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1982 Yukon general election

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.

Results by Party

|- style="background:#ccc;" ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Party ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Party leader !rowspan="2"|<span style="font-size: 80%;">Candidates</span> ! colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Seats !colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Popular vote |- style="background:#ccc;" | style="text-align:center;"|1978 | style="text-align:center;font-size: 80%;"|Dissol. | style="text-align:center;"|1982 | style="text-align:center;"|Change | style="text-align:center;"|# | style="text-align:center;"|% | style="text-align:center;"|Change

|align=left|Chris Pearson |align="right"|16 |align="right"|11 |align="right"|10 |align="right"|10 |align="right"|-1 |align="right"|4,770 |align="right"|45.79% |align="right"|+8.69%

|align=left|Tony Penikett |align="right"|16 |align="right"|1 |align="right"|3 |align="right"|6 |align="right"|+5 |align="right"|3,689 |align="right"|35.42% |align="right"|+15.15%

|align=left|Ron Veale |align="right"|15 |align="right"|2 |align="right"|2 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|-2 |align="right"|1,564 |align="right"|15.02% |align="right"|-13.44%

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Independent |align="right"|4 |align="right"|2 |align="right"|1 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|-2 |align="right"|393 |align="right"|3.77% |align="right"|N/A |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"|Total | style="text-align:right;"|51 | style="text-align:right;"|16 | style="text-align:right;"|16 | style="text-align:right;"|16 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"|10,416 | style="text-align:right;"|100.00% | style="text-align:right;"|

Member Changes from Previous Election

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

Incumbents not Running for Reelection

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

Progressive Conservative

Results by Riding

Bold indicates party leaders<br /> † - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA

|- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Campbell | |Robert Fleming<br />214 | |Bill Webber<br />43 || |Dave Porter<br />225 | | || |Robert Fleming |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Faro | |Doris Gates<br />205 | |Wayne Peace<br />160 || |Maurice Byblow<br />357 | | || |Maurice Byblow |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Hootalinqua || |Al Falle<br />368 | |Patrick James<br />92 | |Max Fraser<br />344 | | || |Al Falle |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Klondike || |Clarke Ashley<br />306 | | | |Art Webster<br />283 | | || |Meg McCall†|- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Kluane || |Bill Brewster<br />241 | |Alice McGuire<br />16 | |Dave Joe<br />196 | | || |Alice McGuire |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Mayo | |Swede Hanson<br />173 | |Eleanor Van Bibber<br />35 || |Piers McDonald<br />230 | | || |Swede Hanson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Old Crow || |Kathie Nukon<br />59 | |Abraham Peter<br />29 | |Bruce Charlie<br />35 | |Grafton Njootli<br />11 || |Grafton Njootli |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Tatchun || |Howard Tracey<br />106 | |Roger Coles<br />103 | |Bill Larson<br />101 | | || |Howard Tracey |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Watson Lake | |Dave Rollie<br />142 | |Eileen Van Bibber<br />60 | |James Cahill<br />18 || |Don Taylor<br />170<br />Brian Shanahan<br />154 || |Don Taylor |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Whitehorse North Centre | |Geoff Lattin<br />227 | |Bert Hadvick<br />65 || |Margaret Commodore<br />292 | |Don Branigan<br />58 || |Geoff Lattin |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Whitehorse Porter Creek East || |Dan Lang<br />645 | |Betty Toews<br />92 | |Gerry Dobson<br />240 | | || |Dan Lang |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Whitehorse Porter Creek West || |Andy Philipsen<br />299 | |Lawrence Whelan<br />45 | |David Cosco<br />119 | | || |Doug Graham†|- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Whitehorse Riverdale North || |Chris Pearson<br />395 | |Jim Kennelly<br />188 | |Velma Smith<br />148 | | || |Chris Pearson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Whitehorse Riverdale South || |Bea Firth<br />562 | |Ron Veale<br />469 | |Jon Pierce<br />232 | | || |Ron Veale |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Whitehorse South Centre | |Chuck Rear<br />320 | |Carol Christian<br />108 || |Roger Kimmerly<br />328 | | || |Roger Kimmerly |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Whitehorse West | |Pat Harvey<br />508 | |Adam Skrutkowski<br />59 || |Tony Penikett<br />541 | | || |Tony Penikett

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