The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30, 1996 to elect the seventeen members of the 29th Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon Territory, Canada. The governing Yukon Party, a conservative party, was defeated by the social democratic New Democratic Party (NDP). The NDP formed a new majority government of the territory with 11 seats. Party leader Piers McDonald became Premier of Yukon. The Yukon Party and the centrist Yukon Liberal Party each won three seats, although Liberal leader Ken Taylor failed to be elected.
|- 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;"|1992 | style="text-align:center;font-size: 80%;"|Dissol. | style="text-align:center;"|1996 | style="text-align:center;"|Change | style="text-align:center;"|# | style="text-align:center;"|% | style="text-align:center;"|Change
|align=left|Piers McDonald |align="right"|16 |align="right"|6 |align="right"|6 |align="right"|11 |align="right"|+5 |align="right"|5,760 |align="right"|39.81% |align="right"|+4.73%
|align=left|John Ostashek |align="right"|15 |align="right"|7 |align="right"|7 |align="right"|3 |align="right"|-4 |align="right"|4,392 |align="right"|30.36% |align="right"|-5.52%
|align=left|Ken Taylor |align="right"|16 |align="right"|1 |align="right"|1 |align="right"|3 |align="right"|+2 |align="right"|3,464 |align="right"|23.94% |align="right"|+7.84%
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Independent |align="right"|7 |align="right"|3 |align="right"|3 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|-3 |align="right"|852 |align="right"|5.89% |align="right"|N/A |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"|Total | style="text-align:right;"|54 | style="text-align:right;"|17 | style="text-align:right;"|17 | style="text-align:right;"|17 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"|14,468 | style="text-align:right;"|100.00% | style="text-align:right;"|
The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 1996 election:
Independent
New Democratic Party
Yukon Party
Bold indicates party leaders<br /> â - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Faro || |Trevor Harding<br />530 | | | |Ed Peake<br />29 | | || |Trevor Harding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Klondike | |Tim Gerberding<br />372 || |Peter Jenkins <br />603 | |Glen Everitt<br />96 | |John Cramp<br />21 || |David Millarâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kluane || |Gary McRobb <br />377 | |Olli Wirth<br />144 | |John Farynowski<br />177 | |Bonnie Lock<br />66 || |Bill Brewsterâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lake Laberge || |Doug Livingston<br />328 | |Mickey Fisher<br />325 | |Linda Biensch<br />242 | |Mark Bain<br />221 || |Mickey Fisher |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|McIntyre-Takhini || |Piers McDonald<br />441 | |Scott Howell<br />251 | |Rosemary Couch<br />182 | |Clinton Fraser<br />21 || |Piers McDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mayo-Tatchun || |Eric Fairclough<br />454 | |Michael McGinnis<br />180 | | | | || |Danny Joeâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Lorne || |Lois Moorcroft<br />484 | |Allan Doherty<br />247 | |Ken Taylor<br />299 | |Allen Luheck<br />166 || |Lois Moorcroft |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek North | |Luigi Zanasi<br />191 || |John Ostashek<br />403 | |Don Roberts<br />384 | | || |John Ostashek |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Porter Creek South | |Mark Dupuis<br />181 | |Alan Nordling<br />397 || |Pat Duncan<br />435 | | || |Alan Nordling |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale North | |Dave Stockdale<br />347 || |Doug Phillips<br />450 | |Flo Leblanc-Hutchinson<br />146 | | || |Doug Phillips |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverdale South | | | |Barbara Toombs<br />349 || |Sue Edelman<br />476 | | || |Bea Firthâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverside | |Gary Umbrich<br />260 | |Ed Henderson<br />160 || |Jack Cable<br />267 | | || |Jack Cable |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ross River-Southern Lakes || |Dave Keenan<br />484 | | | |Bill Munroe<br />49 | |Willard Phelps<br />317 || |Willard Phelps |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Vuntut Gwitchin || |Robert Bruce<br />69 * | |Esau Schafer<br />69 | |Shirlee Frost<br />27 | | || |Esau Schafer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Watson Lake || |Dennis Fentie<br />442 | |Barrie Ravenhill<br />249 | |Dave Kalles<br />106 | |Mickey Thomas<br />40 || |John Devriesâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse Centre || |Todd Hardy<br />328 | |Linda Dixon<br />216 | |Jon Breen<br />188 | | || |Margaret Commodoreâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Whitehorse West || |David Sloan<br />486 | |Shelda Hutton<br />323 | |Larry Bagnell<br />383 | | || |David Sloan