The 2000 Yukon general election was held on April 17, 2000 to elect members of the 30th Yukon Legislative Assembly in the Yukon Territory in Canada. The incumbent NDP government was defeated by the Liberal Party, which formed a majority government.

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Quick Facts 17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

2000 Yukon general election

← 1996 April 17, 2000 2002 →
17 seats of the Yukon Legislative Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	78.58%[1]
First party Second party Third party   YLP YP Leader Pat Duncan Piers McDonald John Ostashek Party Liberal New Democratic Yukon Party Leader's seat Porter Creek South McIntyre-Takhini (lost re-election) Porter Creek North (lost re-election) Last election 3 11 3 Seats won 10 6 1 Seat change 7 5 2 Popular vote 6,119 4,677 3,466 Percentage 42.90% 32.80% 24.30% Swing 18.96pp 7.01pp 6.06pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead by the result in each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.
Government Leader before election Piers McDonald New Democratic Premier after election Pat Duncan Liberal

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• Liberals form Official Opposition, following Lake Laberge by-election.

The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 2000 election:

Liberal Party

• Jack Cable (Riverside)

New Democratic Party

• Robert Bruce (Vuntut Gwitchin)

Yukon Party

• Doug Phillips (Riverdale North)

Bold indicates party leaders
† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA