar|12|18|hex=((Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon))))
| ((increase)) 11
| ((increase)) 1st
| ((yes2|Majority))
|-
! [[2006 Yukon general election|2006]]
| 5,503
| 40.6
| ((Composition bar|10|18|hex=((Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon))))
| ((decrease)) 2
| ((steady)) 1st
| ((yes2|Majority))
|-
! [[2011 Yukon general election|2011]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Darrell Pasloski]]
| 6,400
| 40.6
| ((Composition bar|11|19|hex=((Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon))))
| ((increase)) 1
| ((steady)) 1st
| ((yes2|Majority))
|-
! [[2016 Yukon general election|2016]]
| 6,272
| 33.4
| ((Composition bar|6|19|hex=((Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon))))
| ((decrease)) 5
| ((decrease)) 2nd
| ((no2|Opposition))
|- 
! [[2021 Yukon general election|2021]]
|rowspan=1| [[Currie Dixon]]
| 7,477
| 39.3
| ((Composition bar|8|19|hex=((Canadian party colour|YT|Yukon))))
| ((increase)) 2
| ((increase)) 1st
| ((no2|Opposition))
|-
|}

==Leaders==
*Chris Young - 1991
*[[John Ostashek]] - 1991–2000
*[[Peter Jenkins (politician)|Peter Jenkins]] - 2000–2002 ((small|(interim)))
*[[Dennis Fentie]] - 2002–2011
*[[Darrell Pasloski]] - 2011–2016<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/darrell-pasloski-sworn-in-as-yukon-premier/article2057325/ "Darrell Pasloski sworn in as Yukon premier"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', June 11, 2016.</ref>
*[[Stacey Hassard]] - 2016–2020 ((small|(interim)))
*[[Currie Dixon]] - 2020–present

==See also==
*[[List of premiers of Yukon]]
*[[List of Yukon Leaders of Opposition]]
*[[Yukon Progressive Conservative Party]]
*[[Yukon Freedom Party]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.yukonparty.ca Yukon Party]

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