Yukon Legislative Assembly

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Yukon Legislative Assembly
Type
Type Unicameral
Houses Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Speaker David Laxton, Yukon Party
since December 05, 2011
Members 19
Meeting place
Yukon Legislative Assembly.jpg
Legislative Building
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Website
www.legassembly.gov.yk.ca

The Yukon Legislative Assembly is the legislative assembly for Yukon, Canada.

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[edit] History

From 1900 to 1978, the elected legislative body in the Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council, a ten-member body which did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon. Following the passage of the Yukon Elections Act in 1977, the Territorial Council was replaced by the current Legislative Assembly, which was elected for the first time in the 1978 election.

The Yukon Legislative Assembly is the only legislature in Canada's territories which is organized along political party lines. In Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, the legislative assemblies are instead elected on a non-partisan consensus government model.

[edit] Current members

Name Party Riding
     Kevin Barr New Democratic Party Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes
     Brad Cathers Yukon Party Lake Laberge
     Currie Dixon Yukon Party Copperbelt North
     Darius Elias Liberal Vuntut Gwitchin
     Doug Graham Yukon Party Porter Creek North
     Elizabeth Hanson New Democratic Party Whitehorse Centre
     Stacey Hassard Yukon Party Pelly-Nisutlin
     Wade Istchenko Yukon Party Kluane
     Scott Kent Yukon Party Riverdale North
     David Laxton Yukon Party Porter Creek Centre
     Patti McLeod Yukon Party Watson Lake
     Mike Nixon Yukon Party Porter Creek South
     Lois Moorcroft New Democratic Party Copperbelt South
     Darrell Pasloski Yukon Party Mountainview
     Sandy Silver Liberal Klondike
     Jan Stick New Democratic Party Riverdale South
     Elaine Taylor Yukon Party Whitehorse West
     Jim Tredger New Democratic Party Mayo-Tatchun
     Kate White New Democratic Party Takhini-Kopper King

[edit] Party standings

White Stick Barr ******** ************
**** Tredger HANSON Moorcroft Silver ELIAS
.+.
**** Cathers PASLOSKI Taylor Graham Kent
Nixon Mcleod Istchenko **** Dixon Hassard Laxton

Seating plan of the 33rd Legislative Assembly

Party Rural
Whitehorse
Total
  Yukon Party 4 7 11
  New Democratic Party 2 4 6
  Liberal Party 2 0 2
  Independent 0 0 0
  Vacant 0 0 0
 Total 8 11 19
 Government majority 4

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