* October 19: Yukon elections: John Ostashek's YP wins only a minority

Ostashek's minority government, which was kept in power with the support of right leaning independent MLAs, was a conservative one which instituted welfare reform and a reduction of public services.

The Yukon association of the party was renamed the Yukon Party in 1990.

* Yukon Party, formerly the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party

Darrell Pasloski, born 1960 grew up in Yorkton and is now serving as the leader of the Yukon Party and as Premier of Yukon.

* May 9-Roger Coles resigns as leader of Yukon Liberal Party and MLA for Tatchun after being arrested and charged with selling cocaine to an undercover police officer.

* Hilda Watson, Leader of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party ( born 1922 )

* May 17 – Todd Hardy, leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party from 2002 to 2009 ( d. 2010 )

* Hilda Watson, leader of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party ( d. 1997 )

The Yukon New Democratic Party ( NDP ) is a social-democratic political party in the Yukon territory of Canada.

The NDP sat as official opposition to the current Yukon Party government in the Yukon Legislative Assembly until May 2006.

In the 2006 Yukon election later that year, the three incumbent New Democrat Members of the Legislative Assembly were reelected, but the party failed to win any additional seats and remained in third place behind the five members of the Yukon Liberal Party and the ten member Yukon Party majority government.

Edzerza later rejoined the Yukon Party, for which he had originally been elected in 2002.

The Yukon NDP is a section of the New Democratic Party of Canada.

The Yukon Party ( in French: Parti du Yukon ), is a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada.

* The Columbian, a sternwheeler lost in the worst accident in the Yukon River's history in 1906

In Nova Scotia, the provincial NDP lost seats in its 1999 election while the NDP government of the Yukon had been recently defeated.

Other racers have suffered permanent damage from the cold: Lance Mackey suffered frostbitten feet during the 2008 Yukon Quest, and Hugh Neff lost the tips of several toes in the 2004 race.

In 1900 she traveled alone to the gold rush camps of Alaska in search of her favorite brother Raymond Robins whom she feared was lost in the Yukon.

Unlike other parts of Canada, Yukon First Nations did not conclude any treaties until the 1990s, despite Chief Jim Boss of the Ta ' an Kwach ' an requesting compensation for lost lands and hunting grounds as a result of the Klondike Gold Rush in 1902.

Discussion to transfer land and resource management responsibilities to the Yukon Government began in 1996, followed by a formal federal devolution proposal to the Yukon Government in January 1997.

The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leadership of Tony Penikett from 1985 to 1992, and under the leadership of Piers McDonald from 1996 to 2000.

Nordling later returned to the fold, being defeated as a Yukon Party candidate in the 1996 election, while Firth retired from politics.

Fentie was first elected MLA for Watson Lake in the 1996 election as a member of Yukon New Democratic Party, succeeding retiring incumbent John Devries.

This became a major campaign issue along with the resulting mass exodus of people from the Yukon with 10 % of the population leaving between 1996 and 2000.

After the discontinuing of the Custom Cruiser's siblings, the Chevrolet Caprice and Buick Roadmaster in 1996, the GM factory in Arlington, Texas was converted for use building the Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon, and later, the Cadillac Escalade.

Also participating is 2002 Manitoba champion Jennifer Jones, 2001 Yukon / Northwest Territories champion Kerry Koe, 4-time Newfoundland champion Heather Strong, 2000 Nova Scotia champion ( and former third of Colleen Jones ) Kay Zinck, 3-time Prince Edward Island champion skip Rebecca Jean MacPhee, 1996 Quebec champion second Brenda Nicholls ( playing skip this time ), 1993 New Brunswick champion second Sandy Comeau ( playing skip this time ) as well as new-comers Kelly Scott of British Columbia, Jenn Hanna of Ontario and Stefanie Lawton of Saskatchewan.

The tournament featured 3-time Brier champion ( 2001, 2002, 2003 ) Randy Ferbey of Alberta, 1998 Champion Wayne Middaugh of Ontario, 2003 and 2004 Newfoundland and Labrador champion Brad Gushue, 2000 and 2002 Nova Scotia champion Shawn Adams, 1992 and 2001 Yukon / Northwest Territories champion skip Steve Moss, 1986 New Brunswick champion Wade Blanchard, 2002 and 2003 British Columbia champion ( third and second respectively for Pat Ryan ), Deane Horning, 1981 and 1996 Prince Edward Island champion lead for Peter MacDonald, Rod MacDonald ; 2003 Quebec champion second for Guy Hemmings, Jean-Michel Ménard as well as three new teams: Randy Dutiaume of Manitoba, Mike Jakubo of Northern Ontario and Pat Simmons of Saskatchewan.

He was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly for the riding of Whitehorse Centre in the 1996 Yukon general election and was narrowly defeated in the 2000 election.

A successful sled dog racer, he won the Yukon Quest in 1989, and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1993, 1996, 1998, and most recently, in the 2006 Iditarod.

The Yukon Legislature after the 1996 election.

The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30, 1996 to elect the seventeen members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon Territory, Canada.

In the 2011 election the Yukon NDP under Elizabeth Hanson elected six MLAs to form the territory's Official Opposition.

The NDP was the only party to see an increase in its share of the popular vote over the 2006 Yukon election.

She was the first woman to win a premiership in Canada through a partisan general election, the second being Pat Duncan who won the Yukon general election, 2000, and the third being Kathy Dunderdale who won the Newfoundland and Labrador general election in 2011.

With Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative federal government's increasing unpopularity, the Yukon Progressive Conservatives decided to sever their relations with the federal Conservatives, and renamed themselves the " Yukon Party " prior to the 1992 election.

After twenty years as a minor party, the Yukon Liberal Party won the 2000 general election and formed a government under Premier Pat Duncan.

In the 2002 election, Fentie led the Yukon Party to a majority government, defeating incumbent Premier Pat Duncan and the Liberals.

As leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party he went from being the sole New Democrat Member of Legislative Assembly ( MLA ) in 1981 to leading the party to power in the 1985 territorial election, forming a minority government and becoming government leader.

After seven years in power, the NDP was defeated in the 1992 election by the conservative Yukon Party.

He won election to the Yukon legislature on behalf of the NDP in 1982 and became Minister of Education and Minister of Community and Transport when Tony Penikett led the NDP to power in 1985.

Pearson was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 1978 election.

The Yukon New Democratic Party won that year's election and formed government.

An entrepreneur, he was elected leader of the Yukon Party in June 1992 and led it to victory in the fall 1992 election in which he also won a seat in the legislature for the first time.

In the 2000 election however his Yukon Party was again defeated, this time by the Liberals with Ostashek losing his own seat.

Following the passage of the Yukon Elections Act in 1977, the Territorial Council was replaced by the current Legislative Assembly, which was elected for the first time in the 1978 election.