2025 Yukon general election

The 2025 Yukon general election was held on November 3, 2025, to elect members to the 36th Legislature of Yukon. A plebiscite on electoral reform was also held in conjunction with the general election.

Currie Dixon led the Yukon Party to a majority government for the first time since 2011, with the party winning 14 seats, the largest caucus for any party in Yukon history, as well as 51.9% of the vote, the party's best ever result and the first time any party won a majority of the vote since the adoption of a multi-party electoral system starting with the 1978 election. With 66.6% of the territorial legislature's seats, the Yukon Party had one of the largest percentage of MLAs in the legislature in Yukon's history, tied with the 2002 election, with only 1978's total (when 68.75% of the MLAs were part of the Yukon Party, then known as the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party) being slightly larger. Dixon also became the first Yukon-born premier of the territory. Kate White's New Democratic Party (NDP) won 6 seats and 37.8% of the vote, achieving its best result since 1996, the last time the party won government, and forming the official opposition. The incumbent Liberal Party, led by Mike Pemberton, recorded one of its worst results in party history, with Pemberton losing in his riding and the party coming in first in only one riding that was ordered for a mandatory recount due to the close result. Pemberton also became the first sitting Yukon premier to lose his riding despite not having been in the legislature at the time of his premiership.

Turnout for the election was 53.09%, the lowest in Yukon's history since the adoption of the modern election system in the territory in 1978. The election also resulted in more women being elected than men for the first time, with 11 out of the 21 elected MLAs being women, and a twelfth non-male MLA, Lane Tredger, being non-binary.

Background

Under amendments to the territorial Elections Act passed in 2020, the first fixed election date following the 2021 Yukon general election was set as November 3, 2025. All subsequent elections will take place on the first Monday in November of the fourth calendar year following the previous election. The legislative assembly was dissolved by order of the Commissioner of Yukon on the advice of the premier on October 3, 2025. This election will elect an expanded legislature of two more seats, due to population growth in the territory.

In view of the population changes across the territory, the Yukon Electoral District Boundaries Commission was set up to redraw the constituencies to balance the discrepancy of the population each MLA represents. In their final report, a two-seat expansion of the size of the assembly (from 19) was recommended, with both new ridings located in Whitehorse. This was to reflect the city's significantly greater population growth than the average of the territory in over a decade. The final proposal was approved by MLAs in November 2024 and took affect at the 2025 election.

All incumbent Liberal cabinet ministers declined to seek re-election; Speaker Jeremy Harper was the only Liberal MLA who sought re-election, but was ultimately defeated by Yukon Party candidate Cory Bellmore.

Timeline

April 12, 2021 Ã¢ÂÂ The Yukon Liberal Party under Sandy Silver won a minority government in the 2021 Yukon general election.
April 28, 2021 Ã¢ÂÂ The Yukon New Democratic Party announced that they had entered into a formal confidence and supply agreement with the Liberals.
November 15, 2021 Ã¢ÂÂ The Yukon Freedom Party registers as a political party with Elections Yukon.
September 9, 2022 Ã¢ÂÂ Sandy Silver announced his intention to resign as premier and party leader, staying on until the party elects a successor.
January 9, 2023 Ã¢ÂÂ Silver was succeeded by Ranj Pillai. Pillai was acclaimed as Liberal leader and became premier on January 14.
May 7, 2025 Ã¢ÂÂ Pillai announced his decision to not seek re-election and resign as party leader.
June 19, 2025 Ã¢ÂÂ Businessman Mike Pemberton was elected to succeed Pillai; he did not hold a seat in the legislature before the election. Pemberton became premier on June 27.
October 3, 2025 Ã¢ÂÂ Premier Pemberton asked the Commissioner to dissolve the Legislative Assembly for a general territorial election, scheduled for November 3, 2025.

Incumbents not standing for re-election

Campaign

Prior to the drawing up of the writ, the Yukon Party became the first party to launch its campaign for the election on May 6, 2025. The NDP launched their campaign on September 11, and the Liberals launched their campaign on October 2. Issues in the election include rising territorial debt, healthcare, crime, the cost-of-living, and housing. The CBC's leaders' forum was held on October 23, hosted by Chris Windeyer.

Party slogans

Opinion polling

Results

Summary

The final seat standing for the election was only resolved on November 12, 2025, because the close margin in Vuntut Gwitchin triggered an automatic recount. The initial count had Liberal candidate Debra-Leigh Reti at 52 votes, compared to New Democratic candidate Annie Blake at 45. The recount was conducted on November 12, which confirmed the initial count and declared Reti elected.

Results by district

Bold indicates party leaders Ã¢ÂÂ Ã¢ÂÂ denotes a retiring incumbent MLA Ã¢ÂÂ¡ Ã¢ÂÂ running for re-election in different riding

Rural Yukon

Whitehorse

Victory margins

Incumbents seeking re-election

The following table lists incumbents from the 39th Yukon Legislative Assembly who sought re-election, their parties, outcomes, and changes in personal vote share from 2021. Data is preliminary and subject to final validation.

Seats that changed hands

The following seats changed allegiance from the 2021 redistributed results.

Liberal to NDP

Liberal to Yukon

NDP to Liberal

Vuntut Gwitchin

Electoral reform plebiscite

Following the final report from the citizen's assembly on electoral reform, the territorial government announced on September 19, 2024, that a plebiscite on adopting instant-runoff voting will be held simultaneously with the 2025 general election. The opposition Yukon Party reiterated its stance that changes to Yukon's electoral system should have to go through a referendum, while expressing its preference for First-past-the-post voting. The Yukon NDP is for the plebiscite while the Yukon Liberal Party is neutral on the matter.

According to preliminary results, the plebiscite recorded a majority in favour of switching to ranked-choice voting, with 56.18% in favour and 43.82% opposed. Despite the results of the plebiscite, the Yukon Party government has refused to change from the current FPTP system.

Student Vote results

Student Vote elections are mock elections that run parallel to real elections, in which students not of voting age participate. They are administered by CIVIX Canada, in partnership with Elections Yukon. Student Vote elections are for educational purposes and do not count towards the actual results.

| style="text-align: left;" | Currie Dixon | 7 || 5 || 2 || 701 || 42.83 || 14.28 |-

| style="text-align: left;" | Kate White | 4 || 5 || 1 || 624|| 37.86 || 8.54 |-

| style="text-align: left;" | Mike Pemberton | 1 || 3 || 2 || 321 || 19.48 || 9.95 |-

| style="text-align: left;" colspan="2" | Independent | 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0.12 || | 0.60 |-

| style="text-align: left;" colspan="2" | Vacant | 9 || 7 || 2 || || || |- | style="text-align: left;" colspan="3" |Total votes cast | 12 || 13 || 1 || 1,648 || 100.00 || |- | colspan="9" style="text-align: left;" | Source: Student Vote Yukon 2025 complete results

The students also voted in a mock plebiscite, with 57.4% of the valid ballots voting yes.

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