List of political parties in Yukon

Party politics was established in 1978. Between 1902 and 1978, candidates for election ran as independents. From 1898 to 1909, there were some appointed members in the council that now is known as a legislative assembly.

Parties represented in the Legislative Assembly

Founded	Ideology	Leader	MLAs
Yukon Liberal Party Parti libéral du Yukon	1898	liberalism	Sandy Silver	11
Yukon Party Parti du Yukon	1991	conservatism	Vacant	6
Yukon New Democratic Party Nouveau Parti démocratique du Yukon	1978	social democracy	Elizabeth Hanson	2

Other parties recognized by Elections Yukon

Name	Founded	Notes
Yukon First Nations Party	2011
Yukon Green Party	2011

Defunct parties

Name	Period	Notes
Independent Alliance	1991–1999	Breakaway from the Yukon Party
United Citizens Party of Yukon	2010–2011	Created by former Progressive Conservative Premier Willard Phelps,^[1]^[2] deregistered after failing to yield candidates^[3]
Yukon Progressive Conservative Party	1978–1991	Succeeded by the Yukon Party

References

↑ "United Citizens Party of Yukon loses leader". CBC News. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
↑ "Yukon's 4th political party registered". CBC news onnline. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
↑ "Registration of United Citizens Party of Yukon Cancelled" (PDF). Whitehorse, Yukon: Elections Yukon. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

Political parties in Canada (by jurisdiction)

Federal

Provincial	Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan

Territorial	Yukon

Municipal	Montreal Vancouver

Politics of Yukon

Premier	Sandy Silver Former premiers

Opposition Leader	TBD Former Opposition Leaders

Legislature	Current assembly Cabinet Political parties

Elections	2016 election Past elections Yukon electoral districts

Other Canadian politics	Federal BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PEI NL YU NT NU

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Territorial political parties in Yukon

Represented in the Legislative Assembly	Yukon Party (12) New Democratic (6) Liberal (1)

Other recognized parties	Green First Nations

Historical parties represented in the legislature	Independent Alliance Progressive Conservative

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