Seats 19 Next election November 7, 2021 | Last election November 7, 2016 | |
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Type Unicameral house of the Legislature of Yukon Speaker Nils Clarke, Liberal
Since January 12, 2017 Political groups Governing Party
Liberal (11)
Opposition Parties
Yukon Party (6)
NDP (2) | ||
The Yukon Legislative Assembly is the legislative assembly for Yukon, Canada.
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History
From 1900 to 1978, the elected legislative body in Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council, a body which did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon. 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.
The Yukon Legislative Assembly is the only legislature in Canada's territories which is organized along political party lines. In Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, the legislative assemblies are instead elected on a non-partisan consensus government model.
Current members
Italicized text indicates a member of cabinet. Bold text indicates a party leader. Both indicates the Premier of Yukon