- Yukon general election, 1978
The 1978 Yukon general election, held on
November 20 ,1978 , was the first conventional legislative election in the history ofCanada 's Yukon Territory. Prior elections were held to elect representatives to the Yukon Legislative Council, a non-partisan body that acted in an advisory role to theCommissioner of the Yukon . Following the passage of the Yukon Elections Act in 1977, the 1978 election was the first time that voters in the Yukon elected representatives to theYukon Legislative Assembly in an election organized alongpolitical party lines.Hilda Watson , the first woman ever to lead a political party into an election in Canada, was the leader of the Progressive Conservatives. Although the party won the election, Watson herself was defeated inKluane by Liberal candidateAlice McGuire , and thus did not become government leader. The position of government leader instead went to Chris Pearson.New Democratic leader Fred Berger was also defeated in his own riding, and was succeeded as leader of the party by
Tony Penikett .Results by party
Results by riding
Member Changes
Maurice Byblow, elected as an independent, subsequently joined the NDP.
Jack Hibberd resigned his seat in the legislature on
April 15 ,1981 , after accepting a position as a surgical consultant with a hospital outside of the Yukon. The resulting by-election, held on October 13, was won by New DemocratRoger Kimmerly . Now holding three seats in the legislature, the NDP replaced the Liberals as the Official Opposition.
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