The 1982 Yukon general election was held on June 7, 1982, to elect members of the 25th Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.

Quick Facts 16 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

1982 Yukon general election

← 1978 June 7, 1982 1985 →
16 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	78.72%[1]
First party Second party Third party   PC Lib Leader Chris Pearson Tony Penikett Ron Veale Party Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Leader since December 8, 1978 1981 1981 Leader's seat Whitehorse Riverdale North Whitehorse West Whitehorse Riverdale South (lost re-election) Last election 11 1 2 Seats won 10 6 0 Seat change 1 5 2 Popular vote 4,770 3,689 1,564 Percentage 45.79% 35.42% 15.02% Swing 8.69pp 15.15pp 13.44pp
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. Riding names are listed at the bottom.
Premier before election Chris Pearson Progressive Conservative Premier after election Chris Pearson Progressive Conservative

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• The New Democratic Party forms Official Opposition, following Whitehorse South Centre by-election.^[3]

The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 1982 election:

Progressive Conservative

• Doug Graham (Whitehorse Porter Creek West)
• Meg McCall (Klondike)

Bold indicates party leaders
† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA