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<h2 id="leaders-of-the-yukon-ndp">Leaders of the Yukon NDP</h2> <p>The following is a list of the Yukon NDP leaders since Yukon introduced political parties provincially in 1978. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th scope="col"></th><th scope="col">Leader</th><th scope="col">Years in Office</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/Fred_Berger_(politician)/EPaEs6nI">Fred Berger</a></td><td>1978–1981</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/Tony_Penikett/qjgcF9qQ">Tony Penikett</a></td><td>1981–1995</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/Piers_McDonald/3Nvb8Lag">Piers McDonald</a></td><td>1995–2000</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><a href="/facts/Trevor_Harding_(politician)/fyFIace2">Trevor Harding</a></td><td>2000–2001</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td><a href="/facts/Eric_Fairclough/cDehAnte">Eric Fairclough</a></td><td>2001–2002</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td><a href="/facts/Todd_Hardy/SzDxlXNG">Todd Hardy</a></td><td>2002–2009</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Hanson/mgfeKha5">Elizabeth Hanson</a></td><td>2009–2019</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td><a href="/facts/Kate_White_(politician)/H1Ts8aRK">Kate White</a></td><td>2019–present</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="election-results">Election results</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Election</th><th>Leader</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>Seats</th><th>+/−</th><th>Position</th><th>Government</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/1978_Yukon_general_election/pXsfp4lL">1978</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Fred_Berger_(politician)/EPaEs6nI">Fred Berger</a></td><td>1,568</td><td>20.3</td><td>1 / 16</td><td> 1</td><td> 3rd</td><td>Third Party</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/1982_Yukon_general_election/jthSrEWH">1982</a></th><td rowspan="4"><a href="/facts/Tony_Penikett/qjgcF9qQ">Tony Penikett</a></td><td>3,689</td><td>35.4</td><td>6 / 16</td><td> 5</td><td> 2nd</td><td>Official Opposition</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/1985_Yukon_general_election/rwJPyeoP">1985</a></th><td>4,335</td><td>41.1</td><td>8 / 16</td><td> 2</td><td> 1st</td><td>Minority Government</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/1989_Yukon_general_election/xMFPYFxy">1989</a></th><td>5,275</td><td>44.9</td><td>9 / 16</td><td> 1</td><td> 1st</td><td>Majority Government</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/1992_Yukon_general_election/v8tAzWEe">1992</a></th><td>4,571</td><td>35.1</td><td>6 / 17</td><td> 3</td><td> 2nd</td><td>Official Opposition</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/1996_Yukon_general_election/NxwdQ7xV">1996</a></th><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Piers_McDonald/3Nvb8Lag">Piers McDonald</a></td><td>5,774</td><td>39.9</td><td>11 / 17</td><td> 5</td><td> 1st</td><td>Majority Government</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2000_Yukon_general_election/ModcAq0y">2000</a></th><td>4,677</td><td>32.8</td><td>6 / 17</td><td> 5</td><td> 2nd</td><td>Official Opposition</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2002_Yukon_general_election/x2psLgy3">2002</a></th><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Todd_Hardy/SzDxlXNG">Todd Hardy</a></td><td>3,763</td><td>26.9</td><td>5 / 18</td><td> 1</td><td> 2nd</td><td>Official Opposition</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2006_Yukon_general_election/Tp0r7H3o">2006</a></th><td>3,197</td><td>23.6</td><td>3 / 18</td><td> 2</td><td> 3rd</td><td>Third Party</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2011_Yukon_general_election/7lW1u0mX">2011</a></th><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Hanson/mgfeKha5">Elizabeth Hanson</a></td><td>5,154</td><td>32.6</td><td>6 / 19</td><td> 3</td><td> 2nd</td><td>Official Opposition</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2016_Yukon_general_election/Y2GzVdJF">2016</a></th><td>4,928</td><td>26.2</td><td>2 / 19</td><td> 4</td><td> 3rd</td><td>Third Party</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2021_Yukon_general_election/1E52XquD">2021</a></th><td rowspan="1"><a href="/facts/Kate_White_(politician)/H1Ts8aRK">Kate White</a></td><td>5,356</td><td>28.2</td><td>3 / 19</td><td> 1</td><td> 3rd</td><td>Liberal minority with NDP confidence and supply</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_articles_about_Yukon_NDP_members/utF2FSz3">List of articles about Yukon NDP members</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_political_parties_in_Canada/tKzgMDaz">List of Yukon political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_premiers_of_Yukon/W68kUQR6">List of premiers of Yukon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_Yukon_Leaders_of_Opposition/A3M69GR6">List of Yukon Leaders of Opposition</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.yukonndp.ca/">Yukon NDP website</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ndpcaucusyukon.ca/">Yukon NDP Caucus website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Thomson, Nancy (May 6, 2019). "New Yukon NDP leader wants to 'smash expectations and stereotypes'". CBC News. Retrieved April 6, 2021. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/kate-white-yukon-ndp-leader-speech-1.5123934" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/kate-white-yukon-ndp-leader-speech-1.5123934</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Yukon Liberals set to be sworn-in as party aims to form minority government". CTVNews. April 23, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021. <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/yukon-liberals-set-to-be-sworn-in-as-party-aims-to-form-minority-government-1.5399214" target="_blank">https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/yukon-liberals-set-to-be-sworn-in-as-party-aims-to-form-minority-government-1.5399214</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Yukon Liberals, reduced to minority, embrace the NDP". CBC. 28 April 2021. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210924115125/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-liberal-ndp-announcement-government-1.6006387" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20210924115125/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-liberal-ndp-announcement-government-1.6006387</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>