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The Legislature of Yukon is the legislature of the territory of Yukon, Canada. The legislature is made of two elements: the Commissioner of Yukon, who represents the federal government of Canada, and the unicameral assembly Yukon Legislative Assembly. The legislature has existed since Yukon was formed out of part of the Northwest Territories in ...
The Liberal government of Pat Duncan was defeated in elections in November 2002, with Dennis Fentie of the Yukon Party forming the government as premier. In 2003, the old Yukon Act was repealed and replaced by a new Yukon Act , which continued the existing powers of the Yukon Government, and devolved additional powers to the territorial ...
Unique among Canada's three territories, the Yukon Legislative Assembly is the only territorial legislature which is organized along political party lines. In contrast, in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories , their legislative assemblies are elected on a non-partisan basis and operate on a consensus government model.
From 1898 to 1978, the legislative body in Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council. This body did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon. At the beginning it did not have law-making ability and was composed of appointed members or mixture of appointed and elected members.
The commissioner of Yukon (French: Commissaire du Yukon) is the representative of the Government of Canada in the Canadian federal territory of Yukon.The commissioner is appointed by the federal government and, in contrast to the governor general of Canada or the lieutenant governors of the Canadian provinces, is not a viceroy and therefore not a direct representative of the Canadian monarch ...
The Yukon Legislative Building is home to the Yukon Legislative Assembly. Located in Whitehorse , Yukon , the building is a three-storey white steel-clad structure. The complex is located next to the Yukon River and Rotary Park.
The 2021 Yukon general election was held on April 12, 2021, to return members of the 35th Yukon Legislative Assembly. [1] [3] The election resulted in a hung parliament where the incumbent governing Yukon Liberal Party and the opposition Yukon Party won 8 seats each, while the Yukon New Democratic Party held the remaining 3.
The Executive Council of Yukon (French: Conseil exécutif du Yukon), more commonly known as the Cabinet of Yukon (French: Cabinet du Yukon), is the cabinet of the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is chosen by the Premier from the elected members of the governing party in the Yukon Legislative Assembly .